Senior Agile Delivery Manager

Senior Agile Delivery Manager Overview

A prominent organization is looking for a Senior Agile Delivery Manager to join their newly established software engineering team in Leeds, West Yorkshire. This role is crucial for driving the delivery of significant improvements in service security, resilience, testability, and recoverability.

The position is hands-on, requiring the successful candidate to act as an embedded Scrum Master within an active engineering team, collaborating closely with developers, testers, and DevOps engineers to ensure high-quality software delivery. The role involves ensuring that backlogs are technically prepared, prioritized, and actionable, while working alongside architecture and business analysis teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Scrum Master and Delivery Manager within a live software engineering environment.
• Lead core agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Remove blockers and manage delivery flow, scope, and prioritization.
• Maintain consistent delivery momentum across sustained build activity.
• Work closely with engineers across development, testing, and DevOps.
• Engage in technical discussions and navigate trade-offs and challenges.
• Support delivery in complex areas such as security, resilience, and recoverability.
• Influence and engage with senior stakeholders, providing clear updates on delivery progress.
• Build trust through transparency and consistent performance.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and technical leads to maintain prioritized backlogs.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, and cross-team dependencies.
• Utilize Jira for planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Support governance and change processes as required.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Hands-on experience delivering software within agile engineering teams.
• Proven track record as a Scrum Master or Delivery Manager in active build environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including version control (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS and/or Azure).
• Direct experience working with developers, testers, and DevOps engineers.
• Ability to manage complex delivery risks, dependencies, and backlogs.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• High proficiency in Jira for team and program-level delivery.
• Demonstrable experience aligned to senior capability standards.

Technical Environment

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) in active software delivery environments.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD tooling.
• Knowledge of automated testing and quality engineering approaches.
• Experience in secure and resilient digital service delivery.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with platform or data engineering teams.
• Exposure to large-scale, regulated, or public sector environments.
• Familiarity with service management or change tools (e.g., ServiceNow).

Location & Working Pattern

The primary locations for this role are Newcastle, Leeds, or Birmingham, with a minimum of 60% on-site presence required. Candidates should reside within a reasonable commuting distance (approximately 90 minutes) for sustained attendance.

What’s on Offer

• 12-month contract engagement.
• Competitive day rate via umbrella company.
• Opportunity to work within a high-impact, delivery-focused engineering environment.
• Exposure to complex, large-scale digital services.

Application Process

For more information or to apply, please reach out for a confidential discussion.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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