Head of Agile Delivery/Coach - Outside IR35 - AI

Head of Agile Delivery (Agile Coach) - AI GOV Products

£700/day (Outside IR35) | 6 months | London (Hybrid)

A fast-growing, AI-led public sector organisation is building new product teams and needs a hands-on Head of Agile Delivery/Agile Coach to improve delivery and team performance.

You'll be accountable for improving delivery effectiveness across a portfolio of AI product teams - setting standards, coaching teams, and building a delivery function that helps teams move faster without adding unnecessary process.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in Agile Delivery/Agile Coaching roles within product-led environments
• Strong practical knowledge of Agile methodologies (eg Kanban, Scrum, XP) with the ability to apply them pragmatically
• Proven track record improving team performance, delivery pace, and team health across multiple squads
• Experience coaching and developing teams and delivery managers, driving adoption of effective ways of working
• Confident facilitator, able to design and lead impactful workshops, ceremonies, and team sessions
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments (eg start-up or scaling organisations)
• Experience working across multiple teams/teams-of-teams delivery models

Desirable

• Understanding of how AI tooling is changing product delivery and team ways of working
• Experience working in public sector or government environments [
• Background across both start-ups and larger organisations

Logistics

• Initial 4-5 days onsite to embed for first couple weeks, then 2-3 days/week in Aldgate

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• Demonstrable experience in Agile Delivery/Agile Coaching roles within product-led environments
• Strong practical knowledge of Agile methodologies (eg Kanban, Scrum, XP) with the ability to apply them pragmatically
• Proven track record improving team performance, delivery pace, and team health across multiple squads
• Experience coaching and developing teams and delivery managers, driving adoption of effective ways of working
• Confident facilitator, able to design and lead impactful workshops, ceremonies, and team sessions
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments (eg start-up or scaling organisations)
• Experience working across multiple teams/teams-of-teams delivery models

Desirable

• Understanding of how AI tooling is changing product delivery and team ways of working
• Experience working in public sector or government environments [
• Background across both start-ups and larger organisations

Logistics

• Initial 4-5 days onsite to embed for first couple weeks, then 2-3 days/week in Aldgate