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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading agile delivery teams, facilitating collaboration, and managing stakeholder communications while ensuring high-quality outcomes in complex environments. Proficient in using Agile Delivery Management tools and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
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Agile Project DeliveryScrum Master ExperienceAtlassian Jira ConfigurationUK Security ClearanceStakeholder Engagement
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Hard Skills
Agile Delivery ManagementSoftware DevelopmentRisk ManagementDelivery ReportingDependency Management
Soft Skills
Problem-SolvingCoachingCollaborationNegotiationServant Leadership
Tools & Technologies
Atlassian JiraGitlabConfluence
Certifications & Qualifications
Certified Scrum MasterSAFe Scrum MasterSAFe Agilist
Industry Keywords
MoD DeliveryGovernment AgenciesHigh Assurance EnvironmentsContinuous ImprovementDelivery Assurance
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Enable successful delivery outcomes for an agile team
- Lead delivery planning activities and facilitate agile events
- Understand solution, architecture and delivery approach to facilitate team collaboration
- Identify blockers, manage dependencies, improve flow and maintain delivery momentum
- Coordinate dependencies across team members, suppliers and customer organisations
- Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, showcases and retrospectives
- Drive removal of impediments to team progress
- Use delivery metrics and team feedback to improve predictability, quality, efficiency and outcomes
- Support release planning and deployment activities
- Champion agile and lean delivery practices
- Lead through influence, coaching and servant leadership
- Align business, technical and customer stakeholders around priorities, risks, dependencies and objectives
- Manage stakeholder communications, meetings, scheduling, note-taking and action tracking
- Build relationships with customer representatives, suppliers and internal delivery stakeholders
- Support the Product Owner, Technical Lead and wider delivery leadership
- Foster collaboration, negotiation and mediation where required
- Maintain delivery transparency through forecasting and evidence-based reporting
- Support governance reviews, programme reporting and delivery assurance
- Manage risks, dependencies, delivery flow, scope, quality and team capacity
- Support resource demand, utilisation and financial performance management
- Develop costed delivery plans for future contract scope increases and new business
- Make occasional visits to Herefordshire
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience leading the delivery of agile projects/products in a Scrum Master, Delivery Manager or Project Manager capacity
- Experience facilitating a multidisciplinary delivery team
- High technical literacy and experience in software development and/or IT infrastructure delivery
- Experience configuring and using Agile Delivery Management tooling including Atlassian Jira, Gitlab, Confluence
- Experience managing risks, dependencies, delivery reporting and stakeholder engagement
- Experience delivering outcomes within complex, high assurance environments
- The highest level of UK Security Clearance is required, or the candidate must be eligible to obtain it
- Desirable: Previous delivery to MoD and/or Government agencies
- Desirable: Agile Delivery qualifications (e.g. Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Scrum Master / Agilist)
- Desirable: Experience coaching teams in agile ways of working and fostering a culture of continuous improvement
- Desirable: Experience with AI and other cutting-edge technologies
- Curiosity, strong problem-solving ability, and motivation to continuously improve technology design and delivery
Benefits
Comp & perks- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Free Private Medical cover
- Life Assurance
- Generous pension (10% employer, 5% employee contribution)
- Bonus
- Professional development and training support
- Secure parking
- Gym
- Café & restaurant on site
- Open break out spaces