Agile Delivery Manager

Job summary

Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision-making.

As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this goal by empowering our workforce to do great things!

The Agile Delivery Manager will lead the successful delivery of digital change and transformation initiatives at NICE, working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes that support high quality health and care guidance.

Reporting to a Senior Delivery Manager, the role focuses on planning, coordinating and assuring delivery across complex programmes, influencing stakeholders, managing risk and capacity, and ensuring work is aligned to organisational strategy and best practice in agile delivery.

Please note: The initial assignment will be to support our Infrastructure, Cyber and IT Operations initiatives whilst balancing requirements of other programmes who need support.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the DirectGov website for more information on eligibility.

Please note this vacancy may be closed early if sufficient suitable applications are received so we encourage an early application.

Main duties of the job

What the successful candidate will do/bringo Lead the end to end delivery of one or more digital change initiatives, ensuring clear plans, priorities, dependencies and outcomes are defined and achieved

o Apply agile delivery methods and tools to manage work, enable incremental value delivery and adapt to changing priorities

o Build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, confidently influencing and negotiating to resolve competing demands and remove barriers to delivery

o Establish and support collaborative, high performing multidisciplinary teams within a matrix management environment

o Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and capacity, providing accurate and transparent reporting on delivery progress and performance

o Use data, insights and delivery metrics to inform decisions, improve processes and support continuous improvement

o Design and facilitate workshops and engagement activities to solve complex problems and align teams around shared objectives

o Bring strong communication, analytical and organisational skills, with the confidence to operate credibly at senior levels and across organisational boundaries

About us

The Planning, Delivery & Oversight team is responsible for aligning DDAT activity planning to the NICE strategy and overseeing and ensuring that work is completed. It also plays a key role in maximising value from technology through digital change and adoption, and has cross-cutting responsibility for budget, internal and external governance, and reporting.

We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.

We are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make. NICE offer:

• Generous NHS Pension - Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK
• Flexible working - Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times
• Exclusive discounts - Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light CardTime to recharge - Start with 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Inclusive staff networks - Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud - we celebrate diversity
• Tailored development - Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities

If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today!

Job responsibilities

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Proven and demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise acquired through degree level or equivalent qualification/experience, with specialist knowledge of agile delivery management gained through practical experience and training/development

Education/Qualifications

Desirable

• Proven and demonstrated experience of working with other IT, project and programme management frameworks such as ITIL, Prince2 and MSP

Experience

Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience in the creation and maintenance of delivery roadmaps that influence stakeholder decision-making

Experience

Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience in improving delivery performance of a team using data driven insights and metrics

Experience

Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience in leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams where ambiguity exists along with competing priorities

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of managing complex agile projects that deliver measurable business outcomes using digital industry standards and processes

Other criteria

Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of transparently reporting delivery progress and emerging risks within a wider portfolio of projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)