Agile Delivery Manager
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,614 to £45,081 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 July 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 3LR |
| Company: | DWP Digital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 410959_1751981008 |
Summary
Pay up to £45,081, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
This is not a traditional project management role. We're looking for skilled agile delivery managers, who have experience of delivering software in an agile environment.
You'll enable a multi-disciplinary team through different phases, as we use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK.
We have various opportunities available, each joining a supportive community, delivering some of the largest digital transformation in Europe.
Delivering With People.
Our Agile Delivery Managers create psychologically safe spaces, so our high-performing digital teams to create, build, innovate and deliver stuff that works for over 20 million users.
You'll make sure our experts have what they need to deliver the best services. You'll identify blockers, and find the best way round through, and over.
Our focus is on individuals and interactions, values and behaviours - not processes tools or documentations - and we put the user at the centre of everything we do.
One of the great things in DWP is the scale and breadth of activity we're taking on. It is massive. There is a real variety of projects and teams who want your coaching, leadership and empowerment.
Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members.
New joiners, and long time-members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP.
And the opportunities for learning - in whatever form you prefer - are unlimited.
Developing a World-Class Practice.
Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members. We lead a cross-government community which meets once a month to share ideas and discuss emerging trends.
New joiners and long-time members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP.
We want you to be at your best. You'll have open access to experts from across our community and across DWP Digital, for coaching, mentoring, certifications, book budgets and lots more.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? How will this be assessed?
Our application process includes both a technical statement and a personal statement. This is your opportunity to showcase clear examples and evidence of how you meet the following:
Technical Statement:
- Describe your experience of delivering software at pace in an agile environment
Personal Statement:
- A good understanding of agile principles and practices.
- Promoting a healthy team culture, managing team dynamics and fostering a continuous improvement environment.
- Translating technical terms and facilitating relationships with business stakeholders.
- Communicating in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner.
The sift panel will use the information you provide to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the above.
Full details, as well as application guidance are detailed in the Civil Service Job description - Click "Apply" to be redirected here.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield, whichever most convenient for you.
Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £45,081.
Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £13,000 per year.
Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time.
You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
- Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
- Sports and social activities
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
Process:
We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:
- Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
- Interview: a single stage interview online.
CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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