Agile Delivery Practice Lead - Melbourne
Agile Delivery Practice Lead - Melbourne
About Us
At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
About the Role
The Agile Delivery Practice Lead is a key figure in ANZ’s Digital Channel team, responsible for driving the direction, capability development and successful delivery of Agile practices. The role leads a team of Agile Delivery Leads, ensuring consistent practices, continuous improvement and high-quality delivery outcomes aligned with business goals.
The Agile Delivery Practice Lead is an inspirational leader and mentor. The role is central to embedding a strong agile culture, ensuring teams operate with discipline, transparency, and a focus on business value. The role requires passion for continuous improvement and organizational agility.
Role type: Permanent. full time
Role location: Melbourne or Brisbane
What will your day look like?
- Champion agile and lean practices
- Champion agile principles, practices and culture
- Represent the agile practice in governance forums, audits and compliance reviews
- Facilitate knowledge sharing, training and communities of practice to strengthen delivery maturity
- Measure and report on delivery performance, team metrics and continuous improvement outcomes
- Bridges the gap between theory and practical application
- Champion end to end delivery processes, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and partnering with Delivery Performance and Initiative Leads to strengthen standards and frameworks Leadership and development
- Oversee practice resourcing by forecasting capability needs, help lead recruitment activities, and managing performance outcomes
- Lead and grow the Agile Delivery practice including mentoring and professional development of Agile Delivery Leads in addition to the formal performance review process
- Accelerate learning and adoption of agile practices through hands on guidance, combining practical knowledge with coaching abilities to help individuals experiment with and adopt practices
- Partner with other Agile Delivery Practice Leads, Delivery Performance Lead and Initiative Leads to foster and achieve delivery excellence
What will you bring?
Leadership & Practice Management
- Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team of Agile Delivery Leads
- Establish clear performance standards and development pathways for Agile Delivery Leads that foster experimentation and learning
- Foster a culture of empowerment and collaboration and actively measure against it
- Provide a respectful, rewarding, inclusive and enjoyable working environment, that challenges individuals to grow and succeed
- Represent the Agile delivery practice in various leadership forums
- Conduct regular performance conversations with direct reports, actively support individuals’ development plans and managing the formal performance review process
- Be an active member of the Digital Delivery leadership team
- Review people allocation to keep squad shape, size and structure in line with upcoming work
- Partner with other Agile Delivery Practice Leads to drive best practices, training and continuous improvement
Agile Delivery & Execution
- Partner with Delivery Performance Lead and Initiative Leads to refine delivery metrics (velocity, cycle time, WIP, throughput, predictability) to monitor performance and outcomes
Agile Frameworks & Transformation
- Ensure Agile practices align with governance, risk management and compliance standards
- Support adapting working cadence, delivery approach and operating rhythm to suit a changing environment
- Keep abreast of emerging delivery practices, technologies and industry trends
- Identify and implement opportunities to optimise delivery processes and tools
- Champion data driven decision making and transparency in reporting
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.
To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 124014.
Job Posting End Date
16/11/2026 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)