Senior Delivery Manager — Dual-Track Agile Lead

Scrumconnect Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to establish effective ways of working across two agile teams. You will coach, manage stakeholders and ensure high-profile work progresses swiftly while aligning Kanban and Scrum practices.

Applicants should have hands-on Kanban and Scrum experience, strong Jira skills and a track record of coaching teams through organizational change.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading more than one team.
• Hands-on experience with Kanban and Scrum.
• Strong Jira setup and configuration skills.
• Experience coaching teams and embedding new ways of working.
• People management experience and confidence in supporting teams through change.

Responsibilities

• Establish the right ways of working for each team, including agile events with clear goals.
• Support two teams: one with Kanban and the other with sprints.
• Set up and configure Jira to support each team.
• Develop and document working processes with the teams, iterating as needed.
• Coach teams to embed agile ways of working.
• Facilitate the creation of team artefacts such as definitions of ready and done, and sizing approaches.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and ensure high-profile work is delivered at pace.

Skills

Kanban

Scrum

Jira

Stakeholder management

Coaching teams

Education

Agile certification (CSM/PSM/KMP)

Tools

Jira

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to establish effective ways of working across two agile teams. You will coach, manage stakeholders and ensure high-profile work progresses swiftly while aligning Kanban and Scrum practices.

Applicants should have hands-on Kanban and Scrum experience, strong Jira skills and a track record of coaching teams through organizational change.