Agile Delivery Principal

About BHP

At BHP Technology we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. 

With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success. To enable the rapid deployment of digital solutions we have established Digital Factories made up of multi-disciplinary, non-hierarchical teams with one focus: delivering digital solutions that improve the productivity of our mining operations across the global. We work fast and solve tough problems with agility, and pride ourselves on our culture of open collaboration, safety, diversity of thought and fun.  

Lean and Agile ways of working are core to the success of our digital delivery strategy, and we are looking to grow our teams. Come and be a part of this success. 

About the Role

At BHP, Agile Delivery Principals play an integral role in supporting our digital teams to deliver high value solutions to their customers applying best practice Agile and DevOps principles and practices. It is the Agile Delivery Principal’s role to teach the team relevant agile practices, facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments and shield them from external distractions with pragmatism. 

This individual is a personal coach for team members and an innovator pursuing continuous improvement, with the aim of maximising team performance. 

 Key responsibilities include: 

• Provide ongoing facilitation and coaching that enables the team to excel at Agile development in a DevOps delivery environment.  
• Building strong relationships with customers, stakeholders and teams to drive the successful delivery of medium-to-high complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release 
• Facilitate discussions leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team 
• Coach and empower product teams to take accountability for delivery, risk and issue management and to proactively identify and remove blockers assisting when required 
• Actively manage risks and external dependencies drawing in team members as appropriate 
• Create and maintain the appropriate channels for open communication within the team to create a trusting, safe and high performing team environment  
• Continuously seek to improve team performance by promoting joint accountability for results and solving productivity issues 
• Collectively with the Product Owner owns creation and prioritisation of the digital product backlog for specific digital solutions ensuring this is customer centric 
• Work closely with Product Owners to shape the digital product roadmap and vision ensuring these are linked to the broader Group Vision and Strategy 
• Identify trade-offs between short and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and Product Owner 
• Be an advocate for digital talent and helping develop digital professionals to create the next horizon technical leadership in BHP. (I.e provide opportunities for cross skilling, role exposure, coaching and mentoring)  

About You

The successful candidate will have: 

• 3+ years of experience leading teams as a Scrum Master, Iteration Manager or as technical resource in an Agile delivery environment.
• Successfully delivered at least 3 technical projects with experience in software development and/or project management  
• Knowledge and/or experience with Agile behaviours, tools and techniques: e.g. Collaboration, Work breakdown, User Stories, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, Prioritisation and Estimation, Jira, Confluence. 
• Knowledge of Agile software development frameworks(e.g. Lean,XP, Kanban, Scrum, etc.) with the ability to apply these with pragmatism in different situations.   
• Be well versed in how DevOps delivery practices drive high performing software teams including Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Delivery, Continuous Testing, Paired Programming, Automated Testing. 
• Experience in coaching, having difficult conversations and providing feedback to people on each project you have delivered  
• High level of flexibility with the ability to adapt to change 
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team  
• Excellent Facilitation, communication and mentoring skills 
• Agile Business Analysis experience would be highly regarded 
• STEM or Business bachelor’s degree would be highly beneficial.  
• Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or equivalent certification a plus.  

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

BHP also requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people (from the 31st of January 2022 or earlier depending on relevant state health directives). If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this new requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce. For further information please see our website.  

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.