Agile Delivery Manager (Contract)

This is a Full Time Contract Role for 12-14 months As a successful candidate you will be working in the IRIS Accountancy Solutions business unit delivering software for UK Accountancy practices. You will be working with cross-functional Agile Scrum teams to deliver feature enhancements and maintenance releases to our Practice Suite Accountancy product. A key aspect of the role will be coaching the team to facilitate Agile ways of working, optimize delivery and foster a generative culture Responsibilities : Coach the team to optimise Agile delivery practices Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives and demos Collaborate closely with the Product owner to ensure the team always has a well prepared and priortised backlog for upcoming sprints Help create a culture based on high cooperation, transparency, sharing risks and encouraging growth Foster cross-team coordination Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions Help define clear goals for the team Experience : ~3+ years’ experience in Agile delivery ~ acting as servant/leader, coaching and empowering Scrum teams ~ Strong stakeholder management experience ~ Strong understanding of Agile Scrum ceremonies and practices ~ Good understanding of the software development life cycle ~ Track record of successful software delivery Owning the process of delivering software: coach ways of working that foster a secure, quality assured, iterative delivery focus on collaboration and quality optimise for flow of delivery Facilitation and leadership in events that support collaboration: Backlog refinement Scrum of scrums Coordinate interdependencies with other teams