Senior Agile Delivery Manager

Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Lancashire -Hybrid (2 days min onsite)
Salary up to 70K

We're working with a large organisation that's going through an exciting period of digital and technology change, and they're looking for an experienced Senior Agile Delivery Manager to join their IT Product & Delivery team.

This isn't just a role where you'll be running stand-ups and keeping projects on track.

You'll have real ownership across complex, high-risk digital products and services , working across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to make sure delivery is focused, joined-up and actually delivering value.

What you'll do as Senior Agile Delivery Manager:

• Owning delivery plans, risks, issues, dependencies and assurance across multiple workstreams
• Working with multidisciplinary teams to remove blockers and keep delivery moving
• Using Agile and Lean approaches such as Scrum, Kanban or hybrid models , adapting them to suit the environment
• Coaching teams and senior stakeholders to improve Agile maturity and ways of working
• Working closely with Product, Architecture, Security, Operations and wider business teams
• Managing senior stakeholders and presenting delivery updates through governance and strategic forums
• Having the confidence to challenge around scope, risks and deadlines when needed
• Turning complex technical delivery issues into clear, straightforward information for non-technical stakeholders
• Providing leadership and line management to delivery practitioners and analysts
• Helping shape Communities of Practice and improve delivery standards across the wider organisation

What we are looking for:

• Strong experience delivering complex, high-risk digital services using Agile
• Excellent knowledge of Agile and Lean delivery, with the ability to apply it pragmatically rather than following a framework for the sake of it
• Experience working with and influencing senior stakeholders
• Strong understanding of delivery risk, dependencies, financial management and suppliers
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and creating high-performing delivery environments
• The ability to understand technical challenges and explain them clearly to non-technical audiences
• Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps or ServiceNow is desirable

If you're an Agile Delivery Managerand you're looking for a role where you can have a genuine influence on how technology is delivered, we'd love to hear from you.

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