REQ ID: 128826
JOB TITLE: Principal Agile Delivery Lead
SALARY: £60,000 - £80,000

POSTING START DATE: 14/05/2025

POSTING END DATE: 28/05/2025
LOCATION: Manchester  

JLR’s Information and Digital Technology team is a place where you can unleash your technical ability. Whether expertly supporting applications, managing digital products, architecting solutions, or securing our platforms, you’ll work alongside other tech experts to shape our digital landscape and provide a stable platform for our operations. Stay at the forefront of innovation, and use cutting-edge technology to reimagine the future of modern luxury – be a proud creator of the exceptional.

Join JLR as we drive a revolution in luxury vehicles and digital experiences. 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.

WHAT TO EXPECT

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

We believe in the power of bespoke software technology to create a seamless customer experience within our vehicles, our dealerships and our connected lives. 

The Connected Services portfolio is here to enable seamless new customer experiences across all of our iconic brands. Here’s what to expect in the role:

• Lead a cross-functional delivery portfolio end to end, delivered by our onshore and offshore network, including Tata Group Companies, 3rd party Partners, and Consultancies
• Champion Agile, DevOps, and Product delivery with an 'as-a-product' mindset, collaborating across engineering, product, and leadership teams while serving as a cultural architect who drives execution, removes impediments, manages risks and dependencies, and fosters continuous improvement.
• Establish and implement best-in-class delivery operations, scalable processes for global value delivery, and structured planning across all timeframes to ensure standardisation and operational excellence.
• Drive strategic IDT Engineering enablement for Connected Services Digital work streams, ensuring leadership excellence, enterprise awareness, and seamless alignment across multiple scrum teams while iterating towards a high-functioning, domain-aligned structure.
• Lead and optimize the IDT Engineering Delivery strategy by managing a multidisciplinary Product Family of 40+ experts, driving structured execution, financial governance, RAID resolution, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement.
• As part of the IDT Engineering leadership team, you will also participate in the ongoing running and development of the function, including leadership, resourcing, recruiting, mentoring people and line management.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Extensive experience in working on large-scale, multi-team, multi-vendor agile delivery background with multi-million-pound budgets.
• Solid industry leading experience and working examples of implementing effective delivery methods at scale and empirically improving them via continuous improvement.
• Understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning large development programs across multiple teams and projects at one time.
• Previous experience in transformation and delivery in an enterprise.
• Comprehensive experience and understanding on Agile with experience in influencing, coaching and mentoring multiple, cross-functional agile teams.
• A results-driven, resilient, and energetic leader who combines short-term pragmatism with long-term vision, thrives in complex and demanding environments, challenges thinking constructively, builds credibility and trust, communicates complex ideas effectively, fosters teamwork, and accelerates decision-making through alignment, clarity, and urgency.

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.