Our consultancy client is looking for an experienced Agile Portfolio Delivery Lead to oversee the first six months of a new squad-based operating model within their charity client's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function.

Client Details

Specialist management consultancy supporting a high profile charity on their agile evolution

Description

Supporting the CIO, the Agile Portfolio Delivery Lead will keep the new squad pilot moving, support its leaders and provide an honest view of progress, risks and decisions required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee delivery across a mixed portfolio of digital products, technology projects and operational services.
• Chair the weekly Demand Intake Review and fortnightly Digital Delivery Forum.
• Ensure demand is properly shaped, prioritised and translated into roadmaps, project plans and squad backlogs.
• Support Squad Leads with sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives and backlog management.
• Connect business priorities with technical delivery capacity across applications, data, infrastructure and cyber security.
• Identify delivery risks, dependencies, resource constraints and unclear ownership.
• Challenge initiatives that lack clear outcomes, requirements, technical input or realistic delivery plans.
• Help teams balance planned projects and product improvements with incidents, support and technical debt.
• Ensure consistent use of HALO, Aha! and Azure DevOps.
• Provide the CIO with clear monthly reporting on progress, portfolio health and decisions required.
• Capture lessons from the pilot and recommend what should continue, change or stop.

This is an enabling and oversight role. It does not own budgets, line-manage staff or undertake hands-on technical delivery.

Profile

A successful 'Agile Portfolio Delivery Lead must have:

• Led Agile Programme / Portfolios in a DDaT environment
• Joined organisations early in their Agile operating model journey and upskilled Squads and embedded processes, principles and culture
• Charity and/or Housing experience is highly desirable
• Led technology product rollouts in ITSM tooling/platforms and DevOps
• Strong knowledge of agile delivery methods and planning practices.
• Experience managing priorities, milestones and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to produce clear portfolio updates and delivery information.
• Experience working with teams delivering Strategy & Change activity.
• Confidence bringing structure to complex delivery plans

Job Offer

Outside IR35 day rate

90% Remote

3-4 days per week

Expected 6 months