Agile Delivery Lead

Agile Delivery Lead - Airline Operations Technology

About easyJet:

We are easyJet – a FTSE-100 listed, £multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 19,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

Role Overview:

As a Delivery Lead in the Integrated Operations and Planning Mission, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping & operating the system of delivery for the product teams operating rhythm. You will enable, evolve and facilitate an efficient approach to product delivery, ensuring the teams systemic blockers are removed, linking to and working closely with other areas of the business as we transform to Product. Working closely with the Product Lead and Solution Lead as the ‘Product Suite’ leadership Triumvirate, you will operationalise Objectives and Key Results, Quarterly Business Reviews, Monthly Product Syncs, and coach the ‘delivery’ capability within the product teams.

What will you do:

*   Design, implement, and operate the system of delivery with product teams, evolving and coaching to optimise idea to value flow.
*   Design, implement, and enhance flow metrics and key indicators that demonstrate improvements in the system of delivery.
*   Provide ‘servant leadership’, coaching, and facilitation to the product teams, agile practices, promoting a culture of collaboration and adaptability.
*   Unlock systemic impediments, helping our journey towards a product way of working, closely working with the portfolio/PMO teams.
*   Provide delivery reporting and metric visibility to interested parties.
*   Be the Guardian of the ‘release plan’ and ownership of the product ‘route to live’.
 

Who we are looking for:

*   Agile delivery expertise – strong understanding of Scrum / Kanban / LESS
*   Facilitation – skilled in running workshops, retrospectives, and ceremonies at a product suite level
*   Coaching and mentoring – ability to coach teams in agile/product ways of working
*   Planning – skilled at building and maintaining release delivery roadmaps & know the difference between Product Roadmaps.
*   Impediment removal – proactively identifies and removes impediments, influencing without control or escalation.
*   Metrics and reporting – experience in setting up Flow metrics and product reporting mechanisms
*   Tools – experience in aligning tools to the teams way of working, balancing commonality for the Product Suite/Wider Product Suites, with the needs of the product teams/squads (Jira/DevOps/Confluence/Lucidchart).

Company Culture and Benefits:

*   Competitive base salary
*   Up to 20% bonus
*   25 days holiday
*   BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
*   7% pension
*   Life Assurance
*   Flexible benefits package
*   Excellent staff travel benefits

Reasonable adjustments:

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at [email protected]. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation.

Application Process:

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please submit your CV.

Closing date for applications: 24th October.

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