Agile Delivery Lead: Drive Lean Delivery & Value

Julian Hodge Bank Limited; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hodge is seeking an Agile Delivery Lead to enable successful technology initiative delivery across squads. You will focus on delivery planning, dependency and risk management, and continuous improvement while partnering with Product, Engineering, Architecture and business stakeholders to maximise value delivery.

The role involves coaching teams in lean flow, CI/CD maturity, agile discipline and reducing systemic delivery constraints, with emphasis on improving testing, validation and feedback

Qualifications

• Experience with Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Proven ability to lead Agile delivery across multiple teams
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Optimise end-to-end flow by reducing WIP and addressing systemic dependencies.
• Guide teams in kanban-style flow management and throughput improvement.
• Strengthen backlog quality, sprint hygiene and predictability through refinement and planning.
• Promote transparent reporting and consistent Agile metrics across squads.
• Partner with engineering leadership to ensure effective delivery practices and release approaches.
• Support adoption of DevOps-aligned practices and better development workflows.

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Facilitation

Delivery governance

Product collaboration

CI/CD

Lean flow

Job description

Hodge is seeking an Agile Delivery Lead to enable successful technology initiative delivery across squads. You will focus on delivery planning, dependency and risk management, and continuous improvement while partnering with Product, Engineering, Architecture and business stakeholders to maximise value delivery.

The role involves coaching teams in lean flow, CI/CD maturity, agile discipline and reducing systemic delivery constraints, with emphasis on improving testing, validation and feedback