REQ ID: 131484
JOB TITLE: Agile Delivery Lead
SALARY: £52,000- £65,000
POSTING START DATE: 20/05/2026
POSTING END DATE: 03/06/2026
LOCATION: Gaydon

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.

The Agile Delivery Lead is accountable for providing central delivery leadership, expertise, and oversight across groups and domains. The role focuses on delivery maturity, efficiency, governance, and outcomes, ensuring that squads and leadership teams are supported to deliver predictable, high quality results aligned to business priorities. While initially focused within EDS, the role is designed to scale naturally across the wider ACE (Architecture, Cross-Function & EDS) Domain within Digital Platform.

 
WHAT TO EXPECT

In this role, you will operate in close partnership with domain level senior leaders and their teams, enabling clarity, consistency, and confidence in delivery, and acting as a key enabler of transformation and continuous improvement. Here’s what to expect:

• Champion continuous improvement, operational excellence, and efficiency
• Drive and support business transformation and business improvement initiatives
• Benchmark internal and external performance
• Establish and uphold delivery standards and governance
• Develop data driven insight capability across the Domain
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to have to help you succeed here, including:

• Strong application of Agile and Lean delivery frameworks at scale (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, flow based delivery), combined with experience leading continuous improvement initiatives that drive measurable gains in efficiency, quality, or flow
• Proven ability to define, interpret, and utilise OKRs, KPIs, and delivery metrics, using data analysis and root cause techniques to identify and resolve delivery inefficiencies
• Ability to establish and operate delivery governance structures, including RAID management, reporting, review cadences, and multi team dependency management
• Hands on expertise with Jira and Confluence, including structuring, dashboard creation, and the consolidation and communication of delivery insight (status, risks, financials) to senior stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to align senior leaders and cross functional teams
• Clear and effective communication, able to translate complex information into concise and actionable insights
• Confident facilitation skills, leading structured discussions, governance forums, and problem solving sessions

BENEFITS

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks
• Comprehensive Life Assurance and Income Protection policies
• Flexible working* 
  
  

*Flexible working is offered for specific roles dependant on responsibilities. Please speak to the hiring team for details

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.