The Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Agile Delivery Manager to join our Bristol office on a 12-month basis, supporting and driving the delivery of our Data and Insight team. This role requires a deep understanding of Agile methodologies and a strong ability to work across multiple teams (up to three), ensuring Agile principles and practices are fully embedded and continuously improved. The successful candidate will play a critical role in facilitating Agile processes, fostering collaboration, removing impediments, and driving efficiencies within the teams.
The Agile Delivery Manager will act as a servant-leader, creating an environment that enables teams to self-organise while maintaining a focus on delivering high-value outcomes. They will also be responsible for ensuring alignment across teams, managing dependencies, and working closely with stakeholders to provide transparency on progress, risks, and delivery timelines. A strong understanding of Azure DevOps (ADO) is essential, as it will be the primary tool used for managing work items, tracking progress, and maintaining delivery workflows.
What You`ll Be Doing
1. Agile Leadership & Facilitation: Act as a servant-leader, guiding multiple Agile teams in delivering high-value outcomes through effective facilitation of Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement practices.
2. Cross-Team Coordination & Collaboration: Ensure seamless collaboration across teams, working closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Data Engineers, and other stakeholders to drive alignment and delivery efficiency.
3. Stakeholder Engagement: Provide transparency on delivery progress, risks, and timelines, managing stakeholder expectations and facilitating prioritisation.
4. Impediment Resolution: Proactively identify and resolve impediments to maintain team productivity and flow.
5. Agile Metrics & Insights: Track and analyse key Agile metrics to provide insights that drive informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
6. -Agile Coaching & Development: Mentor and coach teams to enhance their Agile maturity and foster a culture of learning and adaptability.
7. Champion Agile Best Practices: Advocate for Agile methodologies and best practices, promoting a mindset of agility, innovation, and iterative improvement.
What We`re Looking for in You
8. Proven Agile Delivery Experience: Demonstrated success as an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, or in a similar role, ideally within a data-driven environment.
9. Agile Frameworks: Strong working knowledge of Scrum, as well as experience with Kanban, and other Agile methodologies.
10. Multi-Team Coordination: Proven ability to work across multiple Agile teams, ensuring effective alignment, coordination, and delivery.
11. Facilitation & Coaching: Excellent facilitation skills for Agile ceremonies and workshops. Ability to coach and mentor teams to enhance Agile maturity and performance.
12. Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the capability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
13. Impediment Resolution: Proactive problem-solving abilities to identify, track, and resolve impediments impacting team performance.
14. Azure DevOps Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Azure DevOps (ADO) for managing work items, tracking team performance, and maintaining delivery roadmaps.
15. Agile Metrics & Reporting: Solid understanding of Agile metrics (velocity, cycle time, burndown charts) with the ability to derive meaningful insights to inform decision-making.
16. Continuous Improvement: A proactive mindset towards continuous improvement, driving efficiencies, and fostering a culture of learning and adaptation.
17. Leadership & Collaboration: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive collaboration, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
Desirable Product Ownership Skills:
18. User Story Writing: Ability to work with Product Owners and stakeholders to craft clear, concise, and actionable user stories that drive value.
19. Backlog Management: Proficiency in backlog grooming and prioritisation, ensuring that work items are well-defined and aligned with strategic goals.
20. Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills to facilitate collaboration, align expectations, and maintain transparency on delivery progress and priorities.
21. Data & Insight Experience: Experience working within a Data and Insight team or in a data-focused delivery role.
22. DevOps & Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with DataOps, DevOps practices, or cloud-based data platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
23. Agile Certifications: Relevant Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Agilist, ICAgile Certified Professional, or equivalent.
24. Distributed Team Leadership: Experience leading teams in a distributed or remote working environment.
This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our organisation s success by leading and shaping our lean delivery capabilities. If you are a strategic and innovative leader with a passion for agile methodologies, DevOps, and empowering teams, we invite you to apply and join us on this transformative journey.
What You`ll Get in Return
25. A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
26. 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
27. A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
28. Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
29. Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
30. Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!