Senior Delivery Manager

Project overview

Senior Delivery Manager

Contract rate-:420-460 Inside IR35

Clearance: BPSS

We are looking for a Senior Delivery Manager to set up and embed effective ways of working across two teams, one using Kanban and one using Scrum sprints. You will coach the teams, manage stakeholders and keep high-profile work moving at pace.

Responsibilities

What you will bring

Desirable

• Establish the right ways of working for each team, including agile events with clear goals.
• Support two teams: one working in Kanban, the other in sprints.
• Set up and configure Jira to support each team.
• Develop and document working processes with the teams, iterating as needed.
• Coach teams to embed agile ways of working.
• Facilitate the creation of team artefacts such as definitions of ready and done, and sizing approaches.
• Support teams through change, including people management, coaching and support.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and ensure high-profile work is delivered at pace.
• Proven experience as a Senior Delivery Manager, leading more than one team at once.
• Hands-on experience of both Kanban and Scrum.
• Strong Jira setup and configuration skills.
• Experience coaching teams and embedding new ways of working.
• People management experience and confidence supporting teams through change.
• Strong stakeholder management on high-profile delivery.
• UK public sector delivery experience.
• An agile certification such as Certified ScrumMaster, PSM or Kanban Management Professional.

Project details

• Start: ASAP
• Location: Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, UK, GB
• Rate: 53-58 EUR/h
• Languages: English