Global Agile Delivery Lead

Version 1; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing scheme

Career progression and mentorship

Flexible/remote working

Pension

Private healthcare cover

Life assurance

Educational assistance (AWS, Microsoft

Red Hat

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead agile delivery across multi-disciplinary teams and client engagements. You will embed agile practices, drive continuous improvement, and coordinate roadmaps and releases to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-value products.

The role focuses on leadership, stakeholder management, and complex delivery across globally dispersed teams, with flexible/remote working arrangements supported by Version 1.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in technology, business, humanities or engineering.
• Experience in Agile Delivery or Programme Management preferred.
• Broad experience with agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) and tools like Jira/Trello.
• Ability to build strong client and stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Embed a product-centric, agile delivery culture to enable fast, value-driven product delivery.
• Facilitate communication, coordination, and alignment across teams and stakeholders.
• Design and embed Agile delivery.
• Maintain a focus on learning and continuous improvement.
• Create an inclusive and effective team delivering innovative, high-value products.
• Optimise team culture, performance, and health, supporting individuals and teams to peak.
• Establish and mature delivery management processes, including roadmap and release coordination.
• Manage resource planning and allocation, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Support product and technology leads in managing demand and delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement and cross-team collaboration.
• Drive Agile or Hybrid projects forward on time, to budget and best quality.
• Stakeholder engagement and management.
• Weekly overview and delivery assurance meeting.
• Standard Delivery Manager duties including project scope, work-plan, RAID analysis, governance, documentation and risk management.

Skills

Agile delivery

Programme management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication skills

Pre-sales

Coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Delivery management

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Jira

Trello

Job description

Version 1 is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead agile delivery across multi-disciplinary teams and client engagements. You will embed agile practices, drive continuous improvement, and coordinate roadmaps and releases to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-value products.

The role focuses on leadership, stakeholder management, and complex delivery across globally dispersed teams, with flexible/remote working arrangements supported by Version 1.