Head of Agile Programme Management

**Head**of Agile Programme Management**

Ciphr has a new opportunity for a Head of Agile Programme Management. You will be joining an organisation where you will work with a team that is goal driven and people focused.

At Ciphr our priority is ensuring that the work we do is adding value to our customers whilst also working in a way that allows the Ciphr team to feel valued in their roles.

We want to give you the opportunity to embrace your role with Ciphr and, in return, we can offer you an open and friendly work environment where your input and ideas are welcomed.

Flexibility is key so this role can be based anywhere within the UK if you are happy to attend ad hoc meetings. We also have an office in Marlow, Buckinghamshire that all Ciphr employees are welcome to utilise.

If you are interested in a change do have a look below at what we can offer you.

**Location**:
The role is remote within the UK but will require occasional travel for meetings.

**See below the daily tasks of a Head** **of Agile Programme Management**:

- Coordinate Program Increments including planning and other key ceremonies, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate with Product Management, and engineering teams to ensure backlogs are appropriately defined and features prioritised.
- Working closely with Product Management to ensure we are optimising value produced.
- Work closely with delivery teams to ensure value is delivered to market in a smooth and clear fashion.
- Work closely with delivery teams to ensure that release management is embedded and evolves.
- Driving a culture of continuous improvement, communication, and collaboration.
- Ensure approach to work definitions drives smooth outputs and releases.
- Stakeholder engagement and management.
- Risk management, ensuring high level risks are understood and mitigated.
- Establish delivery metrics, evaluating these and reporting on progress.

**What we offer you**:
Ciphr has a benefits package which has you and your family in mind.

As well as offering you the opportunity to work with a great team, be part of a growing company and have the chance to learn and enhance your knowledge and qualifications, we offer:

- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Family National Trust Membership
- Birthday day off
- Religious holiday swap
- Family forming support - e.g., time off for family forming appointments or to support your partner
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension
- Health cash plan
- Life assurance
- Technology/home improvements Loans
- Perks at Work - access to exclusive discounts, cinema tickets, etc.
- Regular training
- £1,500 employee referral scheme
- Medical Cover and Dental cover (after 6 months’ service)
- Income Protection insurance (after 12 months’ service)

**We would like you to have the following skills**:

- Experience in a Programme or Project management role.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and ability to adapt your knowledge to the context in hand.
- Experience of collaborating with in-house and outsourced software development teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Results / delivery focused with strong organisation, project planning, resourcing, and budgeting abilities.

**What success looks like in the role**:

- Ensuring that Agile programmes are delivering tangible business value aligned with organisational objectives.
- Accelerating delivery timelines while maintaining quality and stability.
- Ensuring that Agile methodologies and best practices are being followed effectively across programmes.
- Ensuring stakeholder satisfaction with both outcomes and the delivery process.
- Ensuring releases are coordinated, well documented, and smooth to market.
- Building and maintaining high-performing Agile teams with motivated and engaged team members.
- Setting up precise metrics and KPI’s to monitor program effectiveness and showcase value to stakeholders.

**About Ciphr**:
Ciphr is a leading UK-based provider of integrated HR, payroll, learning and recruitment solutions.

Ciphr’s integrated HCM platform helps organisations manage their end-to-end employee lifecycle so they can deliver an amazing employee experience. With Ciphr, organisations can be confident they can access all their people data in one place, thanks to secure, time-saving integrations between our own solutions and API connections to specialist, third-party tools.

Ciphr is all about people. Our values are trust, drive, authenticity, and accountability. We want you to bring your authentic self to work giving you the space to be yourself whether that is creative, outgoing, quiet, courageous, observant or any other attributes you may have. Ciphr welcomes all kinds of people to the team and would love you to come and join us

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leav