Project Portfolio Manager & Agile Coach / Scrum Master

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.  As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 800 people who are as passionate about changing the world as you are.  

You will always act with safety and integrity in mind and embody our core behaviours of efficient and positive collaboration, ownership of time, continuous improvements and, ultimately delivering results.We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life. 

Your role and partners:

Lilium is currently defining its digital footprint to become a leading data driven company with its unique business model creating a new industry.

As Project Portfolio Manager and Agile Coach / Scrum Master you will play a leading role in a successful implementation of our IT landscape. We are running a wide range of implementation projects in parallel focussing on transactional and analytical landscape. You will guarantee the success of the Project Portfolio by applying the agile methodology in our organisation.

Your will work together with teams of highly skilled experts from business and IT as well as external partners.

By delivering the right digital solutions for our business you are directly contributing to the success of Lilium.

We strongly believe that our air transportation service is a true benefit for cities and people around the world, with low noise and zero air pollution, as well as affordable pricing, it will enrich how we live our lives and enable many more opportunities for humankind. 

Your Day to Day:

• You are acting as Project Portfolio Manager and as Agile Coach / Scrum Master for the Global IT team
• You will be responsible for leading, training and coaching of our agile teams and product owners as well as our external partners.
• You will be an essential part of the Domain-/Scum-Teams
• You organize and moderate the agile team routines such as sprints, reviews or retros
• You ensure that business requirements are precisely articulated and prioritized
• You are responsible for ensuring that the agile tools are used consistently
• You discover impediments and remove/resolve them
• You facilitate stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
• You ensure that development teams have a full pipeline of well defined requirements with clear priorities
• You take care when interacting with internal Global IT sub departments and external business domains, ensuring adequate communication to all stakeholders is maintained: removing barriers between stakeholders and Agile teams

Your Profile:

• Be motivated by fast paced environments, where a high degree of autonomy and personal responsibility are given to teams to create success.
• University degree in Business Management, Computer Science, Psychology or a comparable field of study
• At least 3-5 years of experience as Project Portfolio Management, Agile Project/Program Manager, Agile Coach or Scrum Master
• Proven track record in establishing and scaling agile methodologies in tech teams and larger organizations
• Experience in Change Management
• Extensive experience in software implementation projects
• Experience in agile (scaling) frameworks (S@S, Nexus, SaFE, LeSS, Scrum, Kanban) and agile tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Hands on mentality with a responsible, proactive and solution-oriented way of working
• Highly motivated and skilled to interact with developers and stakeholders
• You are delivery and result oriented
• Professional experience in Aerospace and/or Automotive industry is a plus
• Excellent communication skills: both written and spoken. Business-fluent English is required, German would be a plus
• Be passionate about constantly getting better - with the drive to create continuous improvements across the organisation.

What we can offer

• The opportunity to be a part of building the sustainable world-friendly future of aviation
• A project and methodology driven role within an organisation focused on new greenfield technology and pushing the boundaries of eVTOL
• A highly collaborative working environment where ideas and creativity are celebrated and encouraged
• Partnering with like-minded colleagues to make a significant contribution to the launch of a revolutionary new form of transport (high-speed regional air mobility)
• The true spirit & purpose of innovation and a great sense of organisational pride
• The chance to lead, coach and drive Agile methodology adoption within diverse, and newly formed, growing DevOps teams
• The position will be located south of Munich

What can you expect from us

• We have a low ego culture where the best idea will be embraced, whomever it comes from. We will both support your individual success and challenge your views in an open, honest and respectful manner.
• We believe that clear individual responsibility is vital to our success and will therefore give you the support, autonomy and ownership necessary for you to achieve your best
• We have an open communication style, both at a company level (with regular Q&A sessions and learning opportunities) and at an individual basis.
• In everything we do, we are driven by our shared ambition to create a brand new mode of transport. Our entrepreneurial and innovation principles guide an approach where we are pushing the bounds of what's possible, whilst also ensuring our culture continues to be respectful and inclusive.

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