Agile Delivery Manager

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Agile Delivery Manager for a 12 month (Inside IR35) contract based hybrid in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle .

About the role :

We are seeking an Agile Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of technical change within a complex digital environment. Working with multidisciplinary teams including engineers, technical leads and product specialists, you will be responsible for prioritising work, managing delivery roadmaps and ensuring successful end to end delivery of platform and service improvements. You will support delivery across the full product lifecycle, from Discovery and Alpha through to Beta and Live, while fostering high-performing teams and promoting Agile ways of working. Experience delivering technical products or services within Agile environments is essential.

As an Agile Delivery Manager , your main responsibilities will be to:

- Lead Agile delivery across technical and platform focused teams.
- Manage priorities, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery plans.
- Work closely with technical leads , engineers and product teams to deliver business outcomes.
- Drive the successful delivery of products and services through the full lifecycle.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, promote continuous improvement and help build high-performing delivery teams.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, product teams and delivery partners across the organisation.
- Remove blockers and support teams in achieving delivery objectives .
- Use delivery metrics and reporting to monitor progress and identify improvements.
- Support roadmap planning, delivery governance and stakeholder coordination activities.
- Promote Agile principles and best practice across teams.

Essential:

- Proven experience as an Agile Delivery Manager , Technical Delivery Manager or similar delivery leadership role.
- Experience delivering technical and platform focused change within Agile environments.
- Experience working closely with software engineering teams.
- Ability to manage work prioritisation, dependencies, risks and delivery roadmaps.
- Experience delivering end to end digital products or services.
- Strong stakeholder management and decision making skills.

Desirable:

- AWS cloud environments.
- Java engineering teams.
- Service enablement/developer platform experience.
- Greenfield delivery experience.
- Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, DWP encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates . Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, DWP welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".