Lead Agile Delivery Manager

Job summary

We are looking for a Lead Agile Delivery Manager with extensive hands-on experience of driving the delivery of large-scale digital products and services in complex, multi-team environments.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Data Enablement, a key part of DWP Digital's modernisation programme. You will work with teams at the forefront of data transformation and as such, this role requires an experienced, self-motivated, and confident Lead Agile Delivery Manager. You will be part of a senior leadership team, contributing to the strategic aims of DWP Digital and providing line management within your area.

We’re looking for people with a passion for agile delivery and the behaviours to inspire and guide teams.

Here, you’ll do work that matters and makes a difference. Come and help us develop DWP’s data services of the future.

Job description

As a Lead Agile Delivery Manager, you will:

• Deliver strong agile leadership of complex, scaled programmes with multiple stakeholders. Define and assure clear outcomes, delivery and resource plans, ensuring teams are clear on what they need to do.
• Be accountable for designing and orchestrating delivery, optimising workflows and implementing new processes and techniques needed to deliver successful outcomes at scale, driving innovation and proactively changing the status quo.
• Be an experienced agile practitioner with in-depth knowledge and experience of agile and lean tools and techniques, with the ability to build capability in both delivery teams and partners via leadership, role modelling and coaching behaviours and techniques.
• Lead delivery of complex areas of work involving multiple teams and senior stakeholders, including hybrid delivery environments, building momentum and managing multiple competing demands, finding the right balance between technical, user and security stakeholder needs.
• Be able to build consensus across different services and products and to mediate between teams to achieve successful outcomes, adapting delivery approaches to meet the needs of teams balancing live service responsibilities alongside change and development activity.
• Communicate with clarity to build influence and trust at all levels of the organisation, manage stakeholder expectations and facilitate discussions about high risk and complexity.
• Optimise the delivery flow of teams, implement team structure changes and orchestrate efforts across teams to maintain and improve delivery momentum. Be able to manage the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies and act as an escalation point to unblock issues.
• Champion the products and services developed by Enablement across DWP and its partners, maximising usage and uptake across the organisation.
• Provide effective oversight of the use of third parties, ensuring value for money, strategic alignment with technical and business strategies and integration with Civil Service teams.
• Role model the behaviours and culture we value in DWP, creating safe and supportive environments for all teams, encouraging them to experiment, deliver and thrive, and making failure a safe part of learning.

Person specification

See selection process for further details.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact [email removed]

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Maintaining Delivery Momentum

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,026, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £21,735 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

Hybrid Working

This role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work.

If a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for the role and for you, you will normally be required to spend a minimum of 60% of your contracted working hours from your DWP office.

If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the minimum office attendance requirement, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.

Salary Information

Pay for this role is from £75,026 to £92,522.

The maximum salary for the grade is £80,267, however a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed.

Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer will maintain their current substantive salary.

Civil Servants who gain promotion will move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or receive a 10% increase applied to their current substantive salary, whichever is greater.

Any temporary allowances that you are currently in receipt of will not form part of the calculation to determine your pay. Any allowances that are in payment will cease when you move into your new role.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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