Agile Delivery Manager – Consultant (contract)

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Full time
Location: Edinburgh
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Job offered by: Opencast
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Category: IT & Technology
This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Ready for a new challenge? Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together? If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We're a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business. The role

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 and 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 The Service Standard (UK Government) Remote collaboration and visualisation tools Calculated metrics and used 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 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 Salary

£500 per day, Inside IR35 Where you'll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel across the UK is part of life at Opencast. This varies in frequency, and takes into account requirements of your work, our clients and your team. We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all. Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We'll make any adjustments to help you. Want to know more? Visit our website or email

careers@opencastsoftware.com . We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

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