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Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Pay up to £77,895, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
Join DWP Digital as a Senior Agile Delivery Manager and play a leading role in transformation that impacts millions of citizens across the UK.
DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn each year, supporting millions of people across the country.
Working in Working Age Services, Data & Analytics or Later Life, you'll lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver user-centred digital products and services that underpin some of the UK's most important public services.
The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
Delivering with People.
You'll be responsible for leading digital delivery in complex environments, ensuring effective planning, governance, risk management and coordination across multiple teams and dependencies. You'll build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, aligning priorities and driving informed decision-making.
You'll foster inclusive, high-performing teams by removing barriers, encouraging continuous improvement and developing agile delivery capability across the organisation. Through periods of change and ambiguity, you'll help teams adapt, deliver value and achieve sustainable outcomes.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
Demonstrable Experience Of
Maintaining Delivery Momentum: Ability to create an effective delivery ecosystem to ensure the successful delivery of digital projects, products and services using an agile approach.
Agile and Lean Practices: Coach and lead teams in agile and lean good practices. Create and tailor the right approach for a team. Act as a recognised expert and advocate for agile and lean approaches.
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Build High-Performing Teams: Develop and sustain high-performing teams with strong interpersonal relationships. Resolve conflicts constructively, create psychological safety and champion diversity and inclusion.
Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Communicate ethically and transparently, regularly demonstrating progress and managing expectations effectively.
Continuous Learning and Development: Drive a culture of continuous learning and upskilling within the team(s). Take responsibility for your own professional development and understand and develop the skills and capabilities of the individuals in the team.
Developing a World-Class Practice
Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members. We lead a cross-government community which meets once a month to share ideas and discuss emerging trends.
New joiners and long-time members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP.
We want you to be at your best. You'll have open access to experts from across our community and across DWP Digital, for coaching, mentoring, certifications, book budgets and lots more.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.
Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
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Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £77,895.
Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.
Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
- Sports and social activities
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities
And We Have An Award-winning Environment And Culture
DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards.
Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024.
Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025.
Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards.
Process
We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:
Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
Interview: a single stage interview online.
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