This role leads the delivery of digital services within a cross-functional government team, focusing on creating meaningful impact for citizens. You will guide agile practices across the team’s workflow, ensuring consistent progress through iterative development and user feedback.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain agile processes that support effective planning, execution, and reflection, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Coach team members in agile and lean principles, helping them grow in autonomy and collaboration.
- Work closely with the Product Manager to shape the product roadmap and translate it into a clear, actionable backlog.
- Facilitate collaborative planning sessions, balancing team capacity with priority goals to maintain sustainable delivery.
- Identify and resolve impediments that slow progress, navigating organizational structures to keep work moving.
- Bridge communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, making complex ideas clear and accessible.
- Visualize workflows and user journeys to improve team understanding and alignment.
What You Bring
- Proven ability to set up and sustain agile environments for teams building digital services.
- Strong facilitation skills with experience guiding groups toward shared outcomes.
- Capacity to simplify complex problems into manageable user stories and incremental steps.
- Skill in empowering teams to self-organize and improve continuously.
- Clear communication style, effective across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Comfort with sketching or visual modeling to support team learning and decision-making.
- Experience launching new teams or introducing agile practices to those unfamiliar with them is a strong advantage.
Work Environment
This is a hybrid role based in Barbados, with flexibility for remote work. The team values transparency, equity, and open collaboration. You’ll have room to shape the role and influence team culture as we grow. Our mission is to build lasting digital capabilities in government by learning from users, public servants, and global best practices.
