Agile Delivery Manager

Agile Delivery Manager - Defined Benefit area

Location: London – hybrid 50%

Full time – 35 hours

At Just we encourage a flexible and agile working environment for the majority of our opportunities. Get in touch with us to discuss in more detail.

Who are Just?

We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing FTSE 250 company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.

About the role

The Delivery Manager leads Agile teams to deliver complex projects on time, within scope, and aligned with business priorities. They drive business value by enabling cross-functional collaboration and promoting agility and continuous improvement.

With a proactive approach, the Delivery Manager oversees end-to-end delivery across multiple domains, managing risks and ensuring alignment with company standards while focusing on iterative value throughout the project lifecycle.

Collaborating closely with stakeholders in business, change, and software engineering, they help shape priorities, support business case development, and create actionable delivery plans, thriving in a fast-paced Agile environment to ensure project success.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery Management: Plan, execute, and deliver projects over £2M, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.

• Benefits Realisation: Collaborate with Sponsors and Product Owners to define and prioritise business outcomes and success measures.

• Scrum Master Duties: Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove blockers, and support team performance.

• Coaching & Mentoring: Guide teams and stakeholders to improve Agile practices and maturity.

• Facilitation: Lead teams through project phases to drive continuous improvement and overcome challenges.

• Agile Training: Educate on Agile methods, including Scrum, Kanban, story mapping, refinement, and release planning.

• Problem Solving: Identify and resolve issues impacting team performance using data-driven insights.

• Conflict Resolution: Transform conflicts into constructive discussions to enhance team effectiveness.

• Role Modelling: Build trust, demonstrate values, and promote continuous improvement.

• Servant Leadership: Protect the team from distractions and ensure transparency to enable leadership support.

• Change Advocacy: Promote organizational transformation and share best practices across teams.

• Community Engagement: Contribute to communities of practice with fresh ideas and energy.

• Adaptability: Lead diverse teams, including those using bespoke software frameworks, with flexibility.

Skills and Knowledge and Experience

• Proven experience in Financial Services is essential. Background in Change Delivery for Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA) or Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) products is highly desirable.

• Strong Agile expertise in Scrum, Kanban, and scaling frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS), with a deep understanding of Agile principles and lean thinking.

• Significant experience coaching Product Owners, teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership on Agile delivery within regulated environments.

• Proven servant leadership and strong communication skills, able to influence at all levels.

• Solid delivery management experience across multi-functional projects, including risk and dependency management, with familiarity of the software development lifecycle.

• Experience managing third-party vendors and aligning cross-functional teams toward common delivery goals.

• Active contributor to Scrum Master and Delivery communities of practice.

• Broad delivery experience including Kanban, XP, Design Thinking, and Coaching Competency.

Company Benefits

• A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance

• Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday

• Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case

• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets

• Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company

• FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)

• A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal

• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Why Just?

At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

We’re committed to building a more sustainable business, and we’re working hard to make progress against our Net Zero targets. We're reducing our reliance on fossil fuels in our offices, switching to more sustainable sources of energy and we're investing more of our money in green and social assets.

Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.

Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Just.