Agile Delivery Manager / Scrum Master (Public Sector)

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique. We offer: Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice. We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams in delivering complex application development and maintenance projects. You will be responsible for managing project scope, cost, and timelines, ensuring all deliverables meet business and contractual requirements. You will manage internal stakeholder relationships, define implementation schedules, and ensure compliance with strategic and regulatory standards. You will also provide risk systems expertise to support key bureau relationships and bank-wide initiatives. This is a dynamic role requiring technical understanding, leadership skills, and a proactive approach to driving project success. Responsibilities Manage delivery from Initial discovery through to live. Lead project planning, execution, and delivery . Manage the delivery plan with the wider Project plan Apply the most appropriate Agile and Lean tools and techniques (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, XP - extreme programming) Build and maintain teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well • Oversee the implementation and enhancement of systems. Focus the team on what is most important to the delivery of products and services Drive continuous improvement Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement Strong understanding of project management methodologies and governance. Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities. Experience delivering system and process improvement projects. Excellent communication and leadership skills. Analytical mindset with focus on quality and compliance. This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). Experience with Agile or hybrid delivery models. Industry standard project management certifications i.e. PMI PMP United Kingdom Project Management Hybrid Professional Multiple Cities (1387) IBM Service Centre UK Limited