Agile Delivery Manager

Agile Delivery Manager

Location:

Waterloo – Hybrid Working

Contract:

Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)

Grade: 4

• Design and implement a consistent, scalable agile delivery framework across all engineering programmes and delivery partners.
• Set up and maintain governance, assurance, tooling, estimation and monitoring processes that are repeatable and pattern-based.
• Own the end‑to‑end delivery lifecycle – from ideation through to post‑go‑live support – ensuring it is well‑defined, documented and consistently applied.

• Create transparent, data‑led planning and estimation processes that give all stakeholders a clear, accurate view of delivery status.
• Drive consistent dashboarding and reporting across all programmes – data trumps opinion.
• Provide insight into past and future delivery performance, surfacing risks and issues with clarity and in a timely manner.

• Coach engineering teams, business stakeholders and partner resources in agile best practice – growing capability across the organisation, not just within Engineering.
• Foster a culture of inspection and adaptation; ensure we are continuously improving the things that matter.
• Bring non‑technical teams on the agile journey – breaking down silos and ensuring shared understanding across the business.

• Ensure consistent delivery governance and quality assurance across internal squads and external delivery partners.
• Work cross‑functionally with Solution Architecture, Technical Business Analysis and QA to align delivery with programme objectives.
• Hold teams and partners to account – challenge where needed, and escalated clearly when delivery is at risk.

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Engineering, Delivery, Portfolio, and the wider business.
• Support Product and Project Teams in applying agile approaches effectively from ideation onwards.

• 5+ years in an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or equivalent role, working across multi‑team or multi‑partner programmes.
• Demonstrable experience implementing consistent agile governance, estimation, and reporting frameworks – not just theory.
• Strong ability to work with and influence external delivery partners, holding them to account while maintaining a productive working relationship.
• Comfortable working in a complex, ambiguous environment – able to make pragmatic decisions and drive forward without perfect information.
• Excellent communication skills – clear, direct and confident at all levels, from engineering squad to senior leadership.
• Experience with modern agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar) and an understanding of how they are applied pragmatically.
• Proficient with Atlassian tooling (Jira, Confluence) or equivalent delivery tooling.
• Familiarity with software engineering environments – enough to engage credibly with technical teams and understand delivery risk.

We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process.