Senior Agile Lead

Holiday Extras; Dover; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

A travel services company is looking for a Senior Agile Lead to coach product development teams towards value optimisation and sustainability. You'll lead continuous improvement activities while fostering collaboration and transparency across teams. Ideal candidates will possess deep knowledge of Agile frameworks and experience managing multiple teams, ensuring high-quality delivery and effective systems thinking within the organization.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Gym discounts

Profit share bonus

Social club membership

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Agile frameworks and scaling practices.
• Experience managing multiple teams or areas.
• Strong grasp of systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead refinement and prioritisation across shared backlog.
• Define adaptive processes for optimal delivery.
• Coach teams in agile practices and delivery excellence.
• Facilitate cross-team coordination and planning.
• Use metrics to identify flow impediments.

Skills

Agile frameworks knowledge

Clear communication skills

Coaching and mentoring

Systems thinking

Stakeholder management

Job description

Description

Salary: 60070 - 75087 FTE DOE Benefits Profit Share Bonus

Office based in Hythe Kent

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work full‑time, part‑time or as a job‑share we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work‑life balance.

About

At Holiday Extras we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 we’re proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well‑being. By joining our team you’ll feel supported and rewarded every day.

We’re looking for a Senior Agile Lead to coach product development teams toward whole‑system optimisation for value, adaptability and sustainability. You’ll lead continuous improvement activities to remove the barriers to delivery, organisational learning and timely response to change.

You’ll be part of our Product Development Team whose mission is to drive efficient, collaborative and adaptive delivery across our organisation – helping us continually improve how we create value for our customers and partners.

The Role

By joining our team you’ll:

• Lead refinement and prioritisation across a shared backlog to ensure coherent delivery of the highest value work across multiple teams
• Define and embed adaptive processes that optimise delivery for value and learning at scale
• Coach teams and leaders in agile practices and delivery excellence fostering autonomy, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Facilitate cross‑team coordination, planning and retrospectives to improve alignment and transparency
• Use metrics to identify flow impediments, bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement across delivery chains
• Collaborate with peers to share insights and approaches ensuring alignment and promoting continuous improvement across teams
• Lead system‑thinking and improvement initiatives that enable sustainable pace, global optimisation and organisational adaptability

Requirements

What you can bring to our team:

• Deep knowledge of Agile frameworks and scaling practices with the ability to tailor and blend approaches that best fit
• Experience managing multiple teams or areas with the same objectives
• Clear communication skills & confident facilitating large‑scale planning and improvement sessions
• Experience coaching and mentoring others
• A strong grasp of systems thinking and how to design structures that optimise value and flow
• Able to identify and prioritise improvements across multiple teams
• The ability to collaborate, influence and resolve challenges across multiple functions and senior stakeholders
• Understanding of engineering practices and how to align delivery approaches with technical realities
• Experience across platform or infrastructure teams with internal customers would be beneficial

Everyone’s career path is individual and different, so this is just a guide. If your experience doesn’t precisely match this you’re encouraged to apply so that we can discover your unique talents!

How we hire for this role

We know your time is precious so we keep our recruitment process as quick and easy as possible. If we believe you might be a match for a job you’ve applied for you’ll enter our hiring process as follows:

• 45 minute video call with Recruiter & Head of Delivery
• In‑person interview at our campus meeting Product & Engineering peers
• Meet the Agile Lead team

Cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture is paramount for us.

Recognising we are all different, if for whatever reason you need us to adapt the process please get in touch via .

Applications Close: 26th November 2025

Benefits

Why choose Holiday Extras

We believe that holidays are the most precious time of all so we create products, tech and services that make travel and holidays memorable and fun. We’re on a mission to be the only place to go for your holiday extras, offering unparalleled choice, value and service turning our customers’ ordinary trips into extraordinarily good times.

We believe that holidays are the most precious time of all so we create products, tech and services that make travel and holidays memorable and fun. We’re on a mission to be the only place to go for your holiday extras, offering unparalleled choice, value and service turning our customers’ ordinary trips into extraordinarily good times.

• Time is precious: 25 days annual leave (BHs), extra holidays through Holiday Buy, Birthday Day Off and Sabbaticals at each milestone.
• Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave – up to 1 year off including 13 weeks at 100% pay, 13 weeks at 50% pay.
• Road to well‑being: Access to gym discounts, private dental insurance and private medical insurance (after 4 years).
• Celebrate success together: Enjoy a profit share bonus and a pension scheme with Aviva.
• Good for the soul: Join our social club for 25% off any ticket or event in the UK, discounts on the latest tech or give back to your community with our volunteering scheme.
• Plan ahead: Income protection, critical illness cover and life assurance.

Employment Type

Full‑Time

Department / Functional Area

Product Development

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

Monthly Salary

60070 - 75087