Agile Delivery Lead
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
The Software Development function at De La Rue, provides mature agile development services for multiple customers and internal stakeholders, across a range of key software products across the business.
As an Agile Delivery Lead, you will form part of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary agile product team ensuring we deliver high quality applications. You will develop simple but highly effective web applications, be passionate about writing good quality, highly testable, user-driven software.
We work together and value people who are collaborative, helping each other and sharing knowledge across the department. We drive change and innovate, we love keeping up with the latest technologies and approaches and furthering ourselves and our teams.
What will I be doing?
- You will work with collaborative product teams comprised of Product Managers, offshore Engineers, Business Analysts and Testers
- Leading on agile and lean practices, enabling the teams to collaborate and deliver value for customers and the business as efficiently as possible
- Collecting and reporting on key team metrics to stakeholders via Azure DevOps dashboards
- Driving the teams to continuously improve based on what you learn from tracking team metrics
- Encouraging and motivating the teams, enabling them to perform their roles effectively and protecting them from external distractions so they can focus on what they do best
- Being focused on the health and happiness of the team and how they work together
- Working with key stakeholders and partner on decisions to improve processes that surround the product teams, so that delivery is as efficient and impactful as possible
- Working with the Product Managers to report team plans and progress to key stakeholders and the wider organisation
- Sequencing work to deliver value to customer delivery milestones
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full Time
Base location: Basingstoke / Gateshead
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- A strong understanding of the full software testing lifecycle & methodologies with experience of Functional, Integration and Regression testing
- Recognised as a leader and expert in Agile, (SAFe, Scrum and Kanban), you will leverage this skill to stamp your mark on all aspects of our transformational journey to ensure that our teams are ‘being Agile’ and not just ‘doing Agile’.
- Strong understanding of software delivery and the principles and practices of BDD & TDD
- Experience of delivering complex business and technical projects using internal and external suppliers in a digital environment.
- Full system lifecycle experience
- Track record of managing cross-dependencies and prioritisation.
- Proven experience of driving continuous, provable improvements and efficiencies in a delivery environment.
- Experience working with secure systems is essential.
- Certified qualification in Agile Scrum
What are we offering?
In return for your experience and expertise, De La Rue offer:
- Eligible for the Company’s Annual incentive scheme
- Hybrid working opportunities
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme (De La Rue pay 1.5x the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 9%)
- Life assurance - 4x your annual salary
- Private health insurance – No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependant cover
- Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
- Enhanced family friendly policies
Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and therefore interviews may be held prior to the closing date for this vacancy.
***This position is located in the UK. To be eligible for consideration, you must be authorised to work in the UK without sponsorship**
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We want to work with people like you from all backgrounds and experiences, to help us gain a diverse workforce with a broad outlook and sharp expertise. We are looking for people unafraid to go that extra mile, bringing with them unique characteristics and abilities.
Show us you have what it takes and we'll reward you with a great place to work alongside other great people. Global business, global people. We think De La Rue is an amazing place to work. But don't just take our word for it.
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