Agile Delivery Lead
Posted 4 days ago by Insight Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Agile Delivery Lead/Scrum Master will oversee multiple business pods within a banking client's global clearing function, focusing on the delivery of strategic initiatives and business-as-usual activities. This hybrid role requires strong experience in agile delivery, particularly in financial services, and emphasizes effort allocation, prioritization, and capacity planning. The position involves managing risks, facilitating agile ceremonies, and ensuring alignment with business goals while maintaining effective stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and coordinate 3 business pods (expanding to 4 next year), covering strategic projects and BAU activities.
- Plan and allocate effort across pods; slice and prioritize work to maximize business value.
- Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and Kanban board management.
- Adapt agile principles to business delivery; ensure pods operate effectively within agile frameworks.
- Use Jira for tracking and capacity planning; manage % allocation for initiatives.
- Oversee delivery of market infrastructure and strategic growth projects.
- Identify and manage key risks across initiatives; escalate issues as needed.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to focus on high-value business initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with governance and reporting standards.
- Work closely with product owners and business leads to align priorities.
- Support initiatives related to global clearing, including CCP connectivity, clearing operations, and related processes.
Key Skills:
- Experience in agile delivery within a business/product context, ideally in financial services.
- Strong understanding of agile frameworks and principles.
- Proficiency in using Jira for tracking and capacity planning.
- Ability to manage risks and facilitate agile ceremonies.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience in prioritization and capacity planning.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Insight Global is looking for an Agile Deliver Leader/Scrum Master to join one of their Banking clients for a Contract role. It is a hybrid position which is 4 days onsite in Manchester .
Role Summary
The Agile Delivery Lead will manage multiple business pods within the global clearing function, driving delivery of strategic initiatives and BAU activities. This role focuses on effort allocation, prioritization, and capacity planning across pods, ensuring alignment with agile frameworks while maintaining strong business engagement. The position requires experience in agile delivery within a business/product context , ideally in financial services, and the ability to manage risks, facilitate stand-ups, and oversee projects without being overly technical.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate 3 business pods (expanding to 4 next year), covering strategic projects and BAU activities.
- Plan and allocate effort across pods; slice and prioritize work to maximize business value.
- Facilitate daily stand-ups , sprint planning, and Kanban board management.
- Adapt agile principles to business delivery; ensure pods operate effectively within agile frameworks.
- Use Jira for tracking and capacity planning; manage % allocation for initiatives.
- Oversee delivery of market infrastructure and strategic growth projects .
- Identify and manage key risks across initiatives; escalate issues as needed.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to focus on high-value business initiatives .
- Ensure compliance with governance and reporting standards.
- Work closely with product owners and business leads to align priorities.
- Support initiatives related to global clearing , including CCP connectivity, clearing operations, and related processes.