Agile Delivery Lead
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
14-03-2025
Job Specifications
Overview
Job Description Agile Delivery Lead
Grade: 4
Reporting to: Head of Product Delivery
Location: London / Swansea
About Us
IQUW is a speciality (re)insurer at Lloyd’s (Syndicate 1856) underwriting a diverse range of Property, Commercial and Speciality (re)insurance products from Cargo and Marine to Political Violence, Terror and War. We combine data, intelligent automation and human expertise to make smart decisions, fast.
ERS is the UK's largest specialist motor insurer with an A+ rating. We recognise that for some, motor insurance is more than just a must-have; it's a way of taking care of what stands at the heart of their passion or livelihood. For those people, standard insurance isn't enough. That's why we work exclusively with motor insurance brokers to help get under the skin of the most difficult insurance risks, helping build products to meet their customer’s needs.
The role
The Agile Delivery Lead is responsible for the coordination of product change for the aligned Squad; to ensure good standards and constant delivery is achieved in line with business expectations; including the removal of blockers and impediments, protecting the Squads planned deliveries. This will include:
Assisting the Head of Product in facilitating the delivery of product change.
Acting as a point of contact or conduit between each Squad instilling standards and best practices at a delivery level.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery Management / Leadership
Own and drive agile delivery plans ensuring continuous communication with architecture, product, business and operational stakeholders having a clear understanding of business and stakeholder needs with delivery plans to support – aligned with the teams’ sprints and product priorities.
Have a clear understanding of the needs of your product manager and product owners needs to be able to build and push to completion.
Promote and lead the team assisting in the adoption of an agile delivery culture including delivery frameworks, governance, and best practise.
Ensure agile delivery ceremonies are conducted and effective; maintain a clear cadence.
Work with the Head of Product and IT leadership team to develop resource plans and strategies to meet the expected product delivery needs of business stakeholders in alignment with agile delivery plans.
Personal Development / Continuous Improvement
Actively manage the implementation of continual improvement initiatives which support underlying strategies and align with cross functional leadership to recommend learning and development plans across your squad.
Actively keep informed of new technology, agile delivery trends and frameworks, and how they can be adopted by ERS and IQUW Underwriting in delivering product change.
Attend organised events with a view to further the development team’s knowledge and capabilities.
The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list and you may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties compatible with your experience and competencies. This description may be varied from time to time to reflect changing business requirements.
Qualifications, Skills And Experience
Agile Delivery Management in a technology environment including the use of SCRUM and Kanban.
Knowledge and appreciation of Agile / DevOps delivery practises such as Product Backlogs (Epics, User Stories and Features), CICD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery), TDD - Test-driven development, ATDD - Acceptance Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Automated Testing.
Knowledge and experience of using agile delivery toolsets such as Microsoft DevOps Azure
Previous experience of working in financial services would be beneficial.
Experience of working in an insurance environment; motor insurance specifically, would be advantageous.
Core behavioural competencies
Communication and Influence: Communicates clearly, engaging the audience and gaining their commitment through understanding their priorities and adapting messaging accordingly.
Relationships: Maintains strong relationships internally and externally by building trust, acting with integrity, and demonstrating empathy; regarded as an ambassador for IQUW Group.
Analysis and Decision Making: Utilises diverse data sources to recognise trends and make timely decisions amidst complexity and ambiguity; uses a blend of quantitative, qualitative, and experience-based insights and demonstrates sound judgment, considering the implications of decisions and seeking advice when appropriate.
Resilience and Adaptability: Conveys awareness of own and others’ emotions when under pressure, adapts quickly to change and shows a positive and tenacious approach to challenge.
Performance Focus: Sets stretching and motivating goals and develops structured plans/moves at pace to deliver desired outcomes; consistently aims to achieve highest standards possible through teamwork and collaboration.
Additional Information
A full job description can be seen here
About the Company
ERS is the UK's largest specialist motor insurer with an A+ rating. We recognise that for some, motor insurance is more than just a must-have; it's a way of taking care of what stands at the heart of their passion or livelihood. For these people, standard insurance isn't enough. That's why we work exclusively with motor insurance brokers to help get under the skin of the most difficult insurance risks, helping build products to meet their customer’s needs. We are at the start of a period of profound change in the motor wo... Know more
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