Delivery Manager

Ageas UK; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Ageas UK is seeking a Delivery Manager in Glasgow to join our transformation of change delivery across technology and business teams. The role centers on leading squads, removing barriers, and aligning priorities with customer outcomes.

You will work with Product Owners, Technology Leads and stakeholders to turn priorities into reality, coaching teams in Agile ways, and driving continuous improvement across initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering business or technology change.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban.
• A data-driven approach to decision-making.
• The ability to manage priorities and competing demands.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence or similar platforms.
• A focus on continuous improvement and customer outcomes.
• Experience working in a regulated industry or large transformation programme.

Responsibilities

• Leading projects from planning through to delivery.
• Helping teams organise their work and priorities.
• Using data and insights to improve performance.
• Managing risks, issues and dependencies.
• Working with business teams, technology teams and external partners.
• Supporting important launches and system changes.
• Coaching teams in Agile ways of working.
• Building strong, motivated and successful teams.
• Providing updates and reporting for stakeholders.
• Championing continuous improvement and better ways of working.

Skills

Delivery experience

Stakeholder management

Agile methods

Data-driven decisions

Prioritization

Tools like Jira/Confluence

Continuous improvement

Regulated industry experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job Title: Delivery Manager

Target Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Range: £51,000 - £76,000

Location: Glasgow preferred, can be flexible on office - Adhoc visits to all Ageas offices.

Closing Date for applications: 23rd October

Delivery Manager: At Ageas, we're transforming how we deliver change across our business, creating better outcomes for our customers, colleagues and partners. We're looking for a talented Delivery Manager to help drive the successful delivery of strategic initiatives across technology and business teams.

Working closely with Product Owners, Technology Leads and stakeholders across the organisation, you'll play a key role in turning priorities into reality. You'll lead delivery across squads and value streams, remove barriers, manage dependencies and help teams perform at their best, all while keeping customer outcomes at the heart of everything you do.

Main Responsibilities as Delivery Manager

• Leading projects from planning through to delivery.
• Helping teams organise their work and priorities.
• Using data and insights to improve performance.
• Managing risks, issues and dependencies.
• Working with business teams, technology teams and external partners.
• Supporting important launches and system changes.
• Coaching teams in Agile ways of working.
• Building strong, motivated and successful teams.
• Providing updates and reporting for stakeholders.
• Championing continuous improvement and better ways of working.

Skills and experience you need as Delivery Manager

• Experience delivering business or technology change.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban.
• A data-driven approach to decision-making.
• The ability to manage priorities and competing demands.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence or similar platforms.
• A focus on continuous improvement and customer outcomes.
• Experience working in a regulated industry or large transformation programme.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas

• Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
• Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our Peoplehelp Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.