Lead Agile Delivery Manager, Kin + Carta
1+ day a week in office
Global digital transformation consultancy
Job no longer available
Global digital transformation consultancy
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1+ day a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make the world work better.
Role
Who you are
- You should have led the agile delivery of complex and varied software projects or programmes, owning, driving & optimising delivery
- An agile mindset with demonstrable experience of multiple agile methods, tools and practices (Scrum, Kanban, Lean etc.) and be able to pragmatically apply and coach them as required
- Experience of defining, refining and continuously improving processes related to project delivery and delivery operations on large programmes of work
- You are able to create bespoke workshops, built around the needs of the stakeholders and the outcomes desired
- You are able to create, and coach on the value of, a positive, psychologically safe team culture and the influence this has on team morale, performance and product quality
- You can identify data gathering opportunities for projects and establish what delivery data needs to be gathered to forecast delivery, help quickly identify efficiencies and make changes to improve project success
- You have senior Stakeholder management skills, creating stakeholder maps and building effective relationships at all levels including C-suite
- You can recommend a project or programme governance model to clients where this is not in place or not working successfully
- You are comfortable taking the initiative and working with ambiguity, helping K+C deliver software and transform clients’ ways of working in new and better ways
- Excellent clear and concise communication skills both written and verbal
- You are able to identify and manage complex RAIDs effectively across complex environments e.g. programmes/multiple teams. Your knowledge of relevant technical stacks / architecture and processes can help spot risks and opportunities
- You have leveraged your experience and capabilities to teach, coach and mentor more junior members of your teams to help in up-skilling and maintaining delivery quality standards
- You can proactively and comfortably raise difficult issues with clients, and act as a point of escalation, you can balance competing needs and challenging stakeholder relationships to the mutual benefit of K+C and its clients
- You are able to effectively manage the delivery operations, e.g casting and commercial tracking for multiple large projects or programmes of work. You are able to have productive conversations with respect to budgets
- You are proactive and confident in identifying new opportunities to extend the influence and reach of K+C within our clients
- You can build roadmaps maps and plans in complex environments and/or programmes of work with many dependencies. You are able to challenge stakeholders on prioritisation decisions and influence the strategic direction of the product
- You can lead the end-to-end definition and elaboration process, translating customer and business outcomes and ideas to development-ready requirements
- Working knowledge of Jira and/or other other software workflow management tools
- Experience growing and developing an internal team, including managing, mentoring and hiring people, and building out and developing the agile delivery craft
What the job involves
- The Agile Delivery Manager role comprises a mix of Agile coaching, project management and client management. Our Delivery Managers work with our expert in-house teams of developers, designers and test engineers to deliver innovative, high-quality software and operational change
- You will be responsible for first and foremost for independently taking ownership of your project or programme’s delivery plan and consistently visualising and radiating information for the team and client to ensure transparency
- You’ll own the team’s processes, ensuring agile approaches are pragmatically adopted and maintained whilst coaching and mentoring team members and clients to enhance agility
- Driving quality and continuous improvement will be central to everything you do and you’ll be skilled at using various tools and techniques to identify where improvements can be made
- You will be an expert in utilising data and metrics to track and forecast delivery, use it to manage expectations and highlight areas of inefficiency
- You’ll be joining a psychological safe culture and will be committed and passionate about building on that and getting the best from your team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Kin + Carta - now part of Valtech - is a global consulting firm that aims to support companies in their journey of becoming digital businesses by creating products, platforms, and experiences that help them achieve this purpose.
The company differentiates itself through its combination of strategic consulting, software engineering, and data expertise which it leverages to deliver maximum value to clients. What's more, the company is committed to making the world a better place for future generations - its Americas division has already become a Certified B Corporation which proves that the company is on the right track.
After Kin + Carta's acquisition by Valtech in April 2024, leadership at the former was integrated into leadership roles at Valtech. It's a significant step for Valtech, Kin + Carta's acquisition is the biggest Valtech has undertaken to date and places it at a valuation closing in on $ 1 billion.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- £1,000 annual learning budget
- Hybrid remote working policy
- Global leadership programmes
- Flexible working hours
- Enhanced Christmas leave
- Dog friendly offices
- Subsidised private healthcare
- Discounted gym membership
Company HQ
Islington, London, UK
Leadership
Kelly Manthey
(CEO (Not Founder))They worked at Solstice for 14 years until February 2020, holding various senior positions at the company, most recently a CEO. Prior to becoming the CEO of Kin + Carta in July 2022, they were the company's Group Chief Executive - Americas.
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