Intermediate Agile Delivery Manager

Hippo Digital; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Hippo Digital is seeking an Intermediate Delivery Manager to join our consultancy, focusing on embedding agile practices and supporting multidisciplinary teams. You'll manage Scrum ceremonies to deliver services effectively, while developing your skills and engaging with clients. The role provides a competitive salary band with opportunities for professional growth, all within a supportive, diverse, and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday plus UK public holidays

Perkbox discounts

Critical illness cover

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Experience delivering digital projects in agile teams using Scrum methodology.
• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum working practices.
• Comfort leading multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage ceremonies aligned to Scrum methodology including daily meetings and sprint planning.
• Facilitate and track team risks and dependencies.
• Encourage continuous improvement within the delivery team.

Skills

Agile practices

Scrum methodology

Team collaboration and motivation

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 priorities to deliver products or services. You’ll manage ceremonies aligned to Scrum methodology, including daily sync meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and 'show and tells'.

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

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

Your role in a nutshell

• Work with a team in the Scrum Master role
• Help build and maintain motivated, happy, and collaborative teams
• Embed agile practices and run ceremonies like stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and show and tells
• Identify obstacles and assist the team in overcoming them
• Facilitate and track team risks and dependencies
• Help the team focus on priorities to deliver products or services
• Encourage continuous improvement within the delivery team
• Coach and mentor team members on agile and lean tools and techniques
• Build strong relationships with your team and stakeholders
• Manage internal client reporting

About The Candidate

We value people at the centre of everything we do. We’re a diverse, close-knit community united by a passion for solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a practical approach to getting things done. We’re looking for:

• Experience delivering digital projects in agile teams using Scrum methodology
• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum working practices
• Comfort leading multidisciplinary teams of various configurations and sizes
• Experience providing internal delivery reports
• Familiarity with collaboration and project management tools
• Understanding of user-centred design principles and practices

About The Company

We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including:

• Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6%, employee 2%)
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
• Perkbox discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric vehicles salary sacrifice scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Wellbeing sessions
• Flexible benefits such as private health and dental cover, additional holidays, wellbeing contributions, charity donations, and tree planting

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Hippo

We’re committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We value diverse perspectives and actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent individuals, and people with disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer, and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. We strive to remove barriers, provide accommodations, and ensure equitable practices.

Hi, we’re Hippo. We design with empathy and build for impact, combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design, and software engineering. Our agile methodology supports innovation and continuous improvement to help our clients thrive. We believe technology should serve humanity, and our solutions aim to make a positive societal impact.

Our locations include Leeds (headquarters), Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol. We welcome applicants nationwide and offer relocation support up to £8,000. Flexibility to work on-site or from home is available, depending on client needs.