Agile Delivery Lead - FTC - 6 Months

Department: VOD Team

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: London, London, London, Hybrid

What we would like you to bring to the role….key experience, knowledge, skills & personal qualities

• Experience of leading, managing and coaching a team in an Agile environment, with a focus on fostering team growth and wellbeing.
• Extensive experience in implementing streamlined delivery processes and optimising workflows, with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
• Working with Product Owners and Managers to align on goals and customer requirements.
• Can demonstrate the ability to effectively address and resolve impediments, issues and complex blockers, knowing when to escalate them appropriately to ensure progress. 
• Implementation of a range of agile tools and techniques to drive delivery improvements and efficiencies. 
• Proven experience using Agile metrics such as velocity, lead time, burndown charts, to then understand trends for areas to improve.
• Conveying technical and non-technical information to a variety of audiences.
• Proven experience working with cross-functional teams in a digital environment.
• Capable of bringing together, inspiring and leading teams. 
• Creating a learning culture with a continuous improvement mentality within the team around working practices.

• Proven experience as a practitioner in Scrum with a clear grasp of the Scrum Guide, to include principles and events.
• Mastery of the Agile Manifesto, encompassing its values and principles.
• Proven experience in Agile methodologies, with a strong focus on implementing and managing Scrum and Kanban frameworks. 
• Excellent proven knowledge of the software development life cycle on a direct-to-consumer product. 
• Expertise in engineering practices is essential, from development phases down to version control, branching strategies and the principles of continuous integration and continuous deployment. 
• A strong technical grasp of at least one platform (e.g. web, mobile, connected TV) to confidently and effectively engage with engineers and platform partners regarding bugs, issues and technical challenges.
• Proficiency using Jira for backlog and sprint management and building workflows and dashboards.
• Clear comprehension of project governance structures, approval processes and stakeholder reporting, along with compliance knowledge, e.g. GDPR.

• Role model the desired behaviours and set the standards for those around you. 
• Drive collaborative working across teams to deliver value for our audiences. 
• Be bold and decisive; adopting an entrepreneurial mindset and be prepared to take risks. 
• Pro-actively identify and develop capabilities within your team. 
• Create a continuous improvement mindset in your team and a culture of constructive feedback.
• Create and maintain a psychologically safe environment, ensuring all perspectives are valued and exclusive behaviour is challenged. 
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to take a wider business view and build trust at all levels.
• Analytical thinking, using data to inform your decisions and improve delivery.
• Champion Agile transformation, not just within your team but in the wider business.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage numerous complex tasks simultaneously. 
• Understand the challenges faced by engineers and support in your role as appropriate.
• A team player with a focus on collaboration, working closely with product owners, engineers, QA.
• Remains calm under pressure and is focused on delivering value despite any challenges that arise.

What you will get to work on….key outputs and responsibilities of the role

• Lead a high performing team, providing them with clear goals and direction.
• Working to inspire, empower, motivate, and develop your team, whilst fostering an inclusive environment where they can perform at their best.
• Manage and coach a team of Scrum Masters, encouraging a strong commitment to continuous learning and personal development and alignment to the Agile principles and practices. 
• Implement a streamlined delivery process, optimising workflows across all U VoD app platforms - mobile, web and connected TV.
• Be accountable for driving delivery and maintaining a regular release cadence across all platforms.
• Identify, track and manage the risk profile, implementing clear mitigation plans to ensure delivery success and efficiency.
• Foster a culture of accountability, creativity, and high performance within your team.
• Support your team to facilitate empowered and self-organising squads.
• Support and help facilitate a test and learn environment in psychologically safe surroundings.
• Provide clear communication to stakeholders on statuses, updates, dependencies, ensuring alignment across teams. 
• Work closely with the Head of Digital Production and Development on resourcing requirements and alignment on business priorities.
• Know when to escalate critical issues.
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks and outcomes by way of generated reports.
• Develop trusted partnerships with our platform partners technical teams.