Senior Agile Delivery Manager
As a Senior Agile Delivery Manager, you will guide cross‑functional teams to deliver innovative digital services. You will champion Agile practices, remove blockers, and foster collaboration. Opportunities span Data and Analytics, Cyber Security, and Health & Disability, each focused on improving services for users. You will also mentor colleagues, build strong stakeholder relationships, and help teams continuously improve.
Pay up to £75,748, plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid working with 60% home working, flexible hours and a great work‑life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
DWP is the UK’s largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195 bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
We are looking for a Senior Agile Delivery Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We are driving a once‑in‑a‑generation transformation of government services. We use fresh ideas and leading‑edge technologies to build and maintain innovative, scalable and user‑centric digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives.
You will lead cross‑functional teams in delivering innovative digital services that make a real difference. You will be the go‑to person for driving Agile best practices, removing blockers, encouraging collaboration and helping teams continuously improve how they work. Whether it’s shaping delivery strategy or keeping things running smoothly, you’ll play a key role in making sure we deliver value early and often.
There are several exciting opportunities across different teams. In Data and Analytics, you will help align transformation projects with DWP’s Data Strategy, working with digital and data experts to build secure, user‑friendly services powered by modern architecture. In Cyber Security, you will lead delivery around Microsoft Sentinel, balancing project work and BAU in a SOC environment. You will also have the chance to work on health and disability services, collaborating across policy, strategy and service delivery to improve support for vulnerable users.
As part of a thriving Agile Delivery Manager community, you will share insights and learn from others. Day‑to‑day you will champion Agile ways of working, motivate teams, remove delivery barriers and build strong relationships with stakeholders. You will foster a culture of feedback and iteration, helping teams stay focused, aligned and continuously improving.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
* Agile Delivery Leadership – you can lead digital delivery across multiple phases in Agile environments, ensuring teams stay focused, adaptive and aligned to outcomes.
* Team Culture & Dynamics – you can foster psychological safety, manage team dynamics and promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
* Stakeholder Engagement – you can build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment and shared ownership of delivery goals.
* Learning & Development – you take a proactive approach to your own development and support others in growing their skills and confidence.
* Agile Expertise – you can apply Agile principles and practices effectively, adapting delivery approaches to suit team maturity, context and complexity.
Details. Wages. Perks.
You will join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, wherever you prefer. We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model – you’ll be in the office about 60% of the time and 40% home working.
We offer competitive pay of up to £75,748 and a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth over 28.9%, and a generous leave package starting at 26 days. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi‑time.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work‑life balance which includes:
* An award‑winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women in IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
* Flexible working including flexible hours and family‑friendly policies
* Time off volunteering and charitable giving
* Bring your authentic self to work with ‘I Can Be Me in DWP’
* Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
* Interest‑free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it’s even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
* Sports and social activities
* Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
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