Agile Delivery Manager

Agile Delivery Manager

Content Supply & Distribution

Permanent, F/T

Office location: London

Hiring range: £45,000 - £65,000

For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.com

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution. When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people. Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The team

We are a team of five delivery managers, serving the product teams in Content Supply & Distribution. Each of us is embedded in two product teams, and very much part of the team culture. We are also part of an active community of Delivery Managers across ITV.

The role

An exciting opportunity for an Agile Delivery Manager to join our delivery team in Content Supply & Distribution. Our product teams are involved in all aspects of the content supply chain at ITV. From scheduling our channels, managing rights and catalogue information, to delivering hit shows to end platforms. We are revolutionising the way that ITV delivers technology. Our deployment frequency has gone from months to days, and now down to hours. Our Agile Delivery Managers have been a key part of that journey, and are part of cross-functional teams that are encouraged to be autonomous and self-organising.

Some Key Responsibilities:

As an Agile Delivery Manager you will be the person to go to for delivery and will be accountable for:

• Agile Ceremonies (Stand-Ups, Planning, Demos, Retrospectives) and managing tooling used to track product development;
• Setting up the product teams for successful delivery, continuously improving the delivery process;

• Delivery of product outcomes spanning multiple teams, and be able to act decisively to meet tight deadlines;
• Aligning priorities across teams and managing the delivery plans within and across product teams;
• Looking for ways to reduce or remove dependencies, making teams as self-sufficient as possible;
• Facilitating the introduction of new services between the product teams and operations;
• Coaching teams to be high performers: empowering teams to self-organise to create a lean and agile organisation with a culture that can constantly adapt to change;
• Work with your teams to maximise throughput with quality, innovation and automation at the heart;
• Distributing release communications and status updates to users and stakeholders and providing insight on predicted and actual velocity and estimates from product teams.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Experience working with Agile product teams as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Manager
• Proficient in using Agile development tools and techniques
• A superb coach and facilitator
• An understanding of key Agile metrics, such as velocity and cycle time, and how these can be utilised
• Some knowledge of standard development technologies

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Familiarity with tools such as Trello, Jira and Confluence
• Certified Scrum Master or equivalent qualification
• Knowledge of a variety of Agile methodologies and frameworks and how teams might draw from these

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including

• Flexible working with a range of options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

More about our benefits

Closing Date: Friday 5th May 2023