Senior Agile Delivery Manager, Manchester

Senior Agile Delivery Manager

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Full-time (Permanent) £57946 - £75748 per annum + plus 28.97% employer pensionManchester Published on 19 December 2025 Deadline 9 January 2026 Job Title: Senior Agile Delivery Manager Pay up to £57,946 - £75,748, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Ready to lead the charge in Agile delivery? We are looking for an experienced Agile Delivery Manager with energy, enthusiasm and a passion for making things happen. You'll work alongside talented technical and data professionals, leading a wide range of initiatives focused on creating and maintaining cutting‑edge data products and platforms. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

Promoting a culture of psychological safety in teams, managing team dynamics. Fostering a continuous improvement environment. Experience of leading and building stakeholder relationships at multiple levels. Having a proactive approach to learning and development of yourself and others. Experienced in the use of Agile principles and practices. Experience of digital delivery in an agile environment for a data product/service or a data platform.

You and your role You’ll be part of our Management Information team. DWP needs the right intelligence for it to be able to deliver and improve our services. Management Information is an integral part of providing the intelligence to enable this. The DWP MI team provide the strategic capability for MI reporting and visualisations across the entire Department. Our Agile Delivery Managers enable expert digital teams to create, build, innovate and deliver. The level of expertise here is incredible and it’s your mission to get the best out of them. You’ll create psychologically safe spaces where those experts can be at their best. You’ll make sure our people 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. Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members. This is a brilliant opportunity to fast‑track your skills and your career as part of the largest Delivery community in government. Location: You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield whichever is 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 from £57,946 to £75,748. Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £19,759 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days 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:

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.

And we have an award‑winning environment and culture:

DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Award

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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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Location:: Manchester
Job Type:: FullTime

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