The Role I am supporting in the search for a growing Newcastle business. The Development Manager is required to backfill interim leadership gaps and enable senior leaders to focus on wider transformation and squad redesign. While there may be a future opportunity for permanency, this cannot be guaranteed and candidates must be comfortable with a fixed-term engagement of 12 months. This will involve a minimum of 2 days per week onsite in Newcastle.Key Responsibilities

• Line management of developers (typically up to 10 direct reports)
• Oversight of two development squads (matrix-managed)
• Agile / Scrum leadership, including:
  • Flow of work and delivery cadence
  • Velocity, cycle time and throughput metrics
  • Removal of blockers and impediments
• Partnering closely with Product Owners to manage demand and prioritisation
• Resource planning, forecasting an...