Agile Delivery Manager - Consultant
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Opencast
Agile Delivery Manager - Consultant
£45,000 - £59,000
Multiple locations
Hybrid
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Description
Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.

You’ll collaborate with the product manager and team to plan the delivery of services and products that deliver our client’s strategic outcomes. You’ll work in multidisciplinary agile teams alongside people in design, development, and research.

You’ll play a key role in determining the milestones to efficiently deliver for our clients. You’ll create a safe working environment so our agile teams deliver with autonomy within our clients’ governance structures.

Essential experience

You need to comfortably deliver work against a fairly well-defined outcome, where you understand the context you’re delivering in.

In your CV and the interview, please show how you have:

• organised a scrum team, facilitated ceremonies and workshops to reach delivery milestones

• used a range of collaboration tools

• knowledge of Agile, plus Scrum or Kanban

• worked in an ambiguous environment and methodically broken down complex problems

• supported the team to tackle problems make progress in challenging situations

• created and iterated a team charter and ways of working

• encouraged teams to refer their work back to the project’s vision and commitments

• identified risks and dependencies within and outside the influence of your team, and had strategies to work towards their mitigation

• identified milestones and created plans towards delivery, and presented these to stakeholders

In addition to these Agile delivery skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to work effectively as a consultant.

In your interview, please show how you:

• have good presentation skills and confident verbal communication

• build strong relationships and resolve conflict

• provide feedback and challenge appropriately

• are proactive and can work autonomously

Desirable experience

There are some other desirable areas of experience for this role. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas. These are:

• The Service Standard (UK Government)

• remote collaboration and visualisation tools

• calculating metrics and using the outcomes to effectively manage the team

• knowledge of team coaching and other techniques to support team development

• demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or product management

If you have any of this experience, please show it on your CV and talk about it in the interview.

Culture overview
At Opencast, our culture is built around purpose, collaboration and growth. We bring together people, technology and values to create a supportive, inclusive workplace where individuals are trusted to contribute, learn and make a difference. Our teams work collaboratively to deliver high-quality digital services with real-world impact, supported by hybrid ways of working, strong communities and a focus on wellbeing. With opportunities for learning, mentoring and pro-bono work, Opencast is a place where your ideas are valued, your career can develop and the work you do genuinely matters.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Company Car
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Health Cash Plan
Home office allowance
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Pension
Share Options
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
Clubs & Meetups
Free Coffee
Hackathons
Open Plan
Social Events
Team Building Days
Location
Leadership
David SarginsonDirector of Architecture & Engineering Capability
Tech overview
At Opencast, we use technology to create meaningful outcomes. Our work spans the full digital delivery lifecycle: • User-centred design: Research, service design, interaction and content design to ensure solutions meet real user needs. • Architecture: Designing scalable, secure and sustainable technical strategies that guide end-to-end delivery. • Software and digital delivery: Building high-quality, reliable software that solves complex business problems. • DevOps, cloud and platform engineering: Optimising platforms, automating pipelines and managing cloud infrastructure to support resilient services. • Data and analytics: Turning data into actionable insights to drive better decisions and improve services. Our approach balances technical excellence with purpose, ensuring every project we deliver is user-focused, sustainable and impactful.
Engineering principles
Agile Process
Code Reviews
Configuration management
Continuous integration
Knowledge sharing
Mentoring
Micro services
Pair programming
Scrum
Test Driven Development
Unit testing
Company tech stack
Opencast
Agile Delivery Manager - Consultant£45,000 - £59,000
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