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  • Posted: May 23, 2019
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Tala (formerly InVenture) builds mobile products that help creditworthy individuals in emerging markets validate their financial identities and get access to fair credit to advance their businesses and families. Tala is providing choice and control to individuals around the world when it comes to their financial identity.
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    Kenya - Program Manager

    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 Is

    Our 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".

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Tala (formerly InVenture) on boards.greenhouse.getrake.io to apply

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