Paweł Rola

Agile Leader helping in business transformation

Salary / Daily rate

Wrocław, Poland

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

ScrumKnowledge ManagementProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipConsulting ITProject Management (PMO)GitHubConfluenceJiraAgile CoachingProject OwnerCoaching

Languages

EnglishPolishGerman

About me

Intro

I am an Agile coach, thoughtful leader, and trusted transformation partner with over a decade of experience supporting international teams and leaders in embracing business agility. From software development to oil and gas, healthcare, and insurance. A team player with a growth mindset and practical experience as a Scrum Master, Delivery Manager, Agile Coach and trainer. My core principles include empathy, ownership, pragmatism , commitment, a belief in others, and meeting people where they are.

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Work experience

Delivery Manager Consultant & Trainer, Digital service and product delivery

NHS England

Apr 2023 - Present

3 years 7 months

Silverstone, Towcester NN12, UK

• Partners with program leadership to shift from reactive, crisis-driven decision-making to a structured, strategy-focused approach in complex environments. • Co-developed and co-delivered quarterly planning sessions (PI Planning) involving around 100+ stakeholders across portfolio areas, enhancing alignment and strategic focus. • Co-delivers and co-develops the extensive capability-building program, which consists of multiple training sessions for over 350+ Delivery Managers to deliver digital transformation.

Meirik

Jun 2017 - Present

9 years 5 months

Wrocław, Poland

Member of the Management Board

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years 10 months

Wrocław, Poland

Co-manages business strategy and operations for a small consulting company, focusing on B2B development and IT.

Principal Consultant, Agile & Delivery Consultant

Jun 2017 - Present

9 years 5 months

London, UK

Ongoing consulting practice serving clients (market evaluations of £115B) in UK/EU markets in sectors such as oil and gas, insurance, healthcare, IT and others.

Agile Consultant, Digital Product Development

rhi

Mar 2023 - Jul 2024

1 year 5 months

Scotland, United Kingdom

• Led a Scrum implementation to develop the core business product (RHIcoms). Resulted in significantly improved key value creation processes, reducing customer bid evaluation times from weeks to days. • Conducted workshops and training to foster an agile mindset within teams, enhancing decision-making and service quality.

Enterprise Agile Coach, Digital Transformation Delivery

Nationale-Nederlanden

Aug 2020 - Mar 2023

2 years 8 months

Warsaw, Poland

• Developed bespoke Agile operating model (SAFe/Nexus/Spotify/Less) implemented across 400+ FTEs, 30+ squads, launching 9 new value streams that successfully delivered planned strategy outputs and outcomes. • Co-led the quarterly planning process (PI planning), which positively impacted planning accuracy on multiple layers of the organisation, significantly reducing teams’ interdependencies and increasing predictability. • Developed and delivered a Kanban Coach Development Program, building internal capabilities and cultivating a culture of continuous improvement. • Co-implement Lean and Agile portfolio management with OKR to manage the digital transformation program.

Head of Postgraduate Project Management Study, Agile Project Management Expert

Politechnika Wrocławska

Jan 2018 - Oct 2020

2 years 10 months

Wrocław, Poland

• Directed postgraduate studies, aligning the curriculum with industry standards and delivering hands-on learning opportunities.

Research Assistant Professor

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Jun 2016 - Oct 2020

4 years 5 months

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian District, Poland

• Conducted extensive economics and computer science research, focusing on modern management methods. • Published multiple academic-reviewed papers, contributing valuable insights to academic and industry audiences. Presenting findings at international scientific conferences

Agile Coach, Senior Scrum Master & Kanban Coach | Non-IT projects

bp

Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

1 year 4 months

Scotland, United Kingdom

• Senior Scrum Master in a Scrum team, addressing C-level challenges with the Board of Directors as direct stakeholders. • Championed agility in service-oriented teams, introducing Kanban to improve service delivery and collaboration. • Adapting an agile mindset and practices in an upstream oil and gas context. • Coached and trained teams and leaders in Agility, contributed to the employee upskilling process.

Program Manager, Organisation Development Program

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Sep 2018 - Oct 2019

1 year 2 months

Wroclaw Metropolitan Area

• Served as a program manager and strategic committee board member. Contributed to a €10 million educational quality initiative, demonstrating strategic capabilities at large-scale programme development

Service Delivery Consultant, System thinking & process improvement | Non-IT projects

Fortum

Jun 2017 - May 2018

1 year

Poland, ME 04274, USA

• Utilised System Thinking and Lean to stabilise operations during peak demand, implementing sustainable improvements focusing on long-term resilience. •Redesign customer-facing processes to increase the service quality and customer satisfaction rate.

Delivery Manager

Agilopolis

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

3 years

Silverstone, Towcester NN12, UK

• Managed IT projects, including cloud migration and complex web portals’ development, ensuring alignment with client objectives and industry best practices. • Delivered agile training to strengthen internal capabilities, promoting agile adoption within client organisations.

Senior Scrum Master, Scaling Scrum, IT product development

REDKNEE

Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

2 years

Ballymacrown, Spain, Co. Cork, Ireland

• Guided teams in adopting Scrum at scale, improving communication and transparency in product development. • Focused on building customer trust and delivering high-quality outcomes for telecom clients.

Scrum Master | Software development projects

Blusoft

Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

2 years

Poland, ME 04274, USA

• Introduced Scrum to support adaptive project delivery, enhancing team collaboration and aligning work with business goals.


Education

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

MSc & BEng (Mgr inż.)

2005 - 2010

6 years

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