Consultant Specialist

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Consultant Specialist.

Business: CTO Data Technology

Principal responsibilities:

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review and Retrospective.
• Coach teams on Agile/Scrum principles and continuously improve team maturity and delivery effectiveness.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business processes, pain points and strategic priorities.
• Conduct analysis and documentation of business requirements, user journeys and system/process impacts.
• Translate business requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications.
• Partner with Product Owner and delivery teams to prioritize backlog items based on business value and dependencies.
• Identify delivery risks, impediments and blockers; drive timely resolution and escalation where required.
• Support UAT planning, test scenario definition and quality assurance alignment with business expectations.
• Track and report sprint and release metrics (velocity, burn-down, cycle time, delivery predictability, quality indicators).
• Build and maintain strong communication channels across business and technical teams to ensure transparency and alignment.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and propose practical, data-driven improvements.
• Support change management, user enablement and post-implementation adoption activities.
• Own end-to-end project management activities including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control and closure.
• Define and manage project scope, timeline, milestones, resource plan and budget to ensure on-time and within-budget delivery.
• Establish and maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), governance cadence and escalation framework.
• Drive cross-team/vendor coordination and dependency management across technology, operations and business units.
• Prepare management reporting and steering committee updates on project health, delivery progress and decision points.
• Ensure compliance with organisational standards, SDLC controls and audit/regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Manage release readiness and implementation planning, including cutover, communication and post-go-live stabilization.
• Support benefits tracking and realization against approved business case/objectives.

Requirements:

• University degree or above.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant working experience in technology/digital delivery, including proven experience in Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Project Manager, or hybrid delivery roles.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery framework, SDLC and project management methodologies (Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Experience in requirement elicitation, process mapping, story writing and acceptance criteria definition.
• Hands-on experience in project planning, dependency mapping, financial/budget tracking and resource management.
• Experience with Agile and collaboration tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Office, Power BI, MS Project).
• High customer-centric mindset with commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to influence diverse stakeholders and drive outcomes under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to balance strategic and tactical priorities.
• Experience in governance reporting, risk/issue management, and senior stakeholder/SteerCo communication.
• Relevant certification(s) such as CSM/PSM, PMI-ACP, CBAP/CCBA, PMP/PRINCE2 would be an advantage.