Overview
As an Agile Delivery Manager, you'll be a key enabler of this change, embedded within a cross-functional product squad. You are not a project administrator; you are a coach, a facilitator and enabler, and a servant leader dedicated to empowering your team to deliver valuable outcomes efficiently.
You will be instrumental in fostering a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety, and accountability within your squad. This role is essential to our Agile transformation, helping us move away from a traditional PMO mindset and embrace a "right-fit" delivery approach for our business.
You will work effectively as part of a wider Delivery team and one of a number of Agile Delivery Managers responsible for our entire set of cross functional product squads. You will be required to be onsite at our Hereford office location 3 days per week.
Key Responsibilities
* Agile Coaching and Facilitation: Coach and guide your squad on Agile principles and practices, with a strong focus on Scrum. You will facilitate all key Agile ceremonies as required by the team, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews, ensuring they are effective and valuable
* Delivery Enablement: Act as a servant leader with a clear focus on driving delivery outcomes. You will proactively manage and support the flow of work, identifying and removing impediments while enabling the team to deliver value predictably and on time. This includes coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to resolve dependencies, maintaining momentum, and ensuring the squad has what it needs to meet its delivery commitments
* Performance and Transparency: Support the squad in maintaining a clean and well-prioritized backlog. You will be responsible for defining, monitoring, and reporting on key delivery metrics like velocity, cycle time, and sprint goal attainment
* Wider Governance and Reporting: Play a central role in the new delivery function by shaping and managing delivery plans, progress tracking, and team health insights. You will ensure accurate and timely reporting of delivery status, risks, and forecasts, providing the Head of Delivery with consistent, data-driven updates. This information directly feeds into dashboards, governance forums, and programme boards, giving executive leadership clear visibility of delivery health, trajectory, and alignment to the overall roadmap
* Stakeholder Communication: Manage communication and alignment with stakeholders outside of the squad. You will be a bridge between the delivery team and the wider business, ensuring everyone has a clear understanding of the squad's progress, challenges, and upcoming releases
* Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the squad. You will encourage the team to reflect on their processes, tools, and dynamics, and help them implement actionable changes to become more effective
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