Software Delivery Manager

CompanyFocus Group

LocationShoreham-By-Sea, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/9/2026

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Description

Software Delivery Manager | Focus Group

📍 Shoreham-by-Sea | 💼 Hybrid (1-2 days/week on-site) | 🚀 Permanent

Salary up to £50,000 plus benefits

The Role

We're looking for a Software Delivery Manager who thrives on keeping development teams focused, organised, and delivering. You'll be the operational backbone of our software function - managing Jira across multiple teams, facilitating agile ceremonies, and ensuring stakeholders always know where we stand.

This is a hands-on role where you'll own sprint hygiene, delivery metrics, and the smooth flow of work from backlog to production.

Reporting to: Head of Software

What You'll Do

Jira & Workflow Management

Configure and maintain Jira projects, boards, workflows and automations
Build dashboards and reports that give real-time visibility
Keep data clean, accurate, and actionable through regular hygiene activities
Manage permissions and train teams on best practices

Sprint & Delivery Coordination

Facilitate sprint planning, refinements, and poker planning sessions
Monitor progress, identify blockers, and track velocity metrics
Coordinate the development support rota
Support continuous improvement through data-driven insights

Stakeholder Communication

Produce clear sprint reports and status updates
Work with Business Analysts to ensure backlog items are sprint-ready
Coordinate UAT with internal stakeholders
Escalate risks and dependencies proactively

What You Bring

Essential:

Strong organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail
Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and agile ways of working
Excellent communication - you can translate technical complexity into clarity
Analytical mindset - you spot patterns, trends, and potential issues early
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
Self-starter who knows when to drive and when to escalate

Desirable:

Proven Jira/Confluence proficiency (board config, workflows, JQL, automation)

Jira Admin or Scrum Master certification

Experience facilitating agile ceremonies

Advanced JQL for complex reporting

Background in tech/telecoms or supporting multiple development teams

Why Focus Group?

Work on diverse internal applications and integrated platforms (ServiceNow, HubSpot, Dynamics)
Hybrid flexibility with just 1-2 days per week on-site in Shoreham
Be the glue that connects great people to great delivery
Opportunity to shape and improve delivery processes across the organisation

About Focus Group

Focus Group is a £300m-revenue, 1,300-person technology services company backed by Hg Capital. Following our $1bn valuation in 2024, we're scaling rapidly and investing to transform how we operate and how we serve our 30,000 SME customers.

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