Agile Lead

Holiday Extras; Hythe; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel service provider in Hythe seeks an Agile Lead to coach delivery teams, improve software delivery processes, and foster collaboration across teams. You will be instrumental in maximizing value and ensuring teams use adaptive methods to enhance flow and learning. This role involves strong relationship-building skills and knowledge of Agile frameworks. The company offers competitive salary, flexible hours, and notable benefits, focusing on diverse and inclusive working practices.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Gym Discounts

Private Dental Insurance

Profit Share Bonus

Pension scheme with Aviva

Qualifications

• Ability to apply Agile frameworks pragmatically based on context.
• Confidence in facilitating team and cross-team events effectively.
• Experience with delivery metrics and understanding indicators.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering teams.
• Coach teams on adaptive processes for frequent learning.
• Use delivery metrics to improve pace and predictability.

Skills

Knowledge of Agile frameworks

Experience coaching delivery teams

Confidence facilitating team events

Understanding of delivery metrics

Collaborative approach

Familiarity with engineering practices

Strong relationship-building skills

Job description

Salary: £53,598 - £66,998 FTE DOE + Benefits + Profit Share Bonus

Fully office based in Hythe, Kent

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you'd prefer to work full- time, part-time or as a job-share, we'll facilitate this wherever we can - whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance.

About

At Holiday Extras, we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025, we’re proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well-being. By joining our team, you’ll feel supported and rewarded every day.

We’re looking for an Agile Lead to coach one or more delivery teams to deliver valuable software frequently, using adaptive processes and strong collaboration with adjacent teams. You’ll help teams maximise value, improve flow and build sustainable ways of working, while fostering continuous learning and improvement.

You’ll be part of our Product Development Team, whose mission is to drive efficient, collaborative and adaptive delivery across our organisation - helping us continually improve how we create value for our customers and partners.

The Role

By joining our team you’ll:

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering teams to refine and prioritise backlogs, balancing value delivery with quality, sustainability and technical health
• Coach teams to use adaptive processes that support frequent inspection, learning and improvement
• Ensure agile events are purposeful, effective and continually improved to achieve their intended outcomes
• Support cross-team planning and coordination where work overlaps, helping teams align without disrupting local flow
• Use delivery metrics to visualise pace, identify trends and guide teams towards greater predictability and sustainable delivery
• Encourage healthy work-in-progress limits and steady flow to support long-term delivery at a sustainable pace
• Build strong relationships across delivery, product and engineering to enable collaboration and constructive challenge

What you can bring to our team:

• Knowledge of Agile frameworks and the ability to apply them pragmatically based on context
• Experience coaching delivery teams to improve flow, predictability and value delivery
• Confidence facilitating team and cross-team events, with clear intent and outcomes
• An understanding of delivery metrics, including the difference between leading and lagging indicators
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to influence Product Managers, Engineers and stakeholders
• Familiarity with engineering practices and the ability to engage teams in conversations about quality, technical constraints and improvement opportunities
• A systems-thinking mindset, recognising the difference between what teams can control and where influence or escalation is required
• Strong relationship-building skills and a commitment to creating open, safe and constructive team environments

Everyone’s career path is individual and different, so this is just a guide. If your experience doesn't precisely match this, you’re encouraged to apply so that we can discover your unique talents!

How we hire for this role

We know your time is precious, so we keep our recruitment process as quick and easy as possible. If we believe you might be a match for a job you’ve applied for, you’ll enter our hiring process as follows:

• 45 minute video call with Recruiter & Head of Delivery
• In-person interview at our campus, meeting Product & Engineering peers & fellow Agile Leads

Cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture is paramount for us.

Recognising we are all different, if for whatever reason you need us to adapt the process, please get in touch via [e-mail].

Applications close: Tuesday 6th January 2026

Why choose Holiday Extras?

We believe that holidays are the most precious time of all, so we create products, tech and services that make travel and holidays memorable and fun. We’re on a mission to be the only place to go for your holiday extras, offering unparalleled choice, value and service, turning our customers’ ordinary trips into extraordinarily good times.

At Holiday Extras, we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025, we’re proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well-being. By joining our team, you’ll feel supported and rewarded every day. Learn more about our culture and benefits.

• Time is precious: 25 days annual leave (+BH’s), extra holidays through Holiday Buy, Birthday Day Off, and Sabbaticals at each milestone.
• Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave - Up to 1 year off, including 13 weeks at 100% pay, 13 weeks at 50% pay
• Road to well-being: Access to Gym Discounts, Private Dental Insurance and Private Medical Insurance (after 4 years)
• Celebrate success together: Enjoy a Profit Share Bonus and a pension scheme with Aviva.
• Good for the soul: Join our Social Club for 25% off any ticket or event in the UK, discounts on the latest tech, or give back to your community with our Volunteering Scheme.
• Plan ahead: Income protection, Critical illness cover and life assurance