Tribe Lead

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Born from the vision to elevate Dubai's global prominence, Wasl was founded on May 25, 2008, with the mission to transform the city into an even more captivating destination for residents, businesses, and visitors alike. Created from the union of the Dubai Development Board and Real Estate Department, Wasl embarked on a journey of seamless integration. This strategic merger not only streamlined operations but also empowered our team with enhanced expertise, enabling us to adopt dynamic, market-driven investment strategies.

Today, Wasl stands tall as a cornerstone of Dubai's real estate landscape. As one of the city's largest and most diversified real estate management companies, we proudly oversee an expansive portfolio of landmark assets, entrusted to us by DREC and other esteemed partners.

• Position Title: Tribe Lead
• Reports to: Director – Business Excellence and Transformation
• Department: Business Excellence and Transformation

The Tribe Lead is responsible for driving the strategic direction, leadership, and coordination of multiple squads to deliver measurable business outcomes and enhance customer satisfaction. The role translates Wasl’s strategic vision into actionable squad-level plans, empowers cross-functional teams, and strengthens Agile ways of working across the tribe. By optimizing communication, removing impediments, and promoting collaboration and continuous improvement, the Tribe Lead enables squads to deliver high-quality, impactful solutions aligned with tribe objectives and organizational priorities, including major enterprise platform implementations such as Salesforce and/or super app initiatives.

Number of Staff Supervised

Direct Reports: TBC
Total Reports: TBC

• Ensure squad activities and priorities are aligned with Wasl’s strategic objectives by translating enterprise vision into actionable tribe and squad-level plans that deliver mission-critical outcomes.
• Empower squad members to make autonomous decisions, take ownership of deliverables, and drive innovation within their defined scope and governance.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration by enabling knowledge sharing, joint problem‑solving, and coordination across squads to enhance Agile delivery and reduce silos.
• Support Agile practices by guiding squads in adopting Agile principles, facilitating key ceremonies, and reinforcing best practices for continuous delivery and predictable outcomes.
• Identify, elevate, and remove impediments that hinder squad efficiency and productivity, creating an environment that supports high performance and quality outcomes.
• Act as the liaison between squads and senior leadership by providing transparent progress updates, insights, and reporting on milestones, outcomes, risks, and dependencies.
• Drive continuous improvement by leading retrospectives, implementing learnings, optimizing processes, and encouraging experimentation to elevate squad performance over time.
• Manage risks by identifying uncertainties and delivery bottlenecks, developing mitigation plans, and aligning risk responses with organizational priorities and timelines.
• Establish and monitor performance metrics (KPIs/OKRs) for squad performance, business outcomes, and customer satisfaction, using data to drive accountability and improvements.
• Perform any additional responsibilities associated with this role or work assignment as directed by the Line Manager in line with business needs.

• Lead and coordinate multiple squads – Advanced – Leads and coordinates multiple squads using scaled Agile practices to deliver business outcomes.
• Translates enterprise strategy into tribe priorities, roadmaps, and squad-level delivery plans – Advanced – Translates enterprise strategy into tribe priorities, roadmaps, and squad-level delivery plans.
• Squad enablement & coaching – Advanced – Enables autonomy, mentors squads, and reinforces Agile behaviours and a high‑performance culture.
• Cross-functional collaboration – Advanced – Facilitates alignment across squads and stakeholders to manage dependencies and…