Senior Agile Delivery Leader | Cross-Squad Excellence

Yorkshire Building Society; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days

Bonus 7–15% on target

Pension 11%

Healthcare

My Benefits

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multiple squads in Leeds. You will drive predictable, high-quality outcomes through iterative, flow-based delivery and collaborate with business, technology and operations teams to align priorities and execution.

You’ll champion Agile practices, manage dependencies and risks, and coach teams to improve delivery performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex change across multiple teams or squads.
• Strong experience in Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or equivalent).
• Track record of improving delivery predictability, flow and performance.
• Experience managing dependencies, risks and cross-team coordination.
• Ability to lead delivery across business and technology environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Experience coaching teams to improve delivery capability and outcomes.
• Data-driven approach to delivery, using metrics to inform decisions.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Experience working in scaled Agile environments.
• Experience in regulated industries.
• Agile certifications (e.g. SAFe, Scrum).

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of prioritised outcomes across multiple squads
• Drive delivery predictability through effective planning, sequencing and dependency management
• Balance pace, risk and value through iterative, flow-based delivery
• Facilitate key planning and governance forums, including portfolio or quarterly planning
• Define and track delivery metrics to improve performance and outcomes
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks and impediments
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile principles and practices
• Foster strong collaboration across Product, Engineering and Business teams
• Build high-performing teams and drive continuous improvement

Skills

Delivery across multiple teams

Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)

Delivery predictability, flow and性能

Managing dependencies, risks and cross

Lead delivery across business and tech

Stakeholder management & influencing

Coaching teams on delivery

Data-driven delivery metrics

Problem-solving & decision-making

Scaled Agile environments

Experience in regulated industries

Agile certifications SAFe/Scrum

Job description

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multiple squads in Leeds. You will drive predictable, high-quality outcomes through iterative, flow-based delivery and collaborate with business, technology and operations teams to align priorities and execution.

You’ll champion Agile practices, manage dependencies and risks, and coach teams to improve delivery performance.