Future Opportunity - Agile Delivery Manager

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If you’re looking to move roles in the next couple of months, we’re interested in hearing from talented people like you. Submit an application to be considered for future opportunities at Opencast. Our Talent Engagement team will review your application and will be in touch to let you know how we would like to proceed.

You’ll collaborate with the product manager and team to plan the delivery of services and products that deliver our client's strategic outcomes. You'll work in multidisciplinary agile teams alongside people in design, development, and research.  

  

You’ll play a key role in determining the milestones to efficiently deliver for our clients. You’ll create a safe working environment so our agile teams deliver with autonomy within our clients’ governance structures. 

  

You need to comfortably deliver work against a fairly well-defined outcome, where you understand the context you're delivering in.  

  

In your CV and the interview, please show how you have:  

 

·    organised a scrum team, facilitated ceremonies and workshops  to reach delivery milestones 

·    used a range of collaboration tools  

·    knowledge of Agile, plus Scrum or Kanban 

·    worked in an ambiguous environment and methodically broken down complex problems  

·    supported the team to tackle problems make progress in challenging situations  

·    created and iterated a team charter and ways of working 

·    encouraged teams to refer their work back to the project's vision and commitments  

·    identified risks and dependencies within and outside the influence of your team, and had strategies to work towards their mitigation  

·    identified milestones and created plans towards delivery, and presented these to stakeholders  

  

In addition to these Agile delivery skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to work effectively as a consultant.   

  

In your interview, please show how you:  

·    have good presentation skills and confident verbal communication 

·    build strong relationships and resolve conflict  

·    provide feedback and challenge appropriately   

·    are proactive and can work autonomously  

  

There are some other desirable areas of experience for this role. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas. These are: 

 

·    The Service Standard (UK Government) 

·    remote collaboration and visualisation tools  

·    calculating metrics and using the outcomes to effectively manage the team  

·    knowledge of team coaching and other techniques to support team development  

·    demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or product management

  

If you have any of this experience, please show it on your CV and talk about it in the interview. 

 

Consultant salary range: £45,000-£59,000