What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Practice Lead position at IHG Hotels & Resorts?
Summary
We are seeking an experienced Agile Practice Lead to join our Agile Center of Excellence. This role will help drive the Agile transformation across the Product & Technology organization, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Agile methodologies, extensive experience with JIRA and Confluence customization, and a proven track record in optimizing tools to enhance team collaboration. You will play a key role in designing and implementing JIRA workflows, conducting training, and assisting teams in JIRA setup, while also supporting migrations from other tools to JIRA. A flexible and pragmatic approach to Agile is essential, as the candidate will need to tailor practices to the organization’s unique needs while driving best practices across teams.
Your Day to Day:
The salary range for this role is 58,834 - $150,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay (as applicable). We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
Important information:
We are seeking an experienced Agile Practice Lead to join our Agile Center of Excellence. This role will help drive the Agile transformation across the Product & Technology organization, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Agile methodologies, extensive experience with JIRA and Confluence customization, and a proven track record in optimizing tools to enhance team collaboration. You will play a key role in designing and implementing JIRA workflows, conducting training, and assisting teams in JIRA setup, while also supporting migrations from other tools to JIRA. A flexible and pragmatic approach to Agile is essential, as the candidate will need to tailor practices to the organization’s unique needs while driving best practices across teams.
Your Day to Day:
- Lead the transition to new Agile tools, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.
- Establish best practices for JIRA and Confluence usage, and design workflows aligned with Agile principles.
- Create training materials and conduct sessions to educate teams on effective tool usage.
- Act as the expert and Product Owner for JIRA and Confluence, providing support.
- Collaborate with leaders to promote Agile principles, track KPIs, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- 5 years of experience in Agile transformation or as a JIRA product owner, with expertise in Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Scaling frameworks).
- Extensive hands-on experience in JIRA and Confluence configuration and customization.
- Proven ability to design and implement JIRA workflows that enhance team collaboration and align with organizational needs.
- Skilled in creating training materials and conducting sessions to drive tool adoption and best practices for JIRA and Confluence.
- Expertise in creating custom reports and dashboards in JIRA to track Agile metrics and support seamless integration with shared service roles.
The salary range for this role is 58,834 - $150,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay (as applicable). We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
Important information:
- The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
- No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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Salary : $58,834 - $150,000
