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Agile Delivery Manager - Leeds
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Agile Delivery Manager - Leeds
Delivery Manager - Leeds
Role: Delivery Manager Location: Leeds Career Level: 9 – Specialist
Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance, which requires 5 years’ continuous UK address history at the point of application.
About the Role
We are looking for experienced Delivery Managers to join our vibrant Product practice, based at our Glasgow offices on a full-time, permanent basis.
As a Delivery Manager, you will be accountable for end-to-end delivery of technology products and platforms for our clients. You’ll work closely with client stakeholders, engineering teams, and partner vendors to ensure outcomes are delivered:
- On time
- To quality
- To value
- Whiles continuously improving ways of working
This is a hands-on leadership role requiring:
- Strong delivery governance
- Stakeholder management
- The ability to lead teams through complex, multi-vendor environments
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate a proven ability to form, guide, evolve, support, and motivate teams
- Recognise dysfunctional teams/organisations
- Understand the problems to solve
- Drive improvement
- Own and manage end-to-end delivery lifecycle, from mobilisation through to live service transition
- Be accountable for delivery:
- Scope
- Schedule
- Budget
- Risk
- Quality (across one or more workstreams)
- Lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams, including:
- Engineers
- Designers
- Analysts
- Architects
- Operate confidently in complex, multi-vendor environments:
- Coordinate dependencies
- Resolve delivery blockers
- Build strong, trusted relationships with:
- Senior client stakeholders
- Internal leadership
- Apply:
- Agile
- Hybrid
- Or waterfall delivery approaches as appropriate
- Ensure governance is proportionate and effective
- Manage RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues, Dependencies):
- Providing clear transparency on progress and risks
- Delivery plans
- Milestones
- Drive continuous improvement across:
- Delivery practices
- Team performance
- Client outcomes
- Support business development activities, including:
- Estimates
- Delivery plans
- Input to proposals
- Mentor and coach team members:
- Fostering high-performance delivery cultures
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Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Proven experience in:
- Delivery Management
- Technical Programme/Project Management (within technology delivery)
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Agile delivery frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)
- Traditional delivery models
- End-to-end delivery experience across:
- Design
- Build
- Test
- Implementation phases
- Demonstrable experience in:
- Managing risks
- Dependencies
- Delivery governance
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including:
- Senior client engagement
- Experience delivering within:
- Regulated environments
- Complex enterprise environments
- Strong financial and commercial awareness:
- Budgeting
- Forecast management
- Excellent:
- Communication skills
- Facilitation skills
- Leadership skills
Set Yourself Apart
- Experience working closely with:
- Product Owners
- Engineering Leads (in product-centric teams)
- Experience supporting or leading:
- Steering Committees
- Working Groups
- Knowledge of:
- Service transition
- Live proving
- Operational readiness
- Experience scaling delivery across:
- Multiple teams
- Programmes
Benefits
At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will receive:
- 25 days’ vacation per year
- Private medical insurance
- 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to successfully deliver this role, as it may involve spending time onsite with clients and partners to support delivery.
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Closing Date for Applications: 31/08/2026 Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date if a suitable candidate is found.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in:
- Strategy and consulting
- Interactive
- Technology
- Operations
We prioritise digital capabilities across all services.
With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply:
- Industry expertise
- Diverse skill sets
- Next-generation technology
- To deliver effective business solutions.
We believe in inclusion and diversity, supporting the whole person.
Our Core Values:
- Stewardship
- Best People
- Client Value Creation
- One Global Network
- Respect for the Individual
- Integrity
For years, Accenture has been recognised not just for business performance but also for:
- Inclusion
- Diversity
“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and the communities in which we work and live.”
— Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
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Join an inclusive team of innovators, differentiate yourself, and drive meaningful change at Accenture, where every move forward matters – for your career, clients, and the world.
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