Senior Delivery Manager

Candyspace; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital product agency is seeking an Agile Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of a consumer-facing mobile streaming application. In this role, you will manage day-to-day Agile delivery, ensuring predictable, high-quality outcomes by coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have proven experience managing complex dependencies, facilitating Agile ceremonies, and supporting Product Owners in a fast-paced environment. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential for successful delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Agile Delivery Manager or similar role in digital or mobile product delivery.
• Strong experience managing complex dependencies across clients and third-party partners.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder expectations and navigate trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery across iOS & Android Agile teams.
• Manage day-to-day delivery activities to meet milestones.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning and retrospectives.

Skills

Agile delivery management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Facilitation skills

Job description

Candyspace are tried and tested digital product experts, creating apps, websites and digital products for ambitious, results-focused organisations investing in growth, including some of the best-known brands in the UK and beyond.

Working at Candyspace is about building products that people love. We all work hard to define the sweetspot between customers' needs and the demands of the businesses who employ us. And by building products that they all love, we love those products too. To do this you will be a part of a diverse and inclusive team of like-minded people, ambitious for themselves and passionate about what they do. You will work on exciting and challenging projects.

Candyspace is an equal opportunities employer andესო we strongly encourage people of colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents and individuals with disabilities to apply for roles here. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know and feel free to note which pronouns you use (she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).

Role Overview

The Agile Delivery Manager will lead the incremental delivery of a consumer-facing mobile streaming application. The platform currently supportsישי iOS and Android.

This role is accountable for day-to-day Agile delivery, managing complex dependencies with clients and third-party partners, and ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery aligned to the delivery roadmap. The Agile Delivery Manager works closely with the Product Owner, iOS & Android engineering teams, and client stakeholders to align scope, manage expectations, surface risks early, and continuously improve delivery outcomes.

Requirements

Delivery & Execution

• Own end-to-end delivery across our iOS & Android Agile teams
• Manage day-to-day delivery activities to ensure milestones, commitments, and release targets are met
• Facilitate and run Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and release planning
• Ensure delivery remains aligned to agreed scope, timelines, and quality standards
• Drive and support the QA UI Automation initiative, helping establish structure, milestones, and delivery ownership
• Actively manage dependencies across mason teams, client stakeholders, and multiple third-party vendors
• Identify delivery risks early and clearly articulate impact, mitigation options, and trade-offs
• Proactively escalates risks and blockers internally and with the client, ensuring transparency and timely decision Controls
• Track and manage external constraints that could impact release readiness (app store approvals, SDK updates, platform changes)

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Serve as a primary delivery contact for client stakeholders, providing clear communication on progress, risks, and dependencies
Manage stakeholder expectations on scope, timelines, and delivery trade-offs
• Support structured decision-making by presenting options, impacts, and recommendations
• Build strong, trusted relationships across product, engineering, client, and third-party teams

Product Owner Support

• Partner closely with the Product Owner to support backlog readiness, prioritisation, and refinement
• Help translate product goals and roadmap priorities into realistic delivery plans
• Ensure stories are well-defined, ready, dependencies are understood, and teams are set up for success
• Enable the Product Owner to focus on value and outcomes by owning delivery mechanics
• Define and track meaningful delivery metrics (e.g. velocity, predictability, goals, quality)
• Produce clear, concise delivery reporting for internal leadership and client stakeholders
• Use data and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement across teams
• Promote a culture of learning, transparency, and sustainable delivery pace

Agile Ways of Working

• Champion pragmatic Agile practices tailored to mobile and platform-based product delivery
• Balance Scrum and Kanban approaches as appropriate for feature development, defects, and operational work
• Encourage collaboration, ownership, and accountability across teams
• Continuously improve Agile maturity without introducing unnecessary process overhead

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as an Agile Delivery Manager, Delivery Lead, or similar role in digital or mobile product delivery
• Strong experience managing complex dependencies across clients and third-party partners
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder expectations and navigate scope, timeline, and priority trade-offs
• Strong risk identification and mitigation skills, with confidence in escalating issues early
• Hands-on experience running Agile ceremonies and managing day-to-day delivery
• Experience supporting Product Owners in fast-paced product environments
• Strong communication, facilitation, and influencing skills

Preferred Experience

• Experience delivering consumer-facing mobile applications, ideally extracted or streaming platafsRaor.
• Familiarity with iOS, Aircular, i restful TV ecosystems (Apple TV, Android TV)
• Experience working with app store release processes and platform constraints
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• Exposure to analytics, content delivery, DRM, or streaming technologies
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• Experience delivering post-launch phases with live products

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