Principal Agile Delivery Manager

Hippo Digital is recruiting for Principal Delivery Managers to join our friendly consultancy. Delivery Managers a ct as the engagement lead or site delivery lead for various projects as well as supporting new business activity. You'll also lead collaboration across multi-disciplined teams and provide a high level of support for clients and colleagues within Hippo

As a Principal Consultant , specialising in Delivery, you ll already be an expert in your field. You ll also be a leader of people and teams and advocate for user-centred design approaches. Hippo will provide exciting opportunities to share your expertise with, and influence, clients and team members, and to develop as a leader.

Your role in a nutshell:

• Coach and lead teams in many different agile methods and practices
• Create, design and implement effective agile ways of working across multiple teams in complex agile programmes of work
• Build strong and trusted relationships with members of the team based upon leading by example, they show a respect for individual differences and recognise the contribution of individuals to team performance.
• Strong influencing skills in a range of complex situations adapting style, leading others to see alternative perspectives they would not have seen on their own, to achieve specific outcomes
• Propose and deliver strategic, cultural and innovative change across organisations
• Plan & deliver at a programme level from strategy & goals through to teams and execution
• Provide confidence of delivery plan, of risks & blockers to senior leaders (Is this programme on track?)
• Identify and deal with potential risks upstream and downstream of the current cycle
• Demonstrate the ability to build and nurture positive relationships with client contacts and stakeholders, and be considered by clients as a loyal trusted advisor.
• Ensure communities of practice are represented and function at a strategic level, and you provide advice to communities so that they are best able to contribute to Hippo business.
• Define the recruitment processes for delivery managers, advise on suitability of candidates and lead recruitment interviews