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 collaborative 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, Protected 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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Apply Now
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Please submit your current CV outlining your relevant agile coaching, scaled agile delivery and Australian Federal Government experience.
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To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Rashmi Kapse on + 612 6151 9206 or email
[email protected] and quote the 275232 job reference number.
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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.
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