Careers: Agile Delivery Manager

Agile Delivery Manager

Our Agile Delivery Managers are responsible for guiding their teams to success on complex integrated digital CMS and CRM projects. You will be an expert in agile delivery methodologies with a good understanding of how to plan work in an iterative way delivering continual value to our clients during a project.

We believe passionately in the benefits of agile, but the nature of the third sector and our projects means that we are often (but not always) constrained by scope and budget.

As such we apply a PRINCE2 Agile framework to our projects so that we can actively manage scope change and budget whilst our developers and consultants can leverage lean, agile working practices to deliver.

Read on to find out more and, when you're ready to apply, simply send a covering letter and your CV to info@wearewattle.com

What will you be doing?

As an Agile Delivery Manager you will be responsible for the bulk of the client facing responsibilities, the face of the project and our business. We also actively encourage our teams to get in front of clients so we expect you to demonstrate leadership by example and encouragement.

From project conception you will work with our analysis and solution design team to understand a clients needs and then work within your own teams to deliver the outcomes.

• Strong and confident communication skills
• Ability to provide leadership and demonstrate knowledge and expertise to lead clients through the complex project lifecycle
• Outstanding level of knowledge about the software delivery lifecycle. You will be a hands-on user of our technology and be knowledgeable about how our consultants, engineers and team deliver their work.
• An above average level of knowledge when it comes to the digital delivery side of our work.
• Ability to use a CMS and knowledge of digital analytics with an understanding of how UI/UX impacts a project. You might even know your way around Photoshop and will certainly be able to identify a good from bad wireframe or prototype. You should also know your APIs from your HTML.
• Experience of being an agile practitioner. We leverage Scrum wrapped with a PRINCE2 governance layer and need you to be able to work across both disciplines and adapt to clients needs in respect to methodology where required
• You will know how to craft outstanding backlogs, write exceptional user stories and define acceptance criteria. You will know how to use the latest tools for agile management, we use Azure Devops where you will be creating your roadmaps, sprint plans, stories, and dashboards.

Wattle work within self managing teams, so as an Agile Delivery Manager you will be a key part of the team providing leadership. You will have excellent organisational skills, working with both agile retainers and projects across multiple clients.

You'll also be able to forward plan schedules and resourcing plans managing capacity and your team's wellbeing and productivity with proactive resource management and scheduling.

As an Agile Delivery Manager you are responsible for time and budget. You will understand the project profitability at project start, any current point and at project completion working towards the delivery of profitable projects that deliver to scope and exceed customer expectations.

Why Wattle?

Career progression

We believe that education and training is critical and that Wattle should be a place where you gain more from working here than you give.

We want to ensure that every single person that joins us gains new skills, experiences and works on projects that are really making a positive difference. As such we provide clear educational paths and access to learning resources so that you can advance your knowledge and your career. 

Work life balance

We want to create a culture where work life balance is valued. Delivering technology in the private sector in projects defined by time and budget can be pressured, so we want to ensure that our people find a better balance in their professional and personal lives.

👥 Self-managing teams - We empower small teams to define their own schedules, priorities, and objectives, within a flat politics free structure.
⏰ Flexible working hours and days - You work when it best suits you and within what hours works best for you and your team.
🏡 Hybrid working model - We offer the best of both office life and remote working, you decide what works best for you.
🌄 Flexible holidays - We work on the basis of results and trust, if you need a break you can take as much holiday as you need.
🎂 Take your birthday off - You are special, you know it and we know it! So celebrate your birthday with your friends and family!
🍻 Drinks and lunches - Spend time with your team and your clients, we cover the costs.

Personal development

🎓 Learning allowance - We provide you with a learning allowance (time and money) to schedule with your teams to enable you to develop personally and professionally.
⭐ Mentorship - We allocate a mentor to you based upon your own professional objectives.
📊 Research & Development - We provide regular allocations of time to enable you to work on research and development projects that align to our product strategy.
📱 The equipment you need - We will buy you a top of the range laptop to enable your hybrid working and provide you with a mobile phone if you are client facing.

Compensation

💳 Salary bands - We have transparent roles and salary bandings which we'll review with you annually.

Fun & Games

🎢 Away days - We have a summer and winter social every year.
🤸‍♂️ Gym facilities - Our office has a gym free to all our people. 

Interested?

To apply, simply send a covering letter and your CV to info@wearewattle.com

Wattle is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.