Description
Job Summary:
Within the clients Data and Analytics division, the Real-Time Data teams play a vital role in supporting
their Real-Time data collection and distribution systems.
We have responsibility for the design, implementation and continuous improvements of complex,
low latency, high throughput software that makes the client's financial data distribution reliable,
scalable and geographically resilient. Whether you are passionate about our consistently
modernized on-prem enterprise solutions or tackling the challenges on our cloud applications in
AWS and Azure.
Our Clients team thrives on inclusion, innovation, and high performance, which resonate with our clients
values.. Join us and help shape the future of our clients platforms and services.
We are seeking a highly skilled Agile Delivery Lead for their Real-Time organisation. You will
be a member of a product engineering delivery team supporting engineering teams moving to
product led ways of working and organisation, acting as unifying and consistent leadership within
the PDM roles primarily and their supporting teams as they age.
The ideal candidate for this role is passionate about technology and deeply empathizes with
internal and external customer needs. They are comfortable in conversation with engineering
teams as well as customers ranging from developers to snr leaders. A key strength and quality
required from the successful candidate is the curiosity and willingness to ask for clarification and
leverage help if there are gaps in knowledge as we promote a continuous learning culture.
Agile Delivery Lead – Real-Time Engineering
Role Purpose
The Agile Delivery Lead enables predictable, high quality delivery across multiple RealTime
Engineering squads. Supporting several Product Delivery Managers (PDMs), the role ensures
squads operate effectively within agile ways of working, remove delivery impediments, and
maintain alignment to engineering, product, and operational standards. This role drives flow,
transparency, effective communication through embedding high-quality rapid feedback loops
and and continuous improvement across squads working on low latency, high reliability RealTime
systems.
Key Responsibilities:
• Drive day to day delivery flow across multiple squads, ensuring commitments are met
and blockers are removed quickly.
• Support Product Delivery Managers (PDMs) to maintain healthy backlogs, clear sprint
goals, and realistic forecasting.
• Ensure squads uphold engineering and operational standards including Definition of
Ready/Done, technical quality gates, CSP pipeline usage, and DevSecOps practices and
drive accountability for effective use of tooling, including instilling good ticket hygiene..
CORPORATE
• Facilitate core ceremonies (planning, standups, reviews, retrospectives) where needed and
establish contingency for enabling these to avoid key person dependencies..
• Manage cross team dependencies, escalating only when required and tracking them to
closure.
• Maintain delivery visibility across all assigned products, aligning sequencing, capacity,
and risks.
• Support integration work across Real-Time Engineering, Platform, Architecture, and
Tooling teams.
• Provide timely, accurate delivery reporting to PDMs, RT Ops, and stakeholders.
• Ensure data in Clarity, Jira, and other delivery tools reflects the current delivery state.
• Track delivery risks, issues, and impediments with clear owners and mitigation plans.
Behaviours & Expectations
• Promotes transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement within squads.
• Acts as a servant-leader, enabling teams to deliver rather than directing from above.
• Calm under pressure, especially in fast-moving Real-Time operational contexts.
• Proactive in identifying and solving problems before they impact delivery.
• Role models positive delivery behaviours and supports a product led culture.
Team Health & Continuous Improvement
• Coach squads on agile behaviours, ceremonies, and principles to improve
predictability and autonomy and improve flow.
• Champion continuous improvement by analysing delivery metrics and facilitating
improvement actions.
• Strengthen collaboration between engineering, product, and vendors to support a
cohesive delivery environment.
XP
Essential
• Proven XP delivering technology products using agile frameworks (examples
might include, but are not limited to Scrum/Kanban/Lean).
• Strong delivery management skills across multiple concurrent squads or workstreams.
• Ability to manage cross team dependencies and maintain structured delivery
governance.
• XP working with engineering teams in complex, high throughput or time
critical environments.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to engage engineers, PDMs, stakeholders,
and vendors.
• Data driven approach to delivery, using metrics and tooling to improve flow and
forecasting.
CORPORATE
Desirable
• Familiarity with RealTime systems, low latency engineering, or financial
market/market data domains.
• Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and platform/toolchain engineering.
• XP managing multi-vendor delivery environments.
• Agile certifications (Scrum Master, Kanban Practitioner etc.)
Qualifications and XP :
• 3-5+ years of XP in product management, product design or software engineering.
• XP translating business strategy and analysis into consumer facing digital products
•. A working foundation in process frameworks Agile, DevOps and DevSecOps with XP
in executing these in a highly automotive and high velocity output.
• Thought leader with a solid understanding of the key business drivers and customer dynamics
in high-tech industries.
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a fastpaced environment and able to influence multiple cross-departmental stakeholders.
• Analytical and quantitative skills, XP using hard data and metrics to back up
assumptions and develop business cases.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated XP engaging and
influencing snr executives.
• Strong work ethic as team player and a willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job
done.
Skills
1. Real-Time
2. Trading
3. Front Office
4. Market Data
5. Data distribution
6. Content
7. Low Latency
8. Project management
9. Delivery Management
10. Delivery
11. Account management
Job Title: Agile Delivery Lead (Real-Time)
Location: London, UK
Rate/Salary: - GBP Daily
Job Type: Contract
Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands.