At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead digital product delivery and enhance team performance using Agile methodologies.
- Company: A leading international organisation in education and cultural relations.
- Benefits: Hybrid working, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Regular office presence required; dynamic role with global collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving innovative projects in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in Agile delivery and managing multidisciplinary teams.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
A leading international organisation specialising in education, cultural relations and global collaboration is looking for an experienced Delivery Lead to support digital product and project delivery.
You will take responsibility for the health, flow and continuous improvement of multidisciplinary teams, helping them deliver valuable products and services at a sustainable pace. You will remove blockers, improve ways of working and use live delivery data to provide clear visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and release forecasts.
The role suits an Agile delivery professional who combines servant leadership with practical knowledge of Agile, Lean and traditional project management approaches. You will be accountable for the performance, motivation and continuous improvement of multidisciplinary product and project teams.
Working with senior stakeholders, technical colleagues, third-party suppliers and globally distributed teams, you will replace manual status reporting with transparent practices and accurate live performance information.
- Own the end-to-end delivery flow for assigned digital products and projects
- Identify and resolve blockers, risks, dependencies and recurring delivery issues
- Facilitate Scrum, Kanban and Lean ceremonies to maintain alignment and momentum
- Establish predictable and sustainable delivery cadences and reduce lead and cycle times
- Apply Agile, Lean or traditional project management methods according to the delivery context
- Maintain delivery plans, sprint backlogs, risk logs and issue logs where required
- Use Real Time dashboards and delivery metrics to show flow, velocity, throughput, bottlenecks and forecasts
- Communicate plans, risks and dependencies clearly to senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences
- Build collaborative relationships with product owners, sponsors, programme teams, PMO colleagues and technical teams
- Manage third-party suppliers and integrate external partners into the team's delivery approach
- Analyse delivery requirements with sponsors and stakeholders and support the planning, implementation and evaluation of activity
- Manage changes to plans or specifications when priorities, risks or delivery circumstances change
- Partner with programme, PMO and commercial colleagues to maintain delivery pace and supplier accountability
- Strong experience managing digital or technology product and project delivery
- Demonstrable experience delivering in Agile environments using Scrum, Kanban or Lean
- Understanding of iterative development, incremental delivery and Waterfall approaches
- Experience applying servant leadership and coaching teams towards greater self-organisation
- Experience using delivery data to identify bottlenecks and improve team performance
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Planner or similar tools
- Fluency in English
- Experience leading remote or globally distributed teams
- Experience delivering infrastructure, digital product or technology rollout initiatives
- Experience helping teams improve Agile maturity or change delivery approach
- Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean Six Sigma, cloud or equivalent professional certification
- Experience producing and maintaining delivery plans, sprint backlogs, risk logs, issue logs and release forecasts
- This position is offered on a hybrid basis, with no fully remote option
- A regular physical presence in the office is required for the success of the role
- The exact hybrid working pattern may vary depending on the selected office location
The full job description will be discussed during a telephone call if the candidate is interested and considered suitable for the role.
Rates depend on experience and client requirements.
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