Senior Agile Delivery Manager

Graphics Unlimited (Vic) Pty Ltd; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks skilled Agile Delivery Managers to lead high-performing teams in delivering innovative digital solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, balancing remote work with collaborative sessions in vibrant digital hubs. You'll be instrumental in promoting psychological safety and fostering team dynamics, ensuring that experts in software engineering and user experience can thrive. With competitive pay and a generous benefits package, including a robust pension and flexible working hours, this position is perfect for those passionate about digital transformation and team leadership.

Benefits

Employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

Generous leave package

Time off for volunteering

Discounts on shopping

Interest-free loans for transport

Professional development opportunities

Sports and social activities

Qualifications

• Experience in digital delivery within agile environments.
• Promoting psychological safety and managing team dynamics.
• Proactive in personal and team development.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-performing digital teams using Agile frameworks.
• Identify and remove blockers for successful project delivery.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Agile Principles

Stakeholder Management

Digital Delivery

Team Dynamics Management

Continuous Improvement

Job description

Pay up to £75,748, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for skilled agile leaders to empower our high-performing teams to deliver cutting-edge digital solutions as we transform the future of DWP services used by millions of people.

We have multiple vacancies across our Digital Integration team, Data Enablement team and our GOV.UK team.

Whichever team you're working with, you'll lead using Agile frameworks, remove any barriers and utilise key metrics and insights to help us make good decisions and delivery better outcomes.

Delivering with People.

Our Agile Delivery Managers enable high-performing digital teams to create, build, innovate and deliver. We create psychologically safe spaces where digital experts can be at their best.

It's a complex landscape and you'll need your skills as a persuasive and engaging communicator, and your experience of delivering and solving cross-cutting problems to get the job done.

You'll make sure they have what they need to deliver the best services. You'll identify blockers, and find the best way round through, and over.

You will get the best out of experts in software engineering, process design, user research and user experience design, as well as policy development.

Developing a World-Class Practice.

Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members. We lead a cross-government community which meets once a month to share ideas and discuss emerging trends.

New joiners and long-time members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP.

We want you to be at your best. You'll have open access to experts from across our community and across DWP Digital, for coaching, mentoring, certifications, book budgets and lots more.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

Role

The application process for these roles includes a personal statement. This is your opportunity to showcase clear examples and evidence of how you meet the following:

• Experience of digital delivery in an agile environment in multiple phases.
• Promoting a culture of psychological safety in teams, managing team dynamics. Fostering a continuous improvement environment.
• Experience of leading and building stakeholder relationships at multiple levels.
• Having a proactive approach to learning and development of yourself and others.
• Experienced in the use of Agile principles and practices.
  
  

The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria above.

Full details, as well as application guidance are detailed in the Civil Service Job description - Click 'Apply' to be redirected here.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs, whichever is most convenient for you. We have 2 roles in Manchester or Newcastle, and 3 roles based in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay up to £75,748.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
  
  

Process

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: a single stage interview online.
  
  

CLICK APPLYfor more information and to start your application.