Remote Agile Delivery Manager

Summary

The job is for an Agile Delivery Manager at UNiDAYS. The role involves managing software delivery within a product pillar team, working with different stakeholders across the organization, and ensuring consistent and successful delivery of high-quality software according to iteration goals. The role requires strong organizational skills, clear decision-making abilities, and experience using issue tracking tools such as JIRA.

Requirements

• A coaching mentality
• Experience of working in a high paced environment with frequent change
• In-depth knowledge of lean and agile processes and principles, preferably across multiple methodologies
• Energy, positivity and being an excellent communicator. You’re going to need to translate technical jargon into understandable language for the business
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Previous experience using issue tracking tools such as JIRA
• Proven track record in delivering scalable and robust applications to business needs
• An understanding of how to deliver value in multiple steps (aka ‘the agile car’)
• Understanding of software development concepts
• Experience of managing conflicting and demanding stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Process and software delivery
• Own the use of agile frameworks within the team, adapting methodologies to best suit the needs of the individual team and the business
• Maintain team engagement with the process and the pillar
• Identify inefficiencies in the software delivery process and suggest and agree improvements with the team
• Take responsibility for ensuring all agile ceremonies take place and leading them where appropriate (standup, refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives etc)
• Elaboration of user stories
• Resolve and remove blockers as they arise to allow the team to focus on delivery
• Identify, assess and prioritise bugs and technical debt
• Align your team’s delivery plans with wider plans across P&E and UNiDAYS
• Ensure sprint/iteration commitments are met
• Champion lean and agile best practice, supporting teams as we continually look to improve our delivery
• Work closely with the product manager to represent the business within the team, providing vision and context
• Represent the needs of the team within the broader Product & Engineering team, providing insight and conflict resolution where needed
• Reporting to Product & Engineering leadership on sprint commitments, sprint and team performance and team health as defined by the Head of Delivery
• Communicating the status of work to stakeholders and Product & Engineering leadership
• Work with the other ADMs to share good practice and increase the effectiveness of agile within UNiDAYS

Preferred Qualifications

(Preferably) some previous experience as an agile delivery manager, scrum master or delivery manager

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
• Competitive salaries
• 4pm finishes every Friday
• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Company share option scheme
• Private health insurance (Vitality)
• Income protection policy
• Life assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
• Regular team building activities
• The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
• Good Vibes Program: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working and UNiDAYS. has always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
• Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home