Agile Delivery Lead, ustwo
$135-160k
Qualify for ustwo's Profit Share Scheme, in which the studio group shares up to one-third of operating profits with all employees, subject to hitting certain safety thresholds and targets
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (Jay Street, NY)
Digital Product Studio
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Digital Product Studio
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$135-160k
Qualify for ustwo's Profit Share Scheme, in which the studio group shares up to one-third of operating profits with all employees, subject to hitting certain safety thresholds and targets
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (Jay Street, NY)
101-200 employees
Company mission
ustwo combines technology and creativity to help launch digital products & services that make a tangible difference to people's lives.
Role
Who you are
- You have excellent project management skills and expertly handle team logistics, track and report project budgets and project progress, stay ahead of and manage risks, manage senior stakeholder expectations, and generally keep on top of things to keep the project moving along smoothly
- You’re very comfortable with senior stakeholder management and an excellent communicator
- You are experienced working in a fast-paced environment, with an understanding of the dynamics at play being a client service business
- Role modeling empathy with clients and their commercial contexts will be part of your remit
- So, if you’re comfortable supporting and organising cross-functional teams of 10+ people, have a deep understanding of Agile approaches, delight in building cohesive well-functioning teams, and want to be part of a collaborative and dynamic culture that puts people in the centre, then this is the gig for you
- Agile/Lean Ways of Working & Mindset - You’ve coached many Agile product teams and have a deep expertise in Agile ways of working and mindset. You’re comfortable working in the context of large corporates. You are able to discuss Agile fluently without relying on jargon
- Cross-functional Knowledge - You have hands-on knowledge of how different disciplines work, their purpose and strengths, and understand how they contribute through different stages of a project. You are well versed in product delivery, as well as research, design and tech methodologies
- Cross-functional Collaboration - You are experienced in leading cross-functional teams and guiding them towards effective collaboration across discovery, design and development work items, in the spirit of Agile delivery
- Team Dynamics - You understand the characteristics of high performing teams and have a wide variety of tools available to you to help guide a team towards greater dynamics, collaboration and effectiveness
- Conflict Management - You're comfortable addressing intra-team challenges and supporting individuals through conflict resolution
- Stakeholder Relationships - You’re able to cultivate trust and grow meaningful relationships with clients' senior stakeholders, encourage engagement and alignment of expectations, and empathise with the challenges they are facing. You can empathise with the culture of large corporates
- Proactive - You are proactive in supporting your teams, always trying to be steps ahead in identifying opportunities to make their lives easier
- Continuous Improvement - You’re continuously looking for ways to improve delivery processes and eager to learn more about better ways of building teams and products
- Encouraging Growth - You recognise that it’s often the unsaid that holds us back, so you champion a culture of encouraging constructive feedback – both by providing individual feedback and coaching to team members and requesting it for your own improvement
- Leadership - You can read a situation and recognise when it's appropriate and necessary to intervene, or to let things unfold
- Positive and Upbeat - You bring a positive and enthusiastic spirit to everything you do. And you are good at infecting your teams with good vibes
- Fun - You like to have fun and find opportunities to bring fun to the day to day with your teams
- Project Administration - You can easily perform all project management related hygiene tasks, like timesheets approvals, leave tracking, budget and progress tracking, risk management and issue escalation
What the job involves
- Ustwo is seeking an experienced and adept Agile Delivery Lead to join our team in New York, on a permanent basis
- Globally we’re a small and supportive community of Agile Delivery Coaches, currently across the London and Nordics studios, and now we’re looking for a versatile and passionate Lead to join us in the New York studio
- We are a company known for delivering exceptional digital products and collaborating closely with clients and we are looking for someone experienced with supporting the full product lifecycle from early stage opportunity/product discovery through to live product optimisation
- You'll lead teams in the use of good Agile behaviour grounded in Agile principles
- In other words, you’ll be the guardian and champion of using Lean and Agile ways of working and thinking, and lead the team in standing up the most productive ways of working in any given context
- You are confident in designing and facilitating workshops and Agile ceremonies, with flexibility at its core, to provide direction and rally the team around a plan
- You'll coach teams towards great team dynamics, fostering an atmosphere of collaboration, and coaching the team as a group and 121 to overcome conflicts that may arise
Our take
ustwo is a group of digital product studios, with creativity at its heart as well as award-winning design & technology credentials.
Its approach takes ustwo's clients all the way from understanding the challenge facing them to ideation and delivery. They deliver valuable solutions through shaping its teams personally to each particular project - whether tech, delivery, strategy, or design.
By focusing first and foremost on the user, ustwo is able to land on unique creative solutions through its customer and outcome-focused transparent approach. It is driven every day by the belief that technology can and should make people's lives more joyful and better.
As well as being socially and ethically engaged as a B-Corporation, ustwo has worked with clients including LEGO, Fresenius Medical Care, Go Go Bots, and the Body Coach. Having won acclaim with the release of mobile ticketing business DICE and Monument Valley in 2014, ustwo aims to continue its growth and mission of improving people's lives with fun and meaningful products.
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Company
Company benefits
- Profit sharing scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Long-service benefits
- Learning and development
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Be human
- Learn together
- Raise the bar
- Use the freedom
- Enjoy the journey
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
John Sinclair
(Co-founder)John worked as a Graphic Designer at Biganimal for almost 4 years, before co-founding ustwo in 2004. He has worked there for the past 17 years.
People progressing
Nicki worked as a writer for the Guardian and freelance before working at NHS Health Scotland, Whitespace, and Made By Many. In September 2014, she joined ustwo as a Business Manager, and has served as Managing Director of Europe since January 2017.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at ustwo
- Equal opportunity employer
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