
Paweł Rola
Agile Leader helping in business transformation
Salary / Daily rate
Wrocław, Poland
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
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.
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