Lead Agile Delivery Manager

Areti Group | B Corp™; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 94,159 - 123,550; Part time

Job summary

Areti Group is hiring a Lead Agile Delivery Manager (SFIA 6) on a contract basis, based in Newcastle or regularly from the North East. You will lead digital delivery on a high-profile programme, working with Deputy Director-level stakeholders to provide leadership, governance oversight and assurance across multiple teams and workstreams.

The role requires extensive experience in government/regulated environments, driving delivery outcomes, managing risks and dependencies, and mentoring delivery

Qualifications

• Experience leading digital delivery in complex government or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Coaching and developing delivery professionals to improve delivery maturity.

Responsibilities

• Provide delivery leadership across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Governance oversight, reporting and assurance to Deputy Director-level stakeholders.
• Develop delivery capability across the wider organisation by coaching Lead/Senior Delivery Managers, Delivery Managers and Scrum Masters.

Skills

Delivery Management SFIA6

Multidisciplinary delivery

Stakeholder management

Delivery governance

RAID management

Dependency management

Roadmap planning

Prioritisation

Coaching and development

Continuous improvement

Tools

Jira

Actionable Agile

Job description

Lead Agile Delivery Manager (SFIA 6) – Contract

Newcastle preferred (candidates based in, or willing to work regularly from, the North East strongly preferred)

Up to £590 per day Inside IR35

We’re looking for an experienced Lead Agile Delivery Manager (SFIA 6) to support the delivery of a high-profile digital transformation programme operating under significant business and ministerial scrutiny. You’ll work directly with Deputy Director-level stakeholders, providing delivery leadership, strategic reporting, governance oversight and assurance across multiple teams and workstreams.

You’ll bring extensive experience leading digital delivery within complex government or large-scale enterprise environments, driving delivery outcomes, managing senior stakeholders, identifying and mitigating risks and dependencies, and ensuring effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

A key part of the role is developing delivery capability across the wider organisation --- coaching and mentoring Lead Delivery Managers, Senior Delivery Managers, Delivery Managers and Scrum Masters to improve delivery maturity, practices and outcomes.

• SFIA 6 level Delivery Management experience
• Leading multidisciplinary digital delivery teams
• Senior stakeholder management, including Deputy Director, Director and programme leadership engagement
• Delivery governance, RAID management and dependency management
• Roadmap planning, prioritisation and reporting
• Operating within complex government or regulated environments
• Coaching and developing delivery professionals
• Driving continuous improvement across teams and programmes

Highly desirable experience:

• Deep expertise in Kanban and flow-based delivery management, including WIP management, lead time, cycle time, throughput analysis and service-level expectations
• Practical application of Monte Carlo forecasting to improve delivery predictability and confidence-based planning
• Experience implementing forecasting approaches using Jira, Actionable Agile or similar tooling
• Coaching and upskilling other delivery professionals in forecasting, metrics and flow-based delivery practices
• Experience supporting ministerial commitments, high-profile programmes and executive governance forums

If you’re a credible senior delivery leader who can quickly build trust with stakeholders, strengthen forecasting capability and lead confidently in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, we’d love to hear from you.

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