Intermediate Agile Delivery Manager

Hippo; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Hippo is seeking an Intermediate Delivery Manager to join their consultancy. The role involves leading agile teams to deliver services and products effectively while facilitating scrum ceremonies and ensuring team motivation. Ideal candidates will have experience in digital project delivery within agile frameworks and will have the opportunity to grow within a supportive community. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday plus UK public holidays

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Cycle-to-work scheme

Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme

Season ticket loans

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering digital projects in agile teams using scrum methodology.
• Knowledge of agile and scrum working practices.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams in the scrum manager role.
• Run sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
• Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Team Leadership

Project Management

Tools

Collaboration Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

About The Role

Hippo is recruiting for Intermediate Delivery Managers to join our growing consultancy. Delivery Managers work with our clients to embed agile ways of working and support multi-disciplined teams to focus on the priorities to deliver the associated product or services. You’ll manage ceremonies aligned to scrum methodology, including daily synch meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and 'show and tells'.

As an Intermediate Consultant, specialising in Delivery, you’ll already have experience in your field. Hippo will provide exciting opportunities to be part of a thriving delivery community, influence clients and team members, and to develop your delivery management skills.

Please note, we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth at this level (intermediate), therefore the advertised salary band is the lower end of our full banding for this level of position, allowing for progression in the role.

Your role in a nutshell

• Work with a team in the scrum manager role
• Help to build and maintain the team, making sure that they are motivated, happy, and working well together
• Embed agile ways of working and run the ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and show and tells
• Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them
• Facilitate and track team risks and dependencies
• Help the team to focus on the priorities to deliver the product or service
• Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team
• Coach and mentor team members and others to apply the most appropriate agile and lean tools and techniques
• Build great relationships with your team and stakeholders
• Manage internal client reporting
  
  

About The Candidate

People are at the centre of everything we do. We’re a diverse and close-knit community united by a love for solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a common sense approach to getting things done. We’re looking for:

• Experience of delivering digital projects in agile teams using scrum methodology
• Knowledge and experience of Agile and scrum working practices
• To be comfortable leading multidisciplinary teams of various configurations and sizes
• Experience of providing internal delivery reporting
• Knowledge and experience of collaboration and project management tools
• Understand user centred design principles and practices
  
  

About The Company

As well as a competitive salary which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:

• Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days
• Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Financial and general wellbeing sessions
• Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
• private health cover
• private dental cover
• additional company pension contributions
• additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
• wellbeing contribution
• charity contributions
• tree planting
  

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.

Hi, we’re Hippo.

At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering. We're a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.

We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.

Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We're confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you're looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

Hippo locations

We are headquartered in Leeds and located across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide, so don't let location hold you back from applying. We welcome candidates from all over the UK who possess the flexibility to work from any of our locations. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k to help make your move a smooth one. It's worth noting that, given the dynamic nature of our business, you may be required to work on-site at client locations or from your own home.