Senior Agile Delivery Leader — Change & Value

Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Matching pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Flexible working

Home and Tech voucher

Volunteer opportunities

Cycle-to-work

Discounted gym memberships

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the agile “teams of teams”, aligning strategic priorities and driving value flow across critical business and technical changes. You’ll join the Change Delivery Team and work with a wider network of change professionals to improve delivery outcomes.

You will coach Delivery Leads, drive agile ceremonies, and partner with Product, Platform, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to shape priorities and manage dependencies.

Qualifications

• Proven leader with experience coaching, developing, and line-managing Delivery Leads, Analysts, and hybrid teams.
• Deep expertise in Lean-Agile delivery, with hands-on senior delivery leadership in scaled agile environments (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban).
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills at all organisational levels.
• Broad experience delivering complex technology initiatives including software, infrastructure, DevOps, and business transformation programmes.
• Ability to balance strategic priorities with effective day-to-day delivery, providing direction in complex environments.
• Analytical and data-driven, focused on continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate Agile Service Delivery ceremonies, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events.
• Coach and develop a team of Delivery Leads and Analysts, driving performance and career growth.
• Drive continuous improvement across the ART to enhance delivery flow, quality, predictability, and agile maturity.
• Remove impediments and enable effective cross-team collaboration to achieve business and technology outcomes.
• Partner with Product, Platform, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to shape priorities and manage backlogs.
• Monitor and report on delivery progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Champion a culture of learning, innovation, feedback, and organisational change.

Skills

Leadership

Lean-Agile

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

Analytical thinking

Job description

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the agile “teams of teams”, aligning strategic priorities and driving value flow across critical business and technical changes. You’ll join the Change Delivery Team and work with a wider network of change professionals to improve delivery outcomes.

You will coach Delivery Leads, drive agile ceremonies, and partner with Product, Platform, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to shape priorities and manage dependencies.