Delivery Manager / Scrum Master
Posted 1 week ago by Intec Select
£90 Per hour
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Delivery Manager / Scrum Master role is a fully remote contract position focused on leading digital product initiatives within the Life & Pensions sector of the insurance industry. The successful candidate will oversee the development of financial services platforms and customer-facing digital solutions while ensuring agile best practices are maintained. This position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure delivery excellence and effective communication with stakeholders. The role is outside IR35 and offers a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of digital products in an Agile/SCRUM environment
- Partner closely with Product Owners to translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable user stories
- Facilitate SCRUM ceremonies and champion Agile best practices
- Manage delivery expectations around scope, timelines and budget
- Act as the key interface between stakeholders, sponsors and engineering teams
- Ensure smooth collaboration across cross-functional teams
- Provide clear, concise and audience-aware reporting
- Proactively identify risks, blockers and delivery improvements
- Drive accountability, ownership and a strong delivery culture
Key Skills:
- Strong working knowledge of Insurance – ideally Life Insurance and/or Pensions
- Proven success delivering projects in similar regulated financial services environments
- Experience acting as a SCRUM Master (certification desirable)
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery and change management
- Demonstrable ability to manage delivery timelines and budgets using SCRUM techniques
- Experience delivering financial services applications using modern web technologies
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to produce clear written documentation and reports
- Delivery-focused mindset with a proactive, self-starting approach
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability
Salary (Rate): £90.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Delivery Manager / Scrum Master (must have insurance sector experience) Fully Remote Contract - Outside IR35 - £600 - £700 PD 6 Months Overview We’re seeking an experienced Delivery Manager / Scrum Master to lead the delivery of digital product initiatives within the Life & Pensions sector. This is a high-impact contract role overseeing the development of modern financial services platforms and customer-facing digital solutions. You’ll play a central role connecting Product, Engineering and Proposition teams, ensuring delivery excellence while maintaining agile best practices. This is an opportunity to work on meaningful transformation programmes in a collaborative, delivery-focused environment.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of digital products in an Agile/SCRUM environment
- Partner closely with Product Owners to translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable user stories
- Facilitate SCRUM ceremonies and champion Agile best practices
- Manage delivery expectations around scope, timelines and budget
- Act as the key interface between stakeholders, sponsors and engineering teams
- Ensure smooth collaboration across cross-functional teams
- Provide clear, concise and audience-aware reporting
- Proactively identify risks, blockers and delivery improvements
- Drive accountability, ownership and a strong delivery culture
Skills & Experience
- Strong working knowledge of Insurance – ideally Life Insurance and/or Pensions
- Proven success delivering projects in similar regulated financial services environments
- Experience acting as a SCRUM Master (certification desirable)
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery and change management
- Demonstrable ability to manage delivery timelines and budgets using SCRUM techniques
- Experience delivering financial services applications using modern web technologies
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to produce clear written documentation and reports
- Delivery-focused mindset with a proactive, self-starting approach
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability