Agile Delivery Manager

Contract: 12 months Rate: £700/day (Inside IR35) Location: Hybrid – Newport office 1–2 days/month Clearance: BPSS required, must be SC clearance eligible Drive delivery on a major digital transformation programme. We're looking for an experienced, proactive Delivery Manager to join one of our service squads as part of a large-scale digital transformation programme — modernising our technology estate while keeping live services running smoothly. You'll work within a multi-disciplinary team of Development Engineers, Test Engineers, Technical Architects, Product Managers, User Researchers, Business Analysts and Service Owners, and join a wider Delivery Manager Community of Practice helping to raise the bar for delivery management across the DDaT Directorate. What You'll Be Doing * Facilitating Agile ceremonies — stand-ups, planning, retrospectives and reviews * Supporting the team in estimating, tracking and delivering against business priorities * Partnering with Product Managers and technical stakeholders on priorities and dependencies * Overseeing workflow from backlog to delivery using flow metrics to improve predictability * Tracking and reporting against milestones and forecasts * Representing the team at programme-level sessions * Identifying and managing risks and issues, with clear mitigation plans * Acting as an escalation point during live incidents * Proactively removing blockers to team performance * Driving continuous improvement in agile maturity * Managing cross-team dependencies across the wider programme What We're Looking For Essential: * Proven experience leading cross-functional Agile delivery teams * Extensive experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and working knowledge of DevOps * Experience delivering as part of a wider programme * Strong stakeholder communication across technical, non-technical and political boundaries * Skilled facilitator of agile ceremonies and team collaboration * Strong prioritisation, dependency and risk management skills * Experience producing accurate, timely delivery MI and reporting * Experience with agile tools such as Azure DevOps, ActionableAgile or similar * Experience leading teams using automated delivery methods (CI/CD, automated testing) * Ability to influence within DDaT and across the wider organisation * Familiarity with Kanban flow metrics and data-driven decision-making * A relevant Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager qualification (Prince2 not accepted) Desirable: * Product Manager / Product Owner experience * Understanding of DSIT/CDDO digital and technology pipelines * Experience promoting the value of Agile within and beyond IT