Senior Agile Delivery Leader — Hybrid, Flexible Hours

DWP Digital; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Pension contributions 28.97%

Generous leave 26–31 days

Professional development

Job summary

DWP Digital in the UK is hiring a Senior Agile Delivery Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams delivering user-centred digital products that underpin essential public services.

You’ll operate in a hybrid model, with flexible hours in Birmingham or another hub, and you’ll drive planning, governance, risk management and stakeholder engagement to ensure value, quality and sustainable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Maintaining Delivery Momentum: Ability to create an effective delivery ecosystem to ensure the successful delivery of digital projects, products and services using an agile approach.
• Agile and Lean Practices: Coach and lead teams in agile and lean good practices. Create and tailor the right approach for a team. Act as a recognised expert and advocate for agile and lean approaches
• Build High-Performing Teams: Develop and sustain high-performing teams with strong interpersonal relationships. Resolve conflicts constructively, create psychological safety and champion diversity and inclusion.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Communicate ethically and transparently, regularly demonstrating progress and managing expectations effectively.
• Continuous Learning and Development: Drive a culture of continuous learning and upskilling within the team(s). Take responsibility for your own professional development and understand and develop the skills and capabilities of the individuals in the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital delivery in complex environments, ensuring effective planning, governance, risk management and coordination across multiple teams and dependencies.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, aligning priorities and driving informed decision-making.
• Foster inclusive, high-performing teams by removing barriers, encouraging continuous improvement and developing agile delivery capability across the organisation.
• Through periods of change and ambiguity, help teams adapt, deliver value and achieve sustainable outcomes.

Skills

Delivery momentum

Agile and Lean practices

High-performing teams

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous learning

Job description

DWP Digital in the UK is hiring a Senior Agile Delivery Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams delivering user-centred digital products that underpin essential public services.

You’ll operate in a hybrid model, with flexible hours in Birmingham or another hub, and you’ll drive planning, governance, risk management and stakeholder engagement to ensure value, quality and sustainable outcomes.