Agile Delivery Manager

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Hawkwright employs 2,500 people across engineering hubs in London and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers.

Position summary:

Hawkwright needs another Agile Delivery Manager to run sprint ceremonies, remove blockers and help teams improve how they work. This role is fully remote within the UK. Few meetings, lots of written updates.

What you'll be doing:

• Follow up on retrospective action items so they actually get done
• Coordinate release planning with QA and DevOps
• Track velocity, cycle time and burndown in Jira and explain what the numbers mean
• Configure Jira boards, workflows and dashboards
• Support PI planning and Scrum of Scrums for multi-team work
• Coach teams on Scrum and Kanban practices and adjust them to what works
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews and retrospectives
• Spot team health problems early and raise them with engineering managers

Minimum qualifications:

• 2-4 years as a Scrum Master on software development teams
• Solid working knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Comfortable dealing with conflict inside a team
• Ability to coach without formal authority
• Clear written and spoken communication
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

Preferred:

• Prior role as a developer, QA engineer or business analyst
• Distributed teams across time zones
• Miro or Mural for remote workshops
• Azure DevOps Boards

What we offer:

• Healthcare cash plan
• Company pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Share options
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible working hours

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hawkwright.