Agile Delivery Lead
Posted 2 weeks ago by Venesky Brown
£475 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: Venesky-Brown is seeking an Agile PM/Delivery Lead for a public sector organization in Edinburgh for an initial 12-month contract, with the possibility of extension. The role involves managing project schedules, risks, and supplier relationships while ensuring compliance with delivery methodologies. Attendance at the project site will be required only for key milestones and engagements. The position offers a competitive daily rate and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Schedule management and high-level change control (scope management)
- Risk, Issue, Assumption and Dependency management
- Supplier management
- Negotiating and unblocking
- Compliance within house LOAD delivery methodology
- Project reporting
- Target delivery
Key Skills:
- Strong project management skills previously deployed in agile projects – schedule management, risk management, reporting
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Demonstrable experience of delivering measurable business value
- Experience managing both agile and traditional projects, incorporating both software delivery and the associated business change
- Awareness of Digital First Service Standards, and Government Digital Services (GDS)
- Agile certification (desirable)
- Project management certification (desirable)
- Experience of user research (desirable)
- Azure Devops (desirable)
Salary (Rate): £475 daily
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit an Agile PM/Delivery Lead for an initial 12 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £425-£475/day (Outside IR35). This role will be based in Edinburgh - However, attendance at the project site will only be required on an as-needed basis, aligned with key project milestones, workshops, or stakeholder engagements.
Responsibilities:
- Schedule management and high-level change control (scope management)
- Risk, Issue, Assumption and Dependency management
- Supplier management
- Negotiating and unblocking
- Compliance within house LOAD delivery methodology
- Project reporting
- Target delivery
Essential Skills:
- Strong project management skills previously deployed in agile projects – schedule management, risk management, reporting
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Demonstrable experience of delivering measurable business value
- Have experience managing both agile and traditional projects, incorporating both software delivery and the associated business change.
- Have an awareness of Digital First Service Standards, and Government Digital Services (GDS).
Desirable Skills:
- Agile certification
- Project management certification
- Experience of user research
- Azure Devops
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.