Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Location: London - Hybrid - 2-3 days a week
Salary: £100-120k + Bonus
Type: Permanent
No Sponsorship Available
Overview:
A leading international multi-asset exchange organisation operating across equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. The organisation is focused on strengthening its technology platforms, regulatory compliance, and delivery capability to support global market participants.
Role Purpose:
The Senior Agile Delivery Manager will lead the design, implementation, and adoption of delivery methodologies and governance frameworks across the organisation’s technology, product and change functions. You will operate at the intersection of technology, product, business, and risk, ensuring delivery is predictable, transparent, and aligned to strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Delivery Methodology & Framework Design
- Define and implement a hybrid delivery framework (Agile) aligned to enterprise needs
- Establish a standardised Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) across programmes
- Embed best practices across tooling such as Jira and Confluence
- Ensure alignment with engineering, architecture, and product functions
Governance & Control Framework:
- Design and implement a robust delivery governance model including:
- Programme and portfolio governance forums
- Standardised reporting (RAID, status, financial tracking)
- Escalation and decision-making frameworks
- Ensure governance is aligned to regulatory expectations from relevant financial authorities
- Build audit-ready processes and artefacts
Adoption & Change Leadership:
- Drive enterprise-wide adoption of delivery standards and governance frameworks
- Lead stakeholder engagement across Technology, Business units, Risk and compliance
- Develop and execute change management strategies to embed new ways of working
- Address resistance and ensure sustained behavioural change
Delivery Oversight & Performance:
- Provide oversight and assurance across key programmes and initiatives
- Coach and support Delivery Managers, Programme Managers, and Scrum Masters
- Intervene in at-risk programmes and drive recovery plans
- Define and track delivery KPIs and success metrics (predictability, velocity, risk reduction)
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
- Engage senior stakeholders and executives to align delivery with strategic priorities
- Present at governance forums and steering committees
- Act as a trusted advisor on delivery strategy and execution
Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- Proven experience as a Senior Delivery Manager or Programme Lead within financial services or regulated environments
- Demonstrated success in:
- Designing and implementing delivery methodologies
- Building governance frameworks at scale
- Driving organisational adoption and change
Strong understanding of:
- Agile, Scrum and hybrid delivery models
- SDLC and enterprise delivery tooling
- Experience operating in regulated environments with audit and compliance requirements
- Excellent stakeholder management, including executive-level engagement
Desirable:
- Experience within capital markets, trading platforms, or exchange environments
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks in global financial markets