Agile Delivery Lead

About You
As an Agile Delivery Lead you are passionate about the delivery of software projects and products using agile concepts. You enjoy helping development teams to recognise what the true value of the work is and to innovate to find better, more efficient ways to deliver that value.
You may have previously worked as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or Agile Coach within a software development environment.
The role
You’ll Join Our Delivery Centre Of Excellence Where Different Disciplines Work Together, Within Our Development Teams And With The Wider Business To
Focus on delivering stakeholder value, ensuring teams have everything they need to produce high-quality work on time
Work with our teams to embed agile principles, practices and frameworks
Experiment with different approaches (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean) to adapt to the needs of the teams, customers and types of work
Work closely with Product Owners to ensure stakeholder expectations are managed correctly
Help us develop our delivery capability as we continue to grow the number of software teams
Key Responsibilities Include
Facilitation
Lead the team in defining and iterating on their ways of working
Facilitate the team in their regular events (e.g. planning, retrospectives, refinements)
Ensure impediments to progress are removed.
Team leadership and coaching
Support the team in defining and living their team values
Promote a culture of collaboration within the team and with other teams, key stakeholders and SMEs
Provide coaching to the team and to individuals
Lead the team in becoming more effective over time
Analyse data and metrics to help the team identify areas for improvement
Challenge the team to keep improving their processes and ways of working.
Delivering excellence
Work with the team to deliver their product goals on time
Ensure product quality is maintained
Identify and resolve issues that could impact delivery
Ensure there is effective monitoring and reporting on progress to provide transparency and visibility to stakeholders.
Communication
Work with the Product Owners to ensure excellent communication between the team and key stakeholders
Foster a culture of open communication across Heywood.