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 leading betting and gaming company that has been at the forefront of the industry for over 50 years. With over 1300 shops and 9500 employees, we are constantly pushing ourselves to innovate and improve, and we are always on the lookout for the best talent to join our team. In 2019, we entered the US sports betting market as Betfred Sportsbook, and we now operate in 10 states. We have also recently established a new presence in South Africa, with over 50 betting halls, and we own a majority stake in Lottostar, South Africa's largest online betting company. At Betfred, our mission is to provide our customers with the best possible service, products and experience while ensuring responsible gambling. We believe our employees are our greatest asset and we are committed to providing them with the training and development they need to succeed. We offer a range of career opportunities, from retail positions in our shops to roles in our head office. We are also dedicated to giving back to the communities in which we operate. Through our Betfred Supports initiative, we support a range of charities and community initiatives.