Role Description
Our team has a simple goal: to be the leading digital partner of choice for our Government clients. We stands out for our clients because few organisations can excel at all the required disciplines: user research amp; insights, innovation, design, engineering, delivery leadership, and partnerships.
You are responsible for creating the right environment for your multidisciplinary team to succeed, helping them to self-organise whilst creating a culture of learning and transparency. You'll be a key part of one of the UK's biggest and most high-profile digital transformation programmes, a once-in-a-generation reform of government products and services.
As essentially a servant leader, you'll keep pace with the introduction of relevant agile / lean tools and techniques, and remove obstacles and blockers that might get in the way of delivery.
REQUIREMENTS
SC cleared candidates are preferred or should be eligible for SC.
Responsibilities
As an Agile Delivery Manager at Senior Consultant grade your responsibilities would be expected to include:
Overseeing the delivery of products and services or functional components using agile methodologies
Managing and facilitating a cross-functional agile delivery team
Coordinating agile methodology ceremonies such sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives
Working with the Product Managers and Product Owners to create product roadmaps
Overseeing the creation of a backlog of prioritised and refined user stories with acceptance criteria
Ensuring that the end products are of the highest quality, fully tested and deployed within timelines
Coordinating activities across teams and the delivery lifecycle including Business amp; Systems Analysis, Creative, Content. Architecture, Development, Test, Business Change, and Project Management
Working closely with programme leadership to monitor progress, manage risks and dependencies
Using data insights to inform the performance of the team and opportunities for continuous improvement
Assisting with resourcing needs of the agile delivery team for the appropriate mix of experience and capability
Assisting with coaching and mentoring to the team and looking for continuous improvement opportunities
The performance management of delivery team members, providing opportunity for self-development
Encourage respect and inclusion, leading by exampleRequirements
Requirements
To qualify for the role, you should have:
Hands on Agile delivery experience i.e. as a Agile Delivery Manager or Scrum Master, working on digital or technology projects either at a leading consultancy, agency or Government organisation Experience in working on digital projects which have included cross functional teams such as Designers, Researchers, UX, Product Owners amp; Developers Agile or Scrum Master certification, or be willing to attain the certification Experience in coordinating ceremonies associated with Agile delivery, such as planning sessions, reviews and retrospectives Experience in running workshops, in particular getting to the root cause of the problem Displays Innovative leadership behaviours - coaching the team, self-organising, transparent, respectful to people's working styles, motivating A self-starter, comfortable working in both process driven and ambiguous environments Experience and a passion for working within Central Government and other sectors. Experience in dealing with the commercial side of project delivery such as Statements of Work (SOWs), balance scorecard, supplier contracts and reports. Proven capability of working successfully with senior client stakeholders and end-users, quickly building successful relationships and establishing credibility