Agile Delivery Manager
You help teams deliver predictably, safely, and with as little friction as possible. Your focus is flow - not ceremonies, not governance, not process for the sake of process. You make delivery smoother, faster, and more reliable by removing the things that get in the way. You work hand‑in‑hand with Product and Engineering to turn priorities into outcomes. Clear backlogs. Clear priorities. Clear progress. You expose issues early, manage dependencies before they become problems, and help teams improve how they work over time. This is a hands‑on delivery role. You see what’s slowing the team down, you fix it, and you make sure it doesn’t happen again. You use flow‑based data (WIP, cycle time, throughput) to guide decisions - never as targets, always as signals.
- Manage day-to-day delivery across one or two Agile / Scrum / Kanban teams, ensuring predictable and sustainable flow.
- (Optionally) facilitate Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure teams follow agreed ways of working.
- Work with Product Managers to support effective backlog management, planning, estimation, and prioritisation.
- Work with Engineering Managers to ensure solutions are created for the backlog items.
- Identify team-level blockers early and remove or escalate to the Agile Delivery Lead when cross-team support is required.
- Build strong working relationships with Engineering, Product, and other Technology teams to ensure alignment on goals and delivery expectations.
- Facilitate communication within and outside the squad, ensuring clarity of progress, risks, and decisions.
- Collaborate with other Delivery Managers and Agile Delivery Leads to ensure consistent standards and shared practices across teams.
- Track and report on team health, delivery progress, risks, and metrics such as initiative level WIP, cycle time and throughput.
- Use data-driven insights to highlight improvement opportunities and work with the Agile Delivery Lead to implement enhancements.
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, supporting teams to experiment, learn, and refine their ways of working.
- Support delivery of work in line with compliance, regulatory, and responsible gambling obligations.
- Identify delivery risks early and work with both the team and Agile Delivery Lead to design mitigation strategies.
- Promote Agile principles and help teams become more self‑organising and high‑performing
- Coach team members in Agile practices, fostering collaboration, accountability, and transparency.
- Support Project Managers transitioning into agile environments by modelling good delivery behaviours.
- You keep teams moving and unblock them fast (required)
- You make delivery predictable without adding bureaucracy (required)
- You help Product and Engineering stay aligned and focused (required)
- You use data to shine a light on where delivery isn’t working (required)
- You coach teams to be more self‑organising and more effective (required)
- You manage dependencies proactively, not reactively (required)
- You support compliant, responsible delivery without slowing teams down (required)
- A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ( £50,000 -£65,000)
- Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions
- An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service
- Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.
- Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
- Long Service Recognition
- Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.
Betfred is a betting and gaming company that has operated for over 50 years, founded by Fred and Peter Done. It runs more than 1,300 betting shops and employs around 9,500 people, combining a large retail estate with online sports betting and gaming. In 2019 it entered the US sports betting market as Betfred Sportsbook, now operating in several states, and has established a presence in South Africa, where it holds a majority stake in the online betting company LottoStar. Headquartered in Warrington, England, Betfred emphasises customer service and responsible gambling across its operations.