-job descriptionthe agile lead job leads in working with the product owner to align scheduling of activities to broader programme / epic / release requirements.*principal accountabilities*:- facilitating the team to self-organise, enabling continuous improvement of change and run activities, aligned to the product roadmap and customer expectations- responsible for the coaching and leadership responsibilities that enable agile delivery, including facilitating team meetings such as retrospectives, reviews and planning events.- shield the team from interruptions during sprints to ensure that agile process doesn't impede team progress.requirements*requirements*:- ensures that agile principles are supported by the relevant agile practices, and that the practices do not become 'stale'- coaches the team in agile practices that they have agreed to, i.e. Standups, retrospectives, reviews and ensures that they are followed- facilitates agile and team events as agreed with team- creates a working environment where team members feel safe to raise any form of impediments to them- removes impediments to optimise work throughput of the team- constantly works with the product owner and business analyst to re-prioritise the backlog as and when there are changes in scope or bugs arise or any issues surface- facilitates raising of risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies and escalating relevant ones through the project manager- helps the team update the physical and electronic progress boards- generates and tracks team level metrics and creates visual controls/radiators for them.communicates these metrics to stakeholders- helps the team focus on continuous improvement, take responsibility for their actions, and mentors team members to become problem solvers for themselves- continually identifies drag on the team's performance, and works with the team or stakeholders to resolve it- identifies and seeks to minimise waste within the team's processes- facilitates ad hoc meetings with stakeholders*