Senior Agile Delivery Leader

Hippo Digital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work

Salary sacrifice electric vehicles

Season ticket loans

Wellbeing sessions

Flexible benefits (health, pension,hol

Private health cover

Additional holidays

Charity contributions

Tree planting

Job summary

Hippo Digital is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to embed agile ways of working across client projects and lead multi-disciplinary teams on site. You’ll run ceremonies, remove impediments, and drive continuous improvement while fostering a user-centred approach to design and delivery.

You will guide teams, manage risks, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure priorities align with product or service outcomes, with opportunities for progression within the senior level.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex digital projects.
• Proven ability in agile project management frameworks (SCRUM/Lean/DSDM/APMG).
• Experience leading teams of varying configurations (consultancy, hybrid client teams).
• Strong collaboration and use of project management tools.
• Understanding of user-centred design principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Help build and maintain the on-site delivery team, ensuring motivation and cohesion.
• Identify obstacles and help the team overcome them.
• Facilitate and track team risks and dependencies.
• Help the team focus on priorities to deliver the product or service.
• Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team.
• Coach and mentor team members to apply agile and lean tools and techniques.
• Build strong relationships with team and stakeholders.

Skills

Project delivery

Agile leadership

Team leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

User-centered design

Job description

Hippo Digital is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to embed agile ways of working across client projects and lead multi-disciplinary teams on site. You’ll run ceremonies, remove impediments, and drive continuous improvement while fostering a user-centred approach to design and delivery.

You will guide teams, manage risks, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure priorities align with product or service outcomes, with opportunities for progression within the senior level.