Chroma Recruitment
Agile Delivery Manager
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Agile Delivery Manager
Manchester City Centre (hybrid, 3 days a week in the office)
£55,000 to £65,000 + 10% bonus
I'm working with a global brand who are looking for an Agile Delivery Manager to lead delivery for their in-house digital engineering team. This is the team behind the products customers use every day: the app, loyalty, payments, subscriptions, and online ordering.
I'm not looking for someone who ticks every box on paper. I'm looking for the right person: someone who cares about their team, loves getting software out the door, and isn't afraid to speak up when something doesn't add up.
What you'll be doing
- You'll own how the team delivers. That means working hand in hand with Product and Engineering to shape the roadmap, breaking big pieces of work into sensible chunks, managing dependencies, and getting the balance right between new features and tech debt. The team works in two-week sprints and releases continuously, and you'll keep that running smoothly and keep making it better.
- A big part of the job is people. There are a lot of stakeholders here with a lot of opinions, and you'll need to be comfortable pushing back. When a date or scope doesn't stack up, you'll challenge it, lay out the options and trade-offs, and look after the team rather than asking them to work late to make it fit.
- You'll also look after a few third-party SaaS suppliers and keep an eye on budget. There's a bit of production support in there too, but it's a small part of the role rather than the main event.
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What we're looking for
- Recent experience leading delivery for an in-house software team building customer-facing digital products
- You've gone beyond running ceremonies. You've owned the plan, the roadmap conversations, and the trade-offs
- Confidence with estimation, planning, and managing uncertainty
- Real conviction about ways of working. You know Scrum well, you have opinions on it, and you enjoy improving how teams work
- You judge success by how the team is doing (flow, predictability, quality, customer outcomes) rather than counting individual tickets
- Brilliant with people. Approachable, great at building relationships, and able to hold your ground with senior stakeholders
- Any experience managing suppliers or a budget is a bonus
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