Job description
Join Tala to expand financial access, choice, and control to billions of underserved people globally. Drive the high performance of teams by building strong lines of communication across both the Kenyan team and our global offices and instilling Agile practices.Specifically, The Mission Of The Program Management Team IsOur mission is to help plan and track the effectiveness of Tala’s strategic initiatives along with identifying key issues and gaps. We will also cultivate practices and forums that empower Talaites to accomplish our common goals together by ensuring focus, alignment, collaboration and transparency across all teams.Responsibilities
Support the delivery of products and initiatives using Agile practices and by serving as ScrumMaster for assigned teams.
Participate in quarterly OKR planning and monthly scoring for the KE team as well as continuous reporting and unblocking.
Organize roadmaps, timelines and review meetings for broad consumption
Support a culture of continuous learning through the establishment of consistent retros, post-mortems, and team health metrics
Provide input into resource planning and allocation in coordination with the PMO lead.
Develop a strong understanding of context (across markets) of our internal tools to optimize for efficiency, productivity, and team morale.
Be the team champion to ensure team alignment, advocate product and be the subject matter expert for our internal tools.
Global travel may be required
Requirements
2-3 years of Program Management experience with proven expertise in Agile methodologies, concepts, practices, and standards
2+ years experience leveraging software development and team collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, etc
Experience managing technical programs and projects for distributed teams across multiple locations and countries
Proven ability to coach and mentor others who are learning project management and Agile practices in a replicable, scalable way
Flexibility to respond to changing requirements and juggle multiple responsibilities
Checked ego, humble, empathetic, collaborative, service-oriented attitude of “customer first”.
