Senior Agile Delivery Manager
10 days ago
Blackpool
Senior Agile Delivery Manager – 12months - £600PD Inside IR 35Our client, that operates within the public sector domain is hiring a hands on Senior Agile Delivery Manager who has experience working with large cloud software engineering teams (Azure or AWS) within a DevOps (Terraform) environment.This is a CRM, migration project. Non-engineering delivery is not preferred.You can be based in Newcastle, Leeds or Birmingham for this project on a hybrid basis. Ideally the chosen candidate will have BPSS clearance.This is a hands-on delivery role, not coordination. You will operate as a Scrum Master / Delivery Lead, working directly with engineering teams to drive delivery across a defined backlog focused on security, resilience, and service performance.The role: • Lead agile delivery for a software engineering team in an active build environment, • Run sprint ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), • Remove blockers and manage delivery flow, scope, and priorities, • Work closely with engineers, testers, DevOps, and architects, • Drive delivery across technically complex areas (security, resilience, recoverability), • Engage and influence senior stakeholders with clear delivery reporting, • Manage risks, dependencies, and backlog refinement, • Use Jira to track, manage, and report delivery at team and programme levelCore responsibilities:, • Proven hands-on agile delivery within software engineering teams, • Experience operating as a Scrum Master / Delivery Manager in active build environments, • Strong understanding of modern engineering practices: Version control (e.g. Git), CI/CD pipelines, Cloud-native/platform-based services, • Experience managing complex backlogs, risks, and dependencies, • Strong stakeholder engagement at senior level, • Advanced Jira capability (team + programme level), • Demonstrable SFIA Level 6 capabilityOne stage interview, MS teams to start ASAP.