Agile Delivery Manager
Posted 2 days ago by RED Global
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Agile Delivery Manager will oversee the delivery of strategic technology and systems transformation initiatives within the media and content technology landscape. This role involves enabling agile teams to operate effectively while ensuring alignment with governance and reporting requirements. The position requires strong collaboration with various stakeholders and the application of agile methodologies tailored to project needs. The role is based in London and offers a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate agile delivery activities across technology and transformation programmes within digital and content ecosystem.
- Facilitate Discovery workshops, requirement definition sessions, and cross-functional planning activities with business and technology stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Project Managers to define scope, prioritise workstreams, and convert business outcomes into structured delivery backlogs.
- Embed within delivery teams throughout Build and Close phases, ensuring effective sprint cadence, team collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Apply agile methodologies pragmatically, adapting Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery approaches to suit programme and stakeholder needs.
- Translate agile team backlogs and sprint activity into clear delivery roadmaps, milestone plans, and programme-level reporting for senior leadership.
- Bridge the gap between agile team execution and programme governance, ensuring transparency, alignment, and effective communication.
- Proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, blockers, and cross-team coordination activities.
- Support a collaborative, delivery-focused culture across product, engineering, operations, and business teams.
Key Skills:
- 8+ years’ experience in Agile Delivery Management within technology, digital, media, or systems transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of agile principles, delivery frameworks, and iterative ways of working.
- Proven experience supporting Discovery phases and facilitating agile workshops with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working closely with software engineering and product teams in agile delivery environments.
- Strong capability in backlog management, sprint planning, delivery tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
- Ability to communicate effectively with delivery teams, programme leadership, and senior stakeholders.
- Experience with agile delivery and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role: Agile Delivery Manager
Duration: 12 months + Possible extension
Location: London (W12)
Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Language needed: English (C1)
Eligibility: British citezen or ILR
Rate: Outside IR35 B2B Contract / Freelance / Contract
Scope: Seeking an Agile Delivery Manager to support the delivery of strategic technology and systems transformation initiatives across its media and content technology landscape. You will play a key role in enabling agile teams to deliver effectively while ensuring alignment with broader programme governance, planning, and reporting requirements within a modern broadcast and streaming environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate agile delivery activities across technology and transformation programmes within digital and content ecosystem.
- Facilitate Discovery workshops, requirement definition sessions, and cross-functional planning activities with business and technology stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Project Managers to define scope, prioritise workstreams, and convert business outcomes into structured delivery backlogs.
- Embed within delivery teams throughout Build and Close phases, ensuring effective sprint cadence, team collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Apply agile methodologies pragmatically, adapting Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery approaches to suit programme and stakeholder needs.
- Translate agile team backlogs and sprint activity into clear delivery roadmaps, milestone plans, and programme-level reporting for senior leadership.
- Bridge the gap between agile team execution and programme governance, ensuring transparency, alignment, and effective communication.
- Proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, blockers, and cross-team coordination activities.
- Support a collaborative, delivery-focused culture across product, engineering, operations, and business teams.
Skill needed:
- 8+ years’ experience in Agile Delivery Management within technology, digital, media, or systems transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of agile principles, delivery frameworks, and iterative ways of working.
- Proven experience supporting Discovery phases and facilitating agile workshops with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working closely with software engineering and product teams in agile delivery environments.
- Strong capability in backlog management, sprint planning, delivery tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
- Ability to communicate effectively with delivery teams, programme leadership, and senior stakeholders.
- Experience with agile delivery and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.