REQ ID: 127482
JOB TITLE: Principal Agile Delivery Lead
SALARY: £60,000 - £80,000

POSTING START DATE: 13/01/2025
POSTING END DATE: 27/01/2025
LOCATION: Manchester

Product Engineering at JLR is centred on innovation and creativity. From advanced driver assistance systems to developing the future of electric propulsion, the opportunities to create exceptional experiences for the future of motoring are wide-ranging. You'll work alongside industry experts to drive product strategy, manage programs, analyse performance, and lead transformation initiatives. Exceptional careers that bring world-renowned vehicles to life start here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Our mission is to power JLR's Digital Transformation, by rapidly growing digital capabilities to meet the needs of our luxury brands and an evolving market. We believe in the power of bespoke software technology to create a seamless customer experience within our vehicles, our dealerships and our connected lives.  

JLR is on a journey to becoming the best tech, modern luxury and sustainable mobility company in the world.

You will bring domain-specific Agile expertise to the professional development of our team members; mentoring, developing skills, managing performance, supporting recruitment, and knowledge sharing. This role sets guidelines, provides best practice examples and guides the professional capability development of the people within our onshore, offshore and partner teams. You will also play a pivotal role in supporting and developing the practices and relationships in our partner site in India.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional delivery portfolio end to end, across the UK, Consultancies and JLR India
• Champion Agile, DevOps and Product delivery approaches - including 'as-a-product' mindset
• Work with amazing software engineers, product managers, architects and senior leadership across the organisation
• Be a true servant leader, a cultural architect, who facilitates program execution, impediment removal, risk and dependency management, and continuous improvement across the Teams

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Large-scale, multi-team, multi-vendor agile delivery background with multi-million-pound budgets
• Industry leading experiences and working examples of implementing effective delivery methods at scale, and empirically improving them
• Understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development program
• Transformation and delivery in an Enterprise 
• The passion and drive to accelerate JLR on it's journey to becoming the best tech, modern luxury and sustainable mobility company in the world

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs. 

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.