Head of Agile Delivery/Coach - Outside IR35 - AI

Summary: The Head of Agile Delivery (Agile Coach) role involves leading and enhancing the performance of AI product teams within a public sector organization. This position requires a hands-on approach to improve delivery effectiveness and team dynamics while maintaining agility without unnecessary processes. The role is hybrid, based in London, and offers a competitive daily rate. The successful candidate will be responsible for coaching teams and setting standards across multiple squads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Improve delivery effectiveness across a portfolio of AI product teams.
• Set standards and coach teams to enhance performance and delivery pace.
• Build a delivery function that facilitates faster team movement without adding unnecessary processes.
• Design and lead impactful workshops, ceremonies, and team sessions.
• Engage stakeholders and influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Work in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, adapting to changing needs.
• Support multiple teams and teams-of-teams delivery models.

Key Skills:

• Demonstrable experience in Agile Delivery/Agile Coaching roles within product-led environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of Agile methodologies (e.g., Kanban, Scrum, XP).
• Proven track record of improving team performance and delivery pace.
• Experience coaching and developing teams and delivery managers.
• Confident facilitator with strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Experience working across multiple teams/teams-of-teams delivery models.
• Understanding of AI tooling's impact on product delivery.
• Experience in public sector or government environments.
• Background in both start-ups and larger organizations.

Salary (Rate): £700 daily

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Head of Agile Delivery (Agile Coach) - AI GOV Products

£700/day (Outside IR35) | 6 months | London (Hybrid)

A fast-growing, AI-led public sector organisation is building new product teams and needs a hands-on Head of Agile Delivery/Agile Coach to improve delivery and team performance.

You'll be accountable for improving delivery effectiveness across a portfolio of AI product teams - setting standards, coaching teams, and building a delivery function that helps teams move faster without adding unnecessary process.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in Agile Delivery/Agile Coaching roles within product-led environments
• Strong practical knowledge of Agile methodologies (eg Kanban, Scrum, XP) with the ability to apply them pragmatically
• Proven track record improving team performance, delivery pace, and team health across multiple squads
• Experience coaching and developing teams and delivery managers, driving adoption of effective ways of working
• Confident facilitator, able to design and lead impactful workshops, ceremonies, and team sessions
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments (eg start-up or scaling organisations)
• Experience working across multiple teams/teams-of-teams delivery models

Desirable

• Understanding of how AI tooling is changing product delivery and team ways of working
• Experience working in public sector or government environments [
• Background across both start-ups and larger organisations

Logistics

• Initial 4-5 days onsite to embed for first couple weeks, then 2-3 days/week in Aldgate

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.