Agile Delivery Manager - Senior Consultant
Hybrid - Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester
Product delivery – Agile Delivery Management /
Permanent - Employee /
Hybrid
Want to lead and deliver change that matters?
Are you looking to turn big ideas into big results? Do you want to be a part of a supportive Agile community to help you grow in your career?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As an Agile Delivery Manager, you’ll tackle challenges and guide teams, adding structure, assurance and energy to complex projects that make a difference to millions of people in the UK.
We are currently looking for individuals to join our team in January 2026! If you are looking for your next step, apply below!
The role
You’ll collaborate with the product manager and team to lead the delivery of services and products that deliver our clients’ strategic outcomes. You'll facilitate people’s work in roles spanning design, development, and research, playing a key leadership role in multidisciplinary agile teams.
You’ll lead the team in agreeing delivery milestones to deliver on behalf of our clients. You’ll create a safe working environment so our agile teams deliver with autonomy in often complex client stakeholder groups and governance structures.
You'll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.
Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.
Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.
Essential experience
You're comfortable working on complex or multiple projects. You define and deliver the work without much direction.
In your CV and the interview, please show how you have:
• distributed work and set milestones for others to achieve
• simplified complex problems into smaller, manageable deliverables for your team
• created a team charter, agreed ways of working and collaboratively iterated throughout the project
• organised your team and its ceremonies, encouraged team engagement and self-organisation
• connected team and stakeholder perspectives when making decisions
• influenced your team to achieve greater outcomes and remain focused on the project’s vision
• selected communication tools appropriate for stakeholder and team dynamics
• created and facilitated workshops
• fostered transparency and alignment through building trust
There are other essential skills you’ll need to be a great senior consultant. At interview, please show how you:
• are proactive, and can work autonomously
• challenge appropriately and resolve conflict
• help others to successfully work through challenges
• support and develop teams, and build impactful relationships
• contribute to communities and client teams beyond project work
Desirable experience
There are some other desirable areas of experience for this role. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas. These are:
• The Service Standard (UK Government)
• use of remote collaboration and visualisation tools
• calculating metrics and using outcomes to effectively manage the team
• demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or product management
If you have experience in these areas, please show it on your CV and talk about it at interview.
Salary
Senior consultant salary range: £59,001 - £71,000
What our offer includes
A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.
Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday.
People to support you every step of the way.
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel across the UK is part of life at Opencast. This varies in frequency, and takes into account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email [email protected].
We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
