Agile Delivery Lead

1 month ago

Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom ScottishPower Full time

Agile Delivery Lead

Glasgow

Salary: £54-£68K + benefits (15% bonus & private healthcare)

Hybrid working, Permanent

Help us create a better future, quicker

Working as part of the Digital Platforms Transformation Team, the Agile Delivery Lead will help to develop and evolve agile projects, significantly influencing IT and digital projects, working with senior members of the Business IT teams.

ScottishPower is looking for this person to blend traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach in the right proportions, to provide the appropriate level of planning. You'll use a hybrid Agile approach, good judgment, and skill to develop a project management approach that is efficient and effective in achieving the project goals.

What you'll be doing

The Agile Delivery Lead ensures the effective facilitation of Agile events, including planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives, to enhance team collaboration and productivity. You'll optimise team performance by monitoring and analysing metrics, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Stakeholder Management is key within this role, to maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress, risks, and outcomes, and ensuring their requirements and expectations are met. In addition to this, you'll proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, ensuring timely resolution to minimise the impact on delivery timelines and quality.

We're looking for this person to promote a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging experimentation, learning from failures, and implementing best practices and lessons learned across teams.

Doing this while supporting the professional growth and development of team members by providing coaching, mentoring, and training on Agile principles and practices. There will be a key focus on quality assurance, implementing and upholding high standards of quality, ensuring adherence to Agile practices and principles, and by facilitating regular reviews and inspections.

You'll align team activities and deliverables with the organisation's strategic objectives, ensuring that projects contribute to the overall business success and value creation, being an advocate for Agile values and principles across the organisation, and fostering an Agile mindset and culture to drive transformation and innovation.

There will be the opportunity to lead and manage the adoption of new processes, tools, and practices within the organisation, ensuring smooth transitions and minimising disruptions while achieving the desired outcome of the change initiatives.

What you'll bring Be able to demonstrate proven Agile project delivery experience Proven ability to lead projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met An understanding of Agile Project Management techniques Solid experience of Microsoft 365 Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the "big picture" view Knowledge of IT digital technologies and platforms to assist project delivery What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

36 days annual leave Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme Payroll giving and charity matched funding Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments Life Assurance (4x salary) Access to 'nudge' financial wellbeing support Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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