Principal Agile Delivery Manager
Posted 2 weeks ago by Lorien
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Leeds, UK
Summary: The Principal Agile Delivery Manager is a contract role focused on guiding delivery teams from concept to functional solutions while promoting Agile methodologies. This position emphasizes cross-departmental collaboration and continuous improvement in project delivery processes. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills to ensure alignment with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations. The position is based in Leeds with a hybrid working arrangement of one day a week on-site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working closely with teams and stakeholders to break down concepts into achievable milestones.
- Championing Agile methodologies and facilitating iterative development cycles.
- Fostering collaboration across various teams to ensure smooth integration and communication.
- Navigating unexpected challenges and adjusting priorities as needed.
- Accountable for the successful delivery of projects, monitoring progress, and mitigating risks.
- Acting as a communication hub between teams and stakeholders to manage expectations.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles.
- Ability to inspire and motivate teams in a collaborative environment.
- Strong planning, scheduling, dependency, and risk management skills.
- Solid understanding of the development process and various SDLC/PDLC processes.
- Clear communication and negotiation skills with teams and stakeholders.
- Experience leading Agile projects and scaling methodologies for larger teams.
- Expert ability to organize and drive teams to achieve specific goals.
- Strategic thinking to align project delivery with company strategy.
- Exceptional change management skills to lead teams through change.
- Effective coaching and mentorship practices to develop team capabilities.
- Data-driven mindset for analyzing delivery metrics and proposing solutions.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Looking for a Principle Agile Delivery Manager-Contract role who is more of a Programme Manager with Agile coaching experience. Based in Leeds, looking at 1 day a week onsite.
Contract - Outside IR35
Duration-6 months
The Principal Agile Delivery Manager role within Technology is accountable for taking concepts to functional solutions with 1 or 2 delivery teams. In addition, the Principal ADM role has an expanded focus on departmental improvements, particularly for complex project or product feature delivery and fostering a culture of excellence.
Principal ADM's operate beyond their own teams, working across the department and domains to identify opportunities to improve delivery ways of working, tooling, and processes. They are champions of change, advocates for agility and able to provide appropriate challenge to ensure delivery efforts align to strategic goals and overall business objectives.
Core Responsibilities:
- Concept to Completion: Working closely with teams and stakeholders, the Principal ADM takes initial concepts, user stories or product improvement ideas. They break these down into achievable milestones with the teams, ensuring clarity, plans and alignment with the overall project or product roadmap.
- Agile Champion: Principal ADMs will champion Agile methodologies, even within projects. They facilitate short, iterative development cycles, ensuring teams deliver functional features frequently and gather valuable user feedback.?
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: The Principal ADM fosters a collaborative environment. They work closely with various teams outside of their own development teams (design, compliance, marketing etc) to ensure smooth integration and communication throughout the delivery process.?
- Adaptability and Problem-solving: Our Delivery embraces change. Our Principal ADMs navigate unexpected challenges, adjust priorities as needed, and ensure teams adapt to evolving requirements or technical complexities.?
- Project Management and Delivery Success: Ultimately, Principal ADMs are accountable for the successful delivery of their assigned projects or product features. They monitor progress, coordinate the identification and mitigation of risks, and ensure teams meet deadlines and stakeholder expectations.?
- Communication Hub: Our Principal ADMs act as an essential point of communication between teams and stakeholders. They keep everyone informed of progress, challenges, and upcoming milestones, ensuring transparency, and managing expectations.
Key Skills:
- Agile Expertise: A strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles is crucial for managing projects effectively.?
- Leadership and Collaboration: Principal ADMs inspire and motivate teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.?
- Project Management Skills: They possess strong planning, scheduling, dependency, and risk management skills to keep projects on track.?
- SDLC understanding: Principal ADMs have a solid understanding of the development process and various SDLC/PDLC process.?
- Communication and Negotiation: Clear communication with teams, stakeholders, and clients is essential to ensure alignment and manage expectations.?
- Proven Agile Expertise: Varied experience leading Agile projects and product roadmaps successfully, with a deep understanding of scaling Agile methodologies for larger teams and complex projects.?
- Project Management: Expert ability to organize and drive teams and resources to achieve specific goals within defined timelines and budgets?
- Strategic Thinking: The ability to bridge the gap between project delivery and company strategy, ensuring alignment and maximizing the business impact of delivered solutions.?
- Change Management Acumen: Leading teams and departments through change requires exceptional change management skills to navigate resistance and build consensus for implementing improvements.?
- Coaching & Mentorship: The ability to develop and empower teams through effective coaching and mentorship practices. Developing the skills and capabilities of a team.
- Analytical Mindset: Principal ADMs approach optimization with a data-driven mindset. They analyze delivery metrics, identify performance bottlenecks, and propose data-backed solutions.
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