Job Description

Agile Lead (SFIA PRMG Level 6) | NV1 Clearance

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We are seeking an experienced Agile Lead to support a large and complex Federal Government digital program. The successful candidate will coach multidisciplinary ICT teams, facilitate agile delivery activities and improve collaboration, delivery predictability and agile maturity across the program.

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Role Details

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- SFIA level: PRMG Level 6
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- Estimated start date: 1 October 2026, or as soon as possible
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- Contract duration: Full-time contract until 30 June 2027
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- Extension: Possible six-month extension options
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- Location: Canberra preferred, as several key stakeholders are based in Canberra
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- Security clearance: Current NV1 clearance required
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Key Responsibilities

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- Coach and mentor agile teams in adopting and continuously improving agile practices and ways of working.
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- Facilitate Program Increment Planning, iteration planning, reviews, retrospectives and team alignment sessions.
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- Identify and help remove impediments affecting delivery.
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- Support Product Owners, delivery teams and stakeholders with prioritisation, dependency management and delivery transparency.
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- Develop meaningful delivery metrics and reporting covering team performance, flow, predictability and agile maturity.
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- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives, action planning and outcome tracking.
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- Foster collaboration and alignment across multiple teams, stakeholders and governance forums.
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- Maintain effective communication between delivery teams, senior leadership, executives and business stakeholders.
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- Support stakeholder engagement and business continuity throughout the delivery lifecycle.
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- Contribute to organisational agile capability uplift through mentoring, Communities of Practice and knowledge-sharing activities.
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Essential Experience

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- At least five years of experience supporting agile product delivery teams in complex ICT environments.
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- At least five years of experience leading or supporting multidisciplinary ICT delivery teams.
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- Demonstrated experience facilitating agile ceremonies and enabling high-performing, self-organising teams.
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- Proven ability to coach delivery teams, leaders and stakeholders in agile principles and practices.
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- Experience managing delivery impediments, risks and cross-team dependencies.
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- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
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- Experience developing and using agile delivery metrics to improve performance and delivery outcomes.
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- Experience working within Australian Federal Government projects or programs.
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- Ability to deliver outcomes within challenging and time-sensitive environments.
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Desirable Experience

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- Experience working within SAFe Agile Release Trains and large-scale agile delivery environments.
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- Experience improving cross-team coordination and building team-oriented team cultures.
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- Experience supporting Product Owners, Product Managers and delivery leadership functions.
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Essential Qualifications

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- Tertiary qualification in ICT, Business, Project Management or a related discipline.
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- SAFe Practice Consultant, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Release Train Engineer or an equivalent agile certification.
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- Agile Coaching, Enterprise Coaching or a comparable agile facilitation certification.
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Qualifications or certifications in Project Management, Program Management, Agile Delivery, PMBOK or PRINCE2 will be highly regarded.

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Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.

📌 Agile Lead (SFIA PRMG Level 6)Clearance (Canberra)
🏢 Paxus - Technology + Digital Talent
📍 Canberra