Agile Delivery Lead

Job Description: Agile Delivery Lead

Job Title: Agile Delivery Lead

Location: Reading, UK (Hybrid)

Security Clearance: SC Eligible (Mandatory)

Experience: 12+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

Mastek is seeking an experienced and passionate Agile Delivery Lead to lead Agile delivery across large-scale digital transformation programmes. You will work with cross-functional engineering teams delivering modern applications using Java, AWS, Microservices, Open-Source technologies, and Cloud-native platforms, supporting critical business and case management systems.

The ideal candidate will be a servant leader, Agile coach, and delivery facilitator with a strong background in complex enterprise or public-sector environments. You will play a key role in driving Agile maturity, enabling high-performing teams, removing delivery impediments, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and ensure teams maintain delivery momentum.
• Coach teams on Agile values, Scrum principles, and best practices.
• Support Product Owners in backlog management, prioritisation, and roadmap planning.
• Drive Scrum maturity and guide teams towards self-organisation and accountability.
• Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and delivery challenges across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Promote Agile metrics, continuous improvement initiatives, and data-driven decision making.

People Leadership

• Provide inspirational leadership and mentorship to technology professionals across internal and external teams.
• Build and develop high-performing Agile delivery teams.
• Create an environment where engineers and technical specialists can perform at their best.
• Support organisational Agile transformation and continuous improvements in ways of working.
• Foster a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, accountability, and customer focus.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Communicate effectively with technology, product, business, and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between product vision, business objectives, and delivery outcomes.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Escalate risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges appropriately.
• Influence decision-making through clear communication and evidence-based recommendations.

Delivery Excellence

• Lead and coordinate multiple Agile teams to ensure successful delivery against programme objectives.
• Drive continuous improvements in Agile delivery, engineering practices, and team performance.
• Work closely with Service Management and operational teams to ensure smooth transition into production.
• Support adoption of DevSecOps principles and engineering best practices.
• Champion operational stability, resilience, and service excellence.

Governance, Planning & Supplier Management

• Contribute to quarterly and annual planning activities.
• Support capacity planning, forecasting, and delivery roadmaps.
• Participate in budget discussions and investment planning.
• Collaborate with third-party suppliers and partners to ensure delivery alignment and value realization.
• Ensure governance standards, compliance requirements, and operational plans are effectively implemented.

Essential Skills & Experience

Agile & Scrum Expertise

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM, PSM I, or equivalent).
• Extensive experience working as a Scrum Master within software development environments.
• Strong understanding of:
• Scrum Framework
• Agile Principles and Practices
• Servant Leadership
• Team Coaching and Mentoring
• Agile Metrics and Reporting
• Sprint Planning and Estimation
• Retrospectives and Continuous Improvement
• Conflict Resolution and Facilitation Techniques

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Proven experience facilitating Agile delivery within large, complex programmes.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in highly regulated and public-sector environments.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges to senior management.

Technical Awareness

Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices and technology ecosystems including:

• AWS Cloud Services
• Java
• Python (Celery, Multithreading)
• Microservices Architecture
• Kafka
• ReactJS
• NodeJS
• PostgreSQL
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Docker
• Jenkins / CI-CD
• Ansible
• Vault
• Consul
• Git
• Selenium
• JUnit / TestNG
• Cucumber / Gherkin
• REST API Testing
• SOAP UI / Postman

Additional Knowledge

• Awareness of AI adoption within Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and modern engineering practices.
• Knowledge of release management processes and container-based deployments.

Nice to Have

• Software Engineering or Development background.
• Previous Technical Lead or Team Lead experience.
• PSM II, CSP, or Advanced Scrum Certifications.
• SAFe Certification and scaled Agile delivery experience.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies such as Kanban, XP, Crystal, or FDD.
• Experience with:
• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Testing
• Pair Programming
• Automated Testing

What Success Looks Like

You will be successful in this role if you:

• Build trusted and collaborative relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• Enable high-performing Agile teams that consistently deliver business value.
• Drive Agile transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Improve delivery predictability, quality, and operational stability.
• Foster a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, and customer focus.
• Champion evidence-based decision-making and measurable outcomes.
• Continuously improve team capability, delivery efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction.