Agile Delivery Lead

Heywood; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT Services seeks an Agile Delivery Lead in Altrincham. This mid-senior level role involves facilitating teams, embedding agile practices, and ensuring high-quality delivery. Ideal candidates will have experience in a delivery role within software development, focusing on improving team effectiveness and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, or Agile Coach.
• Passionate about delivering software projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in defining their working processes.
• Facilitate regular team events and remove impediments.
• Work closely with Product Owners to manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Team facilitation

Coaching

Data analysis

Job description

Heywood Altrincham, England, United Kingdom

This range is provided by Heywood. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

About You
As an Agile Delivery Lead you are passionate about the delivery of software projects and products using agile concepts. You enjoy helping development teams to recognise what the true value of the work is and to innovate to find better, more efficient ways to deliver that value.
You may have previously worked as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or Agile Coach within a software development environment.
The role
You’ll Join Our Delivery Centre Of Excellence Where Different Disciplines Work Together, Within Our Development Teams And With The Wider Business To
Focus on delivering stakeholder value, ensuring teams have everything they need to produce high-quality work on time
Work with our teams to embed agile principles, practices and frameworks
Experiment with different approaches (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean) to adapt to the needs of the teams, customers and types of work
Work closely with Product Owners to ensure stakeholder expectations are managed correctly
Help us develop our delivery capability as we continue to grow the number of software teams
Key Responsibilities Include
Facilitation
Lead the team in defining and iterating on their ways of working
Facilitate the team in their regular events (e.g. planning, retrospectives, refinements)
Ensure impediments to progress are removed.
Team leadership and coaching
Support the team in defining and living their team values
Promote a culture of collaboration within the team and with other teams, key stakeholders and SMEs
Provide coaching to the team and to individuals
Lead the team in becoming more effective over time
Analyse data and metrics to help the team identify areas for improvement
Challenge the team to keep improving their processes and ways of working.
Delivering excellence
Work with the team to deliver their product goals on time
Ensure product quality is maintained
Identify and resolve issues that could impact delivery
Ensure there is effective monitoring and reporting on progress to provide transparency and visibility to stakeholders.
Communication
Work with the Product Owners to ensure excellent communication between the team and key stakeholders
Foster a culture of open communication across Heywood.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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