Agile Delivery Lead

London Stock Exchange Group; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial markets provider in Camden Town is seeking an Agile Delivery Lead. You will support high-performing cross-functional teams and enhance productivity by removing blockers and ensuring alignment with agile methodologies. Ideal candidates will have 2-3 years of Agile delivery experience and excellent stakeholder management skills. Join a dynamic organization focused on innovation and quality improvement.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• 2-3 years Agile delivery experience is required.
• Strong collaboration and coaching skills are necessary.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with developers.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage plans for DevOps workstreams.
• Support Product Owners in backlog definition and prioritization.
• Facilitate issue resolution and provide options and solutions.

Skills

Agile delivery experience

Collaboration

Coaching skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Agile and/or Project Management certifications

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking a confident Agile Delivery Lead to support high‑performing cross‑functional software delivery teams, ensuring flow from inception through delivery. You will know how to help teams plan, organize and break down work in a large delivery organization to enable predictable outcomes. You need to value and support good quality engineering and be able to influence sponsors and stakeholders towards a more agile way of working whilst adhering to governance/controls, quality standards and industry best practices. The role will involve some Project Management and classic Scrum Master activities for more than one team and will be expected to become comfortable with technical detail at a level of a tech BA. You will improve team productivity by removing blockers and guide the team to self‑govern by helping to create transparency.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Define and manage plans for DevOps worksteams involving cross‑functional teams and potentially multiple up‑and downstream dependencies.
• Demonstrates the discipline of planning, organizing and supporting resource management and activities to achieve specified outcomes within a clearly defined timeframe and standards.
• Understands different approaches to project management (e.g. Agile, Waterfall etc.) and ensures flexibility to deliver and execute within different ways of working.
• Support Product Owners in backlog definition, prioritisation and elaboration.
• Partner with Engineering colleagues in the definition of solution designs, implementation plans, and go‑live strategies.
• Identifies and tracks key technical dependencies and competing priorities.
• Manages and records the risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies on a project and executes formal change control standards and governance.
• Facilitates issue resolution, providing options and solutions to resolve conflicts across teams.
• Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex / technical information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.
• Facilitates and maintains relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Engages in discussion to reach an agreement and create outcomes, affecting the action, behaviours, or opinions of others.
• Supports principle of quality being built into everything we deliver as an organisation.
• 2‑3 years Agile delivery experience.
• Strong collaboration and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication skills, work effectively with developers.
• Excellent at managing and influencing a wide network of stakeholders.
• Willing and able to challenge stakeholders to adhere to timelines.
• Expert knowledge of agile delivery and project management methodologies.
• Agile and/or Project Management certifications.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

About LSEG

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions. Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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