Lead Delivery Manager

4 days ago

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom s1jobs Full time

Lead Delivery Manager 3 Month Contract with Ext | (Inside IR35) | Hybrid, Glasgow | Starting ASAP Day Rate: DOE Essential Skills & Experience You have expert-level ability in Agile and Lean practices, coaching and leading teams, serving as a recognised advocate, continuously reflecting and challenging teams, and innovating by creating or tailoring new ways of working. You have expert-level ability in communicating between technical and non-technical stakeholders, mediating between people, managing stakeholder expectations, moderating discussions about elevated risk and complexity, and representing the community to large audiences both inside and outside of the organisation. You have expert-level ability in supporting delivery momentum, perfecting team delivery flow, actively addressing complex risks, issues, and dependencies, and innovatively unblocking issues even when ownership is unclear or external. You have expert-level ability in making processes work, finding, and challenging organisational processes, adding value through coaching and adaptation, and guiding teams through new process implementations. You have expert-level ability in planning, leading continual processes in complex environments, extending planning beyond product delivery, naming, and coordinating dependencies across services, and coaching other teams as a central expertise point. Desirable Qualifications Coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean practices, advocating for continuous improvement and innovation. Tailor new ways of working to suit project needs and challenge existing approaches effectively. Take responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers, finding and negotiating contractual frameworks to ensure fair value. Mediate between stakeholders at all levels, managing expectations and helping discussions on elevated risk and complexity. Represent the community to large audiences both internally and externally. Negotiate and influence budgets in complex environments, contributing to business cases and communicating business‑value propositions effectively. Apply experience across multiple stages of the product life cycle, discerning progress points and collaborating with Agile delivery operations. Engage stakeholders throughout the project, recognising proper deliverables and coordinating with the right people to meet them. Optimise team delivery flow, actively addressing complex risks, issues, and dependencies, even in situations with unclear ownership. Innovatively unblock issues to ensure delivery momentum is kept. Challenge organisational processes to optimise efficiency, adding value through coaching and guiding teams through process implementations. Lead continual planning processes in complex environments, extending planning beyond product delivery and coordinating dependencies across services. Coach other teams as a crucial point of expertise in planning methodologies. Find and rectify problems in team dynamics, conducting Agile 'health checks' and providing the right type of feedback to accelerate team development cycles. This role has been deemed Inside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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