Lead Agile Delivery Manager Department for Work & Pensions
Reference
1605371
Number of vacancies
2
Location
Blackpool and Newcastle
Salary
up to £70,102 p.a ** Digital allowance and/or flexible starting pay may apply.
Work hours
37 per week (flexible working)
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
A brilliant Civil Service pension with employer contributions circa 20%, generous annual leave, flexible working.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
Family friendly policies
Volunteering and charitable giving
Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it’s even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
Sports and social activities
And lots more
Closing date
23 November 2018
Job description
If you’re creative and curious to learn, want to be empowered to make decisions and challenge the norm, and want to bring BIG ideas to a MASSIVE digital challenge then you’ll love it here. And we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for talented Lead Agile Delivery Managers to join our growing community of experts and become a key part of one of the biggest and highest-profile digital transformation programmes in the world.
Using fresh ideas and leading edge technologies – and putting the user at the centre of everything we do – we create innovative digital solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users.
Check out what it means to put this all into place from those already undertaking these challenges by reading the informative blogs of:-
Emma Murphy, Senior Agile Delivery Manager with DWP Digital
AND
Roberto Real, Delivery Manager for Agile Development at DWP Digital
You and your role
As a Lead Agile Delivery Manager you will typically take accountability for multiple simultaneous service deliveries that combine to be of high complexity/risk. You are accountable for the performance of the agile delivery teams and also for the performance of other Agile Delivery Managers.
You will build and maintain multiple simultaneous teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well. You will identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them and focus the teams on what is most important to the delivery of products and services.
You’ll also manage dependencies, risks, commercials, budgets, suppliers, people assignments and remove blockers. You will balance objectives and redeploy people/resources as priorities change.
You will be an experienced leader of advanced agile/lean techniques and can empower & organise delivery teams and Agile Delivery Managers.
You will have strong communication skills and will be responsible for understanding and managing complex senior stakeholders groups -balancing priorities and communicating between them.
You will also have extensive experience across a range of products and services and throughout the entire agile lifecycle. You will be an accessible experienced agile coach within the Delivery Manager community to improve others’ learning and to set standards for delivery.
Where You’ll Work
You’ll join us in one of our easy-to-reach digital hubs in Blackpool or Newcastle
Each of our hubs is a modern, vibrant workplace that was designed for and by members of our digital community. Our central hubs have the best of Blackpool and Newcastle on their doorsteps, and we have a range of facilities across the sites from cafes, coffee shops and restaurants, to ping pong, a swimming pool, gym facilities and loads more.
Here we provide the latest tech and tooling and foster a collaborative culture to help our agile, multidisciplinary teams think big and try new things. You will work alongside people who care passionately about public service, making a difference and delivering for our customers.
We’re the UK’s biggest government department with over 80,000 diverse and brilliant people on our team. We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.
Building Our Future
We believe the work we do really matters, so we’re serious about investing in your ability.
You’ll have access to a huge suite of training and learning opportunities to complement the new skills and experience you’ll acquire on the job. You’ll share ideas with colleagues from across the tech community, and grow your skills via our coaching and mentoring programmes.
For further information complete the enquiry form below or contact danny.winch@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Your contact will act as an expression of interest, and we will quickly get back to you with a full job description and details on how to formally apply.