Senior Agile Delivery Manager

About the job

Job summary

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The Chief Digital Information Office delivers complex, high-value products and platforms that support HMRC's strategic goals and improve outcomes for millions of users. We work in multidisciplinary teams using modern Agile delivery practices to deliver services at scale and improve outcomes for users.

As a Senior Agile Delivery Manager, you will be accountable for the effective delivery of complex, high-risk digital services across multiple teams or initiatives. You will shape delivery approaches, manage systemic risks and dependencies, and act as a primary escalation point for delivery challenges.

You will play a critical role in improving delivery confidence, capability and outcomes.

Job description

You will optimise delivery flow across complex delivery environments, ensuring teams can deliver value effectively, sustainably and at pace. Using expert Agile and Lean delivery practices, you will tailor approaches to context, coach Delivery Managers and teams, and work with senior stakeholders to resolve delivery challenges and manage trade-offs.

Operating across programmes or portfolios, you will influence delivery strategy, stakeholder alignment and capability development. You will act as the main escalation point for delivery risks, issues and dependencies that sit beyond the control of individual teams, reporting to a Head of Delivery or equivalent senior leader.

Person specification

You are an experienced delivery leader who thrives in complexity and ambiguity. You bring strong judgement, credibility and confidence, and are comfortable challenging ineffective practices while supporting teams to improve delivery outcomes.

You are a strong coach and mentor, able to develop Delivery Managers and multidisciplinary teams, and you communicate clearly and effectively with senior stakeholders. You balance pace, quality and sustainability using evidence-based decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Agile delivery across multiple complex product and platform teams.
• Act as the primary escalation point for delivery risks, issues and dependencies.
• Optimise delivery flow by identifying and removing systemic blockers.
• Coach and mentor Delivery Managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Shape and tailor Agile delivery approaches to suit context and complexity.
• Influence senior stakeholders to improve delivery confidence and outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices, performance and capability.
• Support governance of platform technical health, reliability and sustainability.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience leading Agile delivery across multiple teams in complex, high-risk digital environments.
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies, risks and competing priorities.
• Evidence of improving delivery performance or flow (e.g. removing blockers, improving throughput, stabilising services).
• Strong experience coaching and developing Delivery Managers and teams.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage difficult delivery trade-offs.
• Strong organisational judgement and decision-making capability.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-changing, high-pressure or ambiguous environments.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in platform and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office Closures

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it's important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window)

These sites are:

• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
• Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Location

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Technical skills

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

• Complex Agile Delivery

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 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).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

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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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your Job History providedetails of up to your previous 5 roles (150 words per role). Please complete the Previous Skills and Experience section by providingdetails of how you meet the essential criteria (up to 750 words max). Any evidence provided that exceeds the wordcount will not be assessed.
• A 250-word Technical Statement - Please tell us about a complex Agile delivery that you led across multiple Agile teams, products or platforms, outlining how you managed risks, dependencies and stakeholder trade-offs to improve delivery outcomes and deliver measurable results.

Please evidence any Desirable Criteria where applicable, up to 250 words max. This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy holder where candidates have the same score at interview.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on the CV.

At full sift your CV and Technical Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, your experiencewill be assessed to explore in detail what you are capable of. You will be asked a Technical Skills question based on Complex Agile Delivery.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - insert vacancy ref . click apply for full job details