Agile Delivery Manager

GTC Recruitment; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GTC Recruitment is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to drive a major digital transformation programme in a hybrid Newport setting. You will lead cross-functional teams, facilitate Agile ceremonies, manage risks and dependencies, and report progress to stakeholders across the programme.

Working within a multi-disciplinary squad and in collaboration with Product Managers, Service Owners and engineers, you will help raise delivery maturity and ensure live services remain resilient while

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading cross‑functional Agile delivery teams.
• Extensive experience with Scrum and Kanban; working knowledge of DevOps.
• Experience delivering as part of a wider programme.
• Strong stakeholder communication across technical, non‑technical and political boundaries.
• Skilled facilitator of agile ceremonies and team collaboration.
• Strong prioritisation, dependency and risk management skills.
• Experience producing accurate, timely delivery MI and reporting.
• Experience with agile tools such as Azure DevOps, ActionableAgile or similar.
• Experience leading teams using automated delivery methods (CI/CD, automated testing).
• Ability to influence within DDaT and across the wider organisation.
• Familiarity with Kanban flow metrics and data‑driven decision‑making.
• A relevant Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager qualification (Prince2 not accepted).

Responsibilities

• Facilitating Agile ceremonies — stand‑ups, planning, retrospectives and reviews
• Supporting the team in estimating, tracking and delivering against business priorities
• Partnering with Product Managers and technical stakeholders on priorities and dependencies
• Overseeing workflow from backlog to delivery using flow metrics to improve predictability
• Tracking and reporting against milestones and forecasts
• Representing the team at programme-level sessions
• Identifying and managing risks and issues, with clear mitigation plans
• Acting as an escalation point during live incidents
• Proactively removing blockers to team performance
• Driving continuous improvement in agile maturity
• Managing cross-team dependencies across the wider programme

Skills

Agile delivery leadership

Scrum/Kanban experience

DevOps knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation of agile ceremonies

Risk and dependency management

Delivery MI reporting

Azure DevOps

CI/CD experience

DDaT familiarity

Tools

Azure DevOps

Actionable Agile

Job description

Contract: 12 months

Rate: £700/day (Inside IR35)

Location: Hybrid – Newport office 1–2 days/month

Clearance: BPSS required, must be SC clearance eligible

Drive delivery on a major digital transformation programme.

We're looking for an experienced, proactive Delivery Manager to join one of our service squads as part of a large-scale digital transformation programme — modernising our technology estate while keeping live services running smoothly.

You'll work within a multi-disciplinary team of Development Engineers, Test Engineers, Technical Architects, Product Managers, User Researchers, Business Analysts and Service Owners, and join a wider Delivery Manager Community of Practice helping to raise the bar for delivery management across the DDaT Directorate.

What You'll Be Doing

• Facilitating Agile ceremonies — stand‑ups, planning, retrospectives and reviews
• Supporting the team in estimating, tracking and delivering against business priorities
• Partnering with Product Managers and technical stakeholders on priorities and dependencies
• Overseeing workflow from backlog to delivery using flow metrics to improve predictability
• Tracking and reporting against milestones and forecasts
• Representing the team at programme-level sessions
• Identifying and managing risks and issues, with clear mitigation plans
• Acting as an escalation point during live incidents
• Proactively removing blockers to team performance
• Driving continuous improvement in agile maturity
• Managing cross-team dependencies across the wider programme

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• Proven experience leading cross‑functional Agile delivery teams
• Extensive experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and working knowledge of DevOps
• Experience delivering as part of a wider programme
• Strong stakeholder communication across technical, non‑technical and political boundaries
• Skilled facilitator of agile ceremonies and team collaboration
• Strong prioritisation, dependency and risk management skills
• Experience producing accurate, timely delivery MI and reporting
• Experience with agile tools such as Azure DevOps, ActionableAgile or similar
• Experience leading teams using automated delivery methods (CI/CD, automated testing)
• Ability to influence within DDaT and across the wider organisation
• Familiarity with Kanban flow metrics and data‑driven decision‑making
• A relevant Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager qualification (Prince2 not accepted)

Desirable:

• Product Manager / Product Owner experience
• Understanding of DSIT/CDDO digital and technology pipelines
• Experience promoting the value of Agile within and beyond IT