Senior Delivery Manager

Jobtailor; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Leeds seeks an experienced engineering manager to lead a group of engineers through regular one-to-ones, coaching and career conversations. You will own growth, wellbeing and performance while building psychological safety and trust within the team.

You will lead hiring, onboarding and retention, manage capacity for delivery pods, and partner with Product Managers and Tech Leads to align pod scope.

Qualifications

• Proven line-management of engineers with regular feedback and career conversations.
• Experience forecasting capacity and allocating resources in agile teams.
• People-first leadership, coaching, wellbeing and inclusive team-building.
• Comfort working in a matrix environment.
• Track record in capacity planning, resource allocation, skills mapping, flow and unblocking in a sustainable delivery environment.
• Confidence leading in a fast-moving, AI-native environment.
• Strong partnership skills with Tech Leads and Product Managers.
• Background in software engineering.
• Experience in a regulated or professional-services environment.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps and agentic development, such as Azure DevOps and Claude Code.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage and develop engineers through regular one-to-ones and feedback.
• Own growth, wellbeing and performance of direct reports.
• Build trust and psychological safety within the team.
• Lead hiring, onboarding and retention for managed employees.
• Own capacity and resource allocation for delivery pods.
• Identify and elevate capacity, skills, dependency and resourcing risks.
• Support engineers in pods and provide feedback to managers.
• Partner with Product Managers on pod scope and sequencing.
• Support agile ways of working with Agile practitioners.
• Partner with Tech Leads, Product Managers and fellow managers.
• Help pods adopt AI-native delivery and ensure quality review.
• Integrate three former teams into one engineering function.

Skills

Line-Management Experience

Capacity Planning

Agile Methodologies

People-First Leadership

Software Engineering Background

Regulated/Professional Services

Collaboration with Tech Leads

Azure DevOps

Claude Code

Matrix Environment

Tools

Azure DevOps

Claude Code

Job description

• Line-manage and develop a group of engineers through regular one-to-ones, feedback and career conversations


• Own the growth, wellbeing and performance of direct reports


• Build trust and psychological safety within the team


• Lead hiring, onboarding and retention for managed employees


• Own capacity and resource allocation for one or more delivery pods


• Identify and elevate capacity, skills, dependency and resourcing risks


• Support engineers in pods regardless of reporting line and provide feedback to their managers


• Partner with Product Managers on pod scope and sequencing while owning capacity and skills fit


• Support agile ways of working alongside Agile practitioners


• Partner with Tech Leads, Product Managers and fellow managers


• Help pods adopt AI-native delivery and maintain quality review of AI-assisted work


• Help integrate three former teams into one engineering function

Requirements

• Proven experience line-managing and developing engineers


• Experience managing capacity and resource allocation in agile teams


• People-first leadership, including coaching, honest feedback, wellbeing and inclusive team-building


• Comfort working in a matrix environment


• Track record of capacity planning, resource allocation, skills mapping, flow and unblocking in a sustainable delivery environment


• Confidence leading in a fast-moving, AI-native environment


• Strong partnership skills with Tech Leads and Product Managers


• Background in software engineering


• Experience in a regulated or professional-services environment


• Familiarity with modern DevOps and agentic development, such as Azure DevOps and Claude Code

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in line-managing and developing engineering teams, with a strong focus on capacity planning, resource allocation, and fostering a people-first leadership culture. Proficient in supporting agile methodologies and integrating teams in a fast-paced, AI-native environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Line-Management Experience


• Capacity Planning


• Agile Methodologies


• People-First Leadership


• Software Engineering Background

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Capacity Planning


• Resource Allocation


• Skills Mapping


• Flow Management


• Unblocking


• Agile Practices


• AI-Native Delivery


• Team Integration

Soft Skills

• Coaching


• Honest Feedback


• Inclusive Team-Building


• Trust Building


• Psychological Safety

Industry Keywords

• Regulated Environment


• Professional Services


• Matrix Environment

Tools & Technologies

• Azure DevOps


• Claude Code