Job Description

Experian is leading an enterprise global transformation program. The programs vision is to gain competitive advantage through technology (Cloud, hybrid-cloud, micro-services) and large-scale adoption of Agile best practices across the company.

Programs objectives include:

• Accelerate our pace of innovation and improve the speed at which we can introduce new products and new capabilities into and across markets
• Create ‘global first’ product build mindset, with cooperation across BUs for scaling global opportunities and maximizing product re-use
• Delight customers with cutting edge products exceeding expectation of quality, service, reliability and scalability
• Reduce cost of operations to enable higher reinvestment in innovation
• Make our product teams more productive and versatile

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Drive the start-up, staffing and deployment of Experian’s global Ways of Working Centre of Excellence (COE)
• Lead the strategic direction to adopt Agile best practices across Experian – first within Product Development (nearly 500 teams), then to the rest of the organization totaling 18000 employees
• Significantly lift overall maturity level to demonstrate sustainable performance gains to product quality, unit cost, and pace of delivery; deliver run-rate savings of $40 million over the next five years ($169 million cumulatively)
• As a trusted and credible expert:
  • Share Agile LeSS best practices and easily understood standards
  • Facilitate tooling standards adoption
  • Own continuous improvement plan; maturity capability roadmap pacing
  • Drive collaboration, re-use, and change management; peer reviews
  • Produce enterprise wide KPIs and progress tracking
• Partner with the regional Agile COEs and business leaders as needed
  • Training and certification
  • Coaching
  • Accelerators
• Board and Operating Committee reporting as required
• Serve as a key member of the Results Delivery Office

Qualifications

WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND LOOKS LIKE

CREDENTIALS

• Product Owner certification
• Scrum master certification
• Undergraduate degree; ideally an advance degree

EXPERIENCE

• Substantial experience in an Agile leadership role within a global organization; strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle, with experience in Agile methodologies skills
• Proficiency in Agile scaling frameworks LeSS (essential), SaFE, Spotify and Scrum methodologies
• You have been an Agile Coach in a mature agile environment or similar for a number of years
• Experience as a Product Owner / Product Manager with software products

SKILLS

• Strong stakeholder management skills; including making technical information simple, accessible and insightful for technology and non-technology decision makers
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to connect with people – an expert influencer, especially within a matrixed environment.
• Problem analysis and problem resolution at a strategic level; proven track record of consulting with C-suite
• Background in FinTech / Financial Services / Cloud Business Services preferred, but not required
• High level of professionalism and emotional intelligence
• Finger on the pulse, dedicated and flexible to business needs
• Relentless positivity and enthusiasm that helps teams ‘catch the spark’ of transformation and imagine new possibilities
• A mindset that thrives in ambiguity, can navigate the concrete and the abstract, and always constructively challenges the status quo
• A gift for compelling storytelling – in the conference room, the hallway, an email – that resonates with all audiences
• A personal style that embraces teamwork, cares deeply about the work and the team, and shares openly and honestly with all
• An executive who leads and empowers people, removes roadblocks and acts as an advocate for their program team with the ability to adapt style as necessary.
• Track record of working in a fast paced, results driven roles within complex organizations.
• Cultural awareness and experience of working in international teams

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and it ensures that we live what we believe.