Senior Agile Delivery Manager

Role: Senior Agile Delivery ManagerDuration: 12 monthsDay rate: (Apply online only) per day ( inside IR35)Locations: Newcastle, Leeds or BirminghamOn-site: Minimum 60% office attendance (Hybrid) In this role you would join a newly formed software engineering team focused on a defined backlog of 20-30 items around service security, testability, resilience and recoverability. This is very much a hands-on delivery role - not a coordination-only position. What you would be doingActing as Scrum Master / Delivery Manager for a software engineering team day to day.Leading sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.Removing blockers, managing scope, flow and prioritisation to maintain strong delivery momentum.Working closely with engineers, a Senior Technical BA and an Architect to ensure the backlog is technically ready, prioritised and executable.Managing risks, dependencies and complex backlogs, using Jira at both team and initiative level.Providing clear, evidence-based reporting and influencing senior technical and non-technical stakeholders. Technical environment (you should be comfortable operating in most of these areas):Cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS as part of software product delivery (not migration-only).CI/CD tooling and modern DevOps practices.Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform).Automated testing and quality practices.Secure, resilient digital services. What the client is specifically looking forRecent, hands-on agile delivery with ..... full job details .....