Agile Team Lead; Healthcare

Team Lead – Kainos

Lead an agile team to deliver high quality bespoke software solutions to external customers, fostering a positive culture, managing risks, and collaborating with stakeholders. Act as a role model of agile values, coach team members, and support higher‑level management responsibilities.

• SC clearance eligibility mandatory.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role, preferably with UK healthcare organisations.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering bespoke software projects from scratch using agile methodologies for external customers.
• Strong experience in customer‑facing projects – syncs and reporting, presentations, board meetings, workshops, upscaling opportunities.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Highly flexible, including willingness to work away from home base.

• Establish ways of working to enable an agile team to plan, forecast and deliver against a product backlog.
• Act as a role model for collaborative behaviours, agile values and professionalism.
• Lead retrospectives and continuous‑improvement initiatives; applying previous knowledge, experience, and best practices.
• Put people first & develop others – manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, focusing on performance management.
• Actively manage performance, including improvement plans where necessary.
• Provide data, forecasts and progress updates to inform planning initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions to understand & capture requirements to achieve joint understanding of needs.
• Establish & maintain constructive & collaborative relationships with the client, other suppliers and third‑party stakeholders.
• Ensure stakeholders can access current and accurate data on the status of the team’s delivery and that technical quality standards are followed.
• Support the Delivery Manager in ensuring projects deliver the agreed outcomes within budget.

• Good understanding of technology, digital services and trends.
• Experience working with user research, design and data analytics expertise.
• Ability to demonstrate commercial awareness, particularly in client‑supplier and multi‑supplier environments, and an appreciation of project‑level financials.
• Understanding of a range of planning and reporting methods common to project delivery.
• Scrum Master or similar Agile delivery certification.

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other characteristic that makes them who they are.

We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field.