Agile Delivery Manager

Harvey Nash; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK recruitment company is seeking an Agile Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multi-disciplinary teams in Newcastle, Leeds, or Manchester. The role focuses on enabling agile practices within public sector transformation projects. Applicants should have strong delivery leadership experience, deep knowledge of agile methodologies, and the ability to build and manage self-managing teams. This is a hybrid position, initially contracted for 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across multi-disciplinary teams on public sector transformation.
• Enable agile practices and remove blockers for team success.
• Manage complex stakeholder environments effectively.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Product lifecycle management

Building self-managing agile teams

Reporting and governance

Job description

Overview

We're seeking an Agile Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multi-disciplinary teams working on high-profile public sector transformation. You\'ll be instrumental in enabling agile practices, removing blockers and ensuring teams are set up for success.

Contract and Location

Contract Length: 3 months initially
Location: Newcastle, Leeds, or Manchester (Hybrid)
Clearance: SC Cleared
IR35: Inside

Requirements

• Strong delivery leadership in public sector programmes
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies and GDS delivery
• Experience managing complex stakeholder environments
• A collaborative and outcome-focused approach
• Experience of delivering complex products and services throughout the entire product life-cycle - for this project experience in Discovery and Alpha teams is particularly desirable.
• Experience of working closely with product managers to develop and maintain delivery plans aligned with the product roadmap.
• Experience of building new self-managing agile teams, acting as a servant-leader and encouraging a mind-set of experimentation, while helping to remove or mitigate blockers.
• Experience of reporting and governance mechanisms to ensure the work of agile teams is appropriately visible within a wider programme structure

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