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Agile Delivery Lead – Contract
SiXworks an IBM company. Enable successful delivery outcomes for an agile team through servant delivery, stakeholder communications, planning, day-to-day management and agile ceremony facilitation .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in agile delivery management, facilitating multidisciplinary teams, and driving continuous improvement through servant leadership. Proficient in managing stakeholder communications, risks, and dependencies while ensuring delivery transparency and alignment with business objectives.
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Agile Delivery ManagementScrum Master ExperienceAtlassian Jira ConfigurationStakeholder EngagementUK Security Clearance
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Hard Skills
Agile Project DeliverySoftware DevelopmentIT Infrastructure DeliveryRisk ManagementDelivery ReportingDependency ManagementContinuous ImprovementCosted Delivery PlanningForecastingQuality Assurance
Soft Skills
Problem-SolvingCuriosityRelationship BuildingServant LeadershipCommunication
Tools & Technologies
Atlassian JiraGitlabConfluence
Certifications & Qualifications
Certified Scrum MasterSAFe Scrum MasterSAFe Agilist
Industry Keywords
MoD DeliveryGovernment AgenciesHigh Assurance EnvironmentsAgile PracticesLean Delivery
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Enable successful delivery outcomes for an agile team through servant delivery, stakeholder communications, planning, day-to-day management and agile ceremony facilitation
- Lead delivery planning and facilitate agile events, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, showcases and retrospectives
- Understand solution, architecture and delivery details to facilitate effective team collaboration
- Work with multidisciplinary delivery teams to identify blockers, manage dependencies, improve flow and maintain delivery momentum
- Coordinate dependencies across team members, suppliers and customer organisations
- 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 and coach teams through influence and servant leadership
- Align business, technical and customer stakeholders around priorities, risks, dependencies and delivery objectives
- Manage stakeholder communications, meetings, scheduling, note-taking and action tracking
- Build relationships with customers, suppliers and internal delivery stakeholders
- Support the Product Owner, Technical Lead and delivery leadership with achievable roadmaps, plans and priorities
- 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 with Business Development, Business Analyst and Requirements Leads
- Attend occasional visits to Herefordshire
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience leading 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 and Confluence
- Experience managing risks, dependencies, delivery reporting and stakeholder engagement
- Experience delivering outcomes within complex, high assurance environments
- Highest level of UK Security Clearance required or eligibility to obtain it
- Previous delivery to MoD and/or Government agencies desirable
- Agile Delivery qualifications such as Certified Scrum Master or SAFe Scrum Master/Agilist desirable
- Experience coaching teams in agile ways of working and fostering continuous improvement desirable
- Experience with AI and other cutting-edge technologies desirable
- Curiosity, strong problem-solving ability and motivation to continuously improve technology design and delivery
Benefits
Comp & perks- Contract role
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Opportunity to work on secure, mission-critical technology for Defence and National Security organisations
- Collaborative environment focused on innovation, quality, security and inclusivity