Transformation Governance Lead

About Code Ninja

Code Ninja is a global software and AI infrastructure company that delivers full-stack technology solutions across AI, software engineering, data, and digital transformation. With operations in Saudi Arabia and global technology hubs, Code Ninja collaborates with organizations across multiple industries to provide technology solutions that support business transformation and innovation. The company's teams work in areas including AI, software engineering, data and analytics, cloud, enterprise technology, and digital transformation.

The Role of Transformation Governance Lead

Code Ninja is seeking a Transformation Governance Lead to embed the Transformation Office within the domain's delivery model. This role involves governing the domain's governance cadence, prioritization, and quarterly commitments, providing the Transformation Office with a live and unfiltered view of delivery. The Transformation Governance Lead reports to the Transformation Office and is a member of the domain leadership team. This is a full-time position requiring over 10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Chair the domain scrum of scrums and represent the domain in cross-domain forums, driving blockers and actions to closure.
• Oversee domain prioritization, including challenging new demand, arbitrating trade-offs, and maintaining a backlog ranked by value and capacity.
• Provide end-to-end Quarterly Business Review (QBR) support, encompassing data packs, narratives, prioritization cases, capacity plans, and dependency maps.
• Ensure adherence to QBR outcomes by translating decisions into roadmaps, OKRs, and squad backlogs, and tracking them throughout the quarter.
• Track the delivery of the domain's strategic projects against the committed roadmap, including milestones, dependencies, spend, and benefits.
• Report delivery drift early, providing root cause analysis, impact on QBR commitments, and a recovery plan.
• Orchestrate cross-domain collaboration on shared platforms, data, sequencing, and shared squads.
• Enforce Transformation Office governance and reporting standards as the single source of truth.
• Escalate unresolved conflicts, capacity shortfalls, and slippage.

Required Experience and Knowledge

• Experience: Over 10 years in transformation delivery, strategic project or portfolio management, or agile-at-scale program leadership. A track record of running governance cadences (scrum of scrums, quarterly planning) across multiple squads is required, along with experience preparing and presenting quarterly business reviews to executive forums. Proven ability to resolve cross-functional dependencies and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge: Understanding of enterprise transformation operating models and domain delivery models. Proficiency in agile-at-scale governance, scrum of scrums, QBR processes, and roadmaps. Knowledge of strategic project and portfolio tracking, including milestones, spend, and benefits. Familiarity with delivery metrics and tooling such as Jira/Azure DevOps, throughput, and burn-up charts.

Education and Certifications

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, engineering, information technology, or a related field is required.
• Agile-at-scale certification (*, SAFe RTE/SPC, agile coaching, PMP/PgMP) is preferred.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this Transformation Governance Lead position are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.