Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.
KONE’s vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new services and solutions to the market.
KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to shape the future of the industry with new technologies and sustainable innovations.
IT professionals - KONE Corporation
Flow IT is KONE IT’s Operating Model. Flow IT defines how we collaborate with business to understand and prioritize needs and sets clear interfaces & collaboration practices between IT and Areas/FLs. It increases efficiency & speed in our development & operations enabled by optimization of “flow”. We are seeking an Agile Execution Lead to join our team in Espoo, Finland. In this pivotal role, you will drive agile ways of working within KONE IT, enabling product groups and teams to deliver value seamlessly while fostering collaboration and innovation.
As an Agile Execution Lead, you will guide teams in aligning their work with strategic objectives, ensuring smooth execution of activities, and promoting continuous improvement. Your role will be vital in building a culture of agility and operational excellence, making a significant impact across KONE IT.
Key Responsibilities
Execution Leadership: Align team activities with vision, roadmaps, and commitments; remove obstacles; manage risks; and ensure effective tools and processes.
Planning & Coordination: Lead quarterly planning and synchronize efforts across teams; collaborate with stakeholders on priorities and initiatives.
Performance & Improvement: Drive continuous improvement; facilitate agile ceremonies; monitor performance indicators and address issues proactively.
Compliance & Transparency: Ensure adherence to IT processes and foster transparency in progress and deliverables.
People & Culture: Create an engaging team environment and mentor teams on agile practices to boost performance.
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (B.Sc. or M.Sc.) in Information Technology or related field.
Over 10 years of experience in IT product development within large, global organizations.
Experience as a Release Train Engineer or Agile Execution Lead.
Proven expertise in leading agile transformations at a team-of-teams level.
Over 5 years of hands-on experience of IT Agile practices (e.g. scrum, scaled agile and working as scrum master) and DevOps.
Knowledge of operating models, including build & integration, release, and configuration management.
Strong communication, networking, and presentation skills.
Business acumen and ability to create clear, actionable strategies.
Basic understanding of AI, the skills to use AI assistants effectively, and a continuous-learning mindset for working with AI agents
Key Competencies:
Strong customer focus and ability to align activities with customer satisfaction.
Proven ability to drive performance and manage change effectively.
Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
Openness to new ideas and approaches, fostering a collaborative mindset.
Exceptional interpersonal and proactive communication skills.
Facilitation skills.
For further information
Please contact Johanna Reunanen, Agile Execution Lead via email johanna.reunanen@kone.com
Want to join the #PeopleFlow?
If you think this could be your next inspiring challenge, please submit your application including a cover letter and CV as soon as possible via our Careers site Shape the future of cities. Join our flow. | KONE Careers latest on June 8th, 2026.
We look forward to hearing from you!
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/
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