Hybrid Agile Delivery Manager

at Zaizi

• Job title: Agile Delivery Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Agile Delivery Manager leading multidisciplinary teams in public sector projects at Zaizi. Fostering Agile practices and coaching professionals to enhance project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Can you motivate and lead multidisciplinary and cross-functional delivery teams?
• Are you a champion of Agile ways of working?
• Do you enjoy collaborating and learning with like-minded passionate, selfless and open-minded people?
• Work on exciting public sector projects and make a positive difference in people’s lives.
• You’ll play a key role in supporting, coaching and leading our teams to deliver the best for our clients and their users.
• Your flexible leadership style will help teams navigate blockers and find their way to the right solutions.
• You’ll work closely with our product managers and deliver outcomes and value against the product vision.
• We encourage learning and sharing - you'll help coach team members in communities of practice to improve Agile maturity.
• Our culture is inclusive, modern, friendly and innovative. We seek bright, positive thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you'll fit right in!

Requirements

• Excellent previous commercial experience as a Project, Programme or Delivery Manager
• Solid experience in financial planning for projects, including budgeting and forecasting
• Experience in supporting teams in goal setting and tracking of milestones
• Ability to manage risks & issues, with appropriate controls for mitigation
• Proven experience in ensuring delivery of milestones
• Supporting definition of team structure and skills-set to meet the needs of the project
• Supporting awareness of strategic context & high-level planning
• Supporting recruitment of new team members
• Contributing to account commercials & sales
• Assisting with writing Bids and Statements of Work
• Public sector experience and skills in taking projects through service assessments such as GDS gates (nice to have)
• Having worked in secure environments and for high security clients (nice to have)

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays
• Vitality medical insurance
• Workplace Pension 5% employer contribution
• Group Life Assurance
• Cycle scheme
• 5 days a year for approved Training
• WFH equipment allowance
• Buy / Sell Holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering days
• Flexible working
• Work on exciting projects - make a difference
• Empowered to make decisions
• Encouraged to fail fast and learn quickly
• 1-2-1 and team coaching / training available to all our staff