Agile Delivery Manager NEW

Manchester, Lancashire
Harvey Nash Group
Agile Delivery Manager

Manchester – Hybrid (2 days per week on site)

Permanent – up to £60,000 dependant on experience

Harvey Nash is proud to be partnered with a market leading Sports and Entertainment organisation, based in Manchester on the recruitment of a permanent Agile Delivery Manager.

The successful Agile Delivery Manager will be responsible for ensuring high-quality, predictable, and outcome-focused delivery across one or two Agile teams within a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Working closely with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, and stakeholders, the ADM drives team-level flow, supports effective planning and execution, and ensures that teams operate using consistent Agile practices aligned to organisational standards.

This role focuses on hands on delivery management, removal of blockers, management of dependencies and uplifting team performance, while escalating cross team or systemic issues to the Agile Delivery Lead. ADMs play a key role in embedding best practices, supporting responsible gambling compliance, and enabling teams to deliver customer value efficiently and safely.

Responsibilities Team-Level Delivery & Flow

• Manage day-to-day delivery across one or two Agile / Scrum / Kanban teams, ensuring predictable and sustainable flow.
• (Optionally) facilitate Agile ceremonies (stand ups, planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure teams follow agreed ways of working.
• Work with Product Managers to support effective backlog management, planning estimation, and prioritisation. Work with Engineering Managers to ensure solutions are created for the backlog items.
• Identify team-level blockers early and remove or escalate to the Agile Delivery Lead when cross team support is required.

Alignment & Collaboration

• Build strong working relationships with Engineering, Product, and other Technology teams to ensure alignment on goals and delivery expectations.
• Facilitate communication within and outside the squad, ensuring clarity of progress, risks, and decisions.
• Collaborate with other Delivery Managers and Agile Delivery Leads to ensure consistent standards and shared practices across teams.

Delivery Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Track and report on team health, delivery progress, risks, and metrics such as initiative level WIP, cycle time and throughput.
• Use data driven insights to highlight improvement opportunities and work with the Agile Delivery Lead to implement enhancements.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, supporting teams to experiment, learn, and refine their ways of working.

Risk Management & Governance

• Support delivery of work in line with compliance, regulatory, and responsible gambling obligations.
• Identify delivery risks early and work with both the team and Agile Delivery Lead to design mitigation strategies.

Coaching & Team Support

• Promote Agile principles and help teams become more self organising and high performing.
• Coach team members in Agile practices, fostering collaboration, accountability, and transparency.
• Support Project Managers transitioning into agile environments by modelling good delivery behaviours.

Experience and Skills Essential

• Experience managing delivery for one or more Agile teams in a digital or technology environment.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles.
• Ability to drive team-level delivery cadence, predictability, and continuous improvement.
• Proven experience identifying blockers, managing risks, and supporting cross functional collaboration.
• Confident communicator able to work with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Data driven mindset with familiarity in agile metrics such as throughput, cycle time, and DORA.
• Experience supporting delivery in regulated industries (e.g., gambling, fintech, gaming).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to stay calm under pressure.

If you’re passionate about Agile Delivery and want to make a measurable difference, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply directly online, and if your application is successful, one of the team will be in touch.