Senior Delivery Manager

Yorkshire Building Society; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days

Bonus 7–15% on target

Pension 11%

Healthcare

My Benefits

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multiple squads in Leeds. You will drive predictable, high-quality outcomes through iterative, flow-based delivery and collaborate with business, technology and operations teams to align priorities and execution.

You’ll champion Agile practices, manage dependencies and risks, and coach teams to improve delivery performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex change across multiple teams or squads.
• Strong experience in Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or equivalent).
• Track record of improving delivery predictability, flow and performance.
• Experience managing dependencies, risks and cross-team coordination.
• Ability to lead delivery across business and technology environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Experience coaching teams to improve delivery capability and outcomes.
• Data-driven approach to delivery, using metrics to inform decisions.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Experience working in scaled Agile environments.
• Experience in regulated industries.
• Agile certifications (e.g. SAFe, Scrum).

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of prioritised outcomes across multiple squads
• Drive delivery predictability through effective planning, sequencing and dependency management
• Balance pace, risk and value through iterative, flow-based delivery
• Facilitate key planning and governance forums, including portfolio or quarterly planning
• Define and track delivery metrics to improve performance and outcomes
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks and impediments
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile principles and practices
• Foster strong collaboration across Product, Engineering and Business teams
• Build high-performing teams and drive continuous improvement

Skills

Delivery across multiple teams

Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)

Delivery predictability, flow and性能

Managing dependencies, risks and cross

Lead delivery across business and tech

Stakeholder management & influencing

Coaching teams on delivery

Data-driven delivery metrics

Problem-solving & decision-making

Scaled Agile environments

Experience in regulated industries

Agile certifications SAFe/Scrum

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multiple teams, driving predictable, high-quality outcomes through iterative, flow-based delivery.

This role is accountable for delivery of prioritised outcomes across squads, working across business, technology, data and operational teams to ensure effective sequencing, alignment and execution.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead delivery of prioritised outcomes across multiple squads
• Drive delivery predictability through effective planning, sequencing and dependency management
• Balance pace, risk and value through iterative, flow-based delivery
• Facilitate key planning and governance forums, including portfolio or quarterly planning
• Define and track delivery metrics to improve performance and outcomes
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks and impediments
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile principles and practices
• Foster strong collaboration across Product, Engineering and Business teams
• Build high-performing teams and drive continuous improvement

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience delivering complex change across multiple teams or squads
• Strong experience in Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or equivalent)
• Track record of improving delivery predictability, flow and performance
• Experience managing dependencies, risks and cross-team coordination
• Ability to lead delivery across business and technology environments
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
• Experience coaching teams to improve delivery capability and outcomes
• Data-driven approach to delivery, using metrics to inform decisions
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability
• Experience working in scaled Agile environments
• Experience in regulated industries
• Agile certifications (e.g. SAFe, Scrum)

Additional information

We are particularly interested in candidates who have led delivery across multiple squads and are accountable for outcomes, not just delivery processes.

Why this role matters

This role plays a critical part in improving delivery predictability, reducing risk, and ensuring high-quality outcomes across complex change initiatives.

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility.

We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Development.

We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Taz on [e-mail]