Agile Delivery Manager

Agile Delivery Manager



Location: Sydney | Hybrid

6 month day rate contract



The Opportunity

· We're partnering with a leading Australian financial services organisation seeking an experienced Agile Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multiple agile teams within a large-scale digital transformation environment.

· This is a hands-on delivery leadership role, responsible for coordinating 3–5 agile teams, managing cross-team dependencies and ensuring business priorities translate into achievable milestones and predictable outcomes.

· You'll work closely with Product Owners, Technology Leads and senior stakeholders to drive delivery, improve agile ways of working and support the successful execution of strategic initiatives.



Key Responsibilities

· Lead end-to-end delivery across 3–5 agile teams, ensuring alignment with business priorities, delivery milestones and strategic objectives.

· Mobilise new programs of work, establishing delivery teams, governance structures, reporting and vendor arrangements.

· Drive quarterly planning and Big Room Planning sessions, coordinating priorities, capacity and dependencies across multiple teams.

· Facilitate Scrum of Scrums, proactively identifying and resolving cross-team dependencies, risks, impediments and integration challenges.

· Partner closely with Product Owners and Technology Leads to manage scope, sequencing, delivery capacity and implementation approaches.

· Establish clear delivery reporting using Jira, Jira Plans and Confluence, providing visibility of progress, milestones, risks and dependencies.

· Drive continuous improvement through delivery metrics, retrospectives and the identification of systemic delivery challenges.

· Coach and support agile teams, promoting collaboration, accountability and consistent agile delivery practices.

· Engage senior stakeholders, providing transparent reporting and escalating delivery risks where required.



About You

· Extensive Agile Delivery Management or Program Delivery experience, ideally coordinating multiple interdependent agile teams within complex enterprise environments.

· Superannuation, Insurance or Investments domain knowledge required.

· Minimum 5 years' experience as a Scrum Master, supported by a recognised Scrum Master certification.

· Demonstrated experience leading delivery across multiple squads, managing dependencies and driving predictable outcomes.

· Strong practical expertise in Jira, Jira Plans and Confluence, including dashboards, delivery reporting and planning.

· Experience facilitating quarterly planning, Big Room Planning and Scrum of Scrums.

· Proven ability to mobilise new programs, establish governance and manage delivery across internal teams and external vendors.

· Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence senior Product, Technology and Business leaders.

· A proactive, delivery-focused approach with the ability to remove impediments, challenge priorities and drive accountability.

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