Agile Delivery Manager - Walsall Housing Group : Job Details

Agile Delivery Manager 

Salary: £56,878 - £59,731 per annum plus excellent benefits

Location: Walsall, West Midlands

Contract: Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week (minimum two days in the office)

Closing Date: 14th March 2025

First Stage Interview: 28th March 2025 (Teams) 

Second Stage Interview: 10th April 2025 (In-person) 

Are you passionate about driving high-performing Agile teams to deliver outstanding digital solutions? As an Agile Delivery Manager, you’ll play a key role in leading and enabling cross-functional teams to deliver value efficiently, removing blockers, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and have a track record of delivering complex projects, we’d love to hear from you!

Main job responsibilities:

• Responsible for the successful delivery of digital initiatives, ensuring teams effectively apply agile practices to achieve business goals. 
• Work closely with cross-functional agile delivery teams to enable collaboration, remove obstacles and foster a culture of continuous improvement. 
• Work closely with the Scrum Master to continue educating colleagues about Agile and embedding an Agile mindset throughout the business to aid successful delivery. 
• Work with Product Managers and Business Analysts to ensure that requirements are understood and validated with key stakeholders and that solutions are customer centric and will drive business value.
• Coordinate resources to build and implement technology solutions and integrate multiple systems whilst reconciling the needs of different teams.
• Create and maintain supporting documentation and ensure that this is shared with stakeholders to aide transparency. 
• Take ownership and responsibility to identify issues and risks and drive stakeholders to resolution and management of these.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of team and business processes and provide advice and technical training where needed.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Proven experience in an agile delivery role or similar.
• Strong understanding and ideally certification in agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban, SAFE, Less etc.) 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to facilitate conversations, actively listen and playback information to varying levels of stakeholders to achieve shared understanding.
• Ability to critically evaluate information and provide clear rationale for suggestions and recommendations.
• Ability to prioritise and manage time and capacity with autonomy. 
• Ability to challenge current ways of working and make recommendations for improvement.

What’s in it for you?

In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave (plus Christmas shut down), a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, a range of shopping and leisure discounts.  

We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and able to work in agile ways which support them.  

About us

At whg, we are dedicated to providing affordable homes across the Midlands and creating sustainable communities. We believe everyone has the right to a safe and secure home, which is the foundation for a successful life. Our values— Trustworthy, Respectful, Accountable, Collaborative and Excellent — guide our work and our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

We have been recognised as a top employer in the prestigious Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. The awards celebrate the top employers in the UK who are leading the way in employee pride, job satisfaction and wellbeing, as well as reward and recognition. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to providing opportunities and support for all applicants, including those with disabilities.

Interested in joining our team? Visit our website www.whg.uk.com and read Our 2030 Plan.