Senior Delivery Leader — Agile, SAFe & Change Champion

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Pension contribution up to 10%

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing app

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounted home tech/gadgets

Job summary

SBS Skipton Building Society is recruiting a Senior Delivery Manager to lead agile teams and drive strategic change. You will oversee a capability of Delivery Leads and Analysts, shaping priorities with stakeholders and removing impediments to improve delivery, quality and speed.

You will operate in a hybrid model, with three days in Skipton and two days remote, ensuring continuous alignment with business goals and customer value.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery in complex technology programmes.
• Experience coaching and line-managing delivery leads and analysts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate Agile Service Delivery ceremonies, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events.
• Manage, 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 cross-team collaboration to achieve business and technology outcomes.
• Partner with Product, Platform, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to shape priorities, manage dependencies, and optimise backlogs.
• Monitor and report on delivery progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Champion a culture of learning, innovation, feedback, and organisational change, supporting scaled agile practices adoption.

Skills

Lean-Agile delivery

Scaled Agile (SAFe/Scrum/Kanban)

Leadership

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

Job description

SBS Skipton Building Society is recruiting a Senior Delivery Manager to lead agile teams and drive strategic change. You will oversee a capability of Delivery Leads and Analysts, shaping priorities with stakeholders and removing impediments to improve delivery, quality and speed.

You will operate in a hybrid model, with three days in Skipton and two days remote, ensuring continuous alignment with business goals and customer value.