Job Title: Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Location: Leeds, Birmingham or Newcastle (Whichever is closest/Hybrid – 2-3 days on site)
Contract Duration: 12Months
Daily Rate: £600/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
The Senior Agile Delivery Manager is a technical delivery leader responsible for the hands-on delivery of software within a modern engineering environment.
You will:
• Lead agile ceremonies,
• Actively manage delivery risks and dependencies,
• Influence and engage senior stakeholders, and
• Enable engineering teams to deliver high-quality software outcomes.
Recent, applied experience leading software development teams is essential.
Statements of capability or aspiration without evidence will not be considered sufficient.

Key Responsibilities
Agile Delivery (Hands-on)
• Act as Scrum Master / Delivery Manager for a software engineering team on a day-to-day basis.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Actively remove delivery blockers and manage scope, flow and prioritisation.
• Maintain delivery momentum across a sustained period of active build work.
• Software Delivery & Technical Engagement
• Work directly with software developers, testers and DevOps engineers.
• Understand and manage delivery within modern software engineering lifecycles.
• Engage confidently with technical discussions and trade-offs.
• Support delivery across complex technical concerns (e.g. resilience, security, recoverability).
Note:
Experience limited to cloud migration programmes, CRM implementations (e.g. Dynamics) or systems integration / database-only delivery will not meet the requirements of this role unless there is clear, recent evidence of hands-on software product delivery.
• Senior Stakeholder Influence
• Influence and challenge senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide clear, evidence-based delivery reporting.
• Build trust through consistent delivery performance and transparency.
• Planning, Coordination & Reporting
• Maintain and refine prioritised backlogs with Product Managers and technical leads.
• Proactively manage risks, issues and cross-team dependencies.
• Use Jira effectively for planning, tracking and reporting at team and initiative level.
• Complete delivery-related governance and change activity (e.g. ServiceNow).
Essential Skills & Experience (Mandatory)
• Recent, hands-on agile delivery experience with software development teams
• Operating as a Scrum Master / Delivery Manager in active software build
• Delivery within modern engineering environments, including:
o Version control (e.g. Git)
o CI/CD pipelines
o Cloud-native or platform-based services
• Strong senior stakeholder engagement and influence
• Practical experience managing delivery risks, dependencies and complex backlogs
• High proficiency in Jira (team and programme level)
• SFIA Level 6 capability demonstrated through applied experience, not role titles
• CVs must describe what was delivered, how it was delivered, the technical challenges in-volved and how they were overcome.
Technical Environment (Experience Required)
The successful candidate will have worked recently and directly with engineering teams using technologies and practices such as:
• Cloud platforms (e.g. Azure and/or AWS) as part of software delivery, not migration on-ly
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)
• CI/CD tooling and modern DevOps practices
• Automated testing and quality practices
• Secure, resilient digital services
Desirable Experience
• Experience with platform engineering or data engineering teams
• Previous experience working within UK government digital services
• Use of ServiceNow for delivery/change processes
Location & Attendance (Critical)
• Candidates must be able to attend Newcastle, Leeds or Birmingham offices regularly (minimum 60%)
• Commute assessment is home-to-office, not city-to-city
• Long or unrealistic commutes are not sustainable and will not be considered
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant   
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181