Lead Agile Delivery Manager - 6-month contract - Inside IR35 - £550 per day - Newcastle - BPSS Clearance Required
One of Harvey Nash's clients is looking for a Lead Agile Delivery Manager to join their team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery across complex digital programmes and multidisciplinary teams.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and programme leadership.
- Drive effective governance, reporting, dependency management and risk mitigation.
- Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps, plans and forecasts.
- Provide delivery assurance and clear insight to senior decision‑makers.
- Coach and mentor Delivery Managers, Senior Delivery Managers and Scrum Masters.
- Identify opportunities to improve delivery performance, capability and maturity.
- Support collaboration across multiple teams, suppliers and workstreams.
Essential
- Significant experience operating at SFIA Level 6 within Delivery Management.
- Leading multidisciplinary digital delivery teams in complex environments.
- Senior stakeholder engagement and management.
- Delivery governance, RAID management and dependency management.
- Roadmap planning, prioritisation, forecasting and reporting.
- Experience working within government, regulated or similarly complex organisations.
- Coaching and developing delivery professionals.
- Driving continuous improvement across teams and programmes.
Desirable
- Strong expertise in Kanban and flow‑based delivery management.
- Experience using delivery metrics including WIP, lead time, cycle time and throughput analysis.
- Practical application of Monte Carlo forecasting and confidence‑based planning techniques.
- Experience using Jira, Actionable Agile or similar tooling for forecasting and delivery insight.
- Coaching teams on forecasting, metrics and flow‑based delivery approaches.
- Experience supporting executive governance forums and high‑profile transformation programmes.
Lead Agile Delivery Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne employer: Harvey Nash Group
Join a leading Financial Services firm in London that prioritises innovation and security, offering a dynamic work culture where your expertise in information security and IT risk management will be valued. With a strong commitment to employee development, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to lead high-performing teams in a collaborative environment. Enjoy competitive benefits and the unique advantage of working in one of the world's financial capitals, where your contributions will make a significant impact.
