Delivery Lead (SAFe / Scrum) - 6 Month Contract

Sydney CBD, Hybrid (2 days in office)

ASAP start

We're working with an established Sydney software company to bring on a Delivery Lead on an initial 6 month contract.

They build and run their own product, with around 25 developers across four squads delivering in 2 week sprints under a SAFe framework. The work is a mix of on-prem and cloud (AWS and Azure), with more cloud coming.

This is not a big-enterprise release manager role with a process for everything. It's a small organisation with a lot of governance and not a lot of structure. The Delivery Lead sits across the whole delivery function, has a Scrum Master reporting in, and is the person who keeps the squads moving and the noise away from them.

What you'll be doing:

- Owning end to end delivery across multiple initiatives, from PI Planning through to release
- Running scrum and scaled agile ceremonies for your own squads, alongside the Scrum Master
- Reporting on delivery, resourcing and timesheets to the exec team
- Making sure the governance frameworks are followed, and pushing back when they aren't
- Working with Product to translate the roadmap into what the dev teams build next
- Pulling people together. Squads, Product, execs, vendors

The workplace:

- SAFe,



Scrum, 2 week sprints
- AWS and Azure, plus on-prem
- 4 squads, 4 to 5 developers in each
- Sydney CBD, 2 days a week in the office

What we're looking for:

- 5+ years leading delivery in agile environments, ideally a mix of large enterprise and smaller companies
- SAFe and Scrum Master certifications. PMP or Prince2 on top is a bonus
- Comfortable with ambiguity. Things won't always line up and you need to be ok with that
- Technical enough to earn respect from developers. A development background is a big plus
- Experience on cloud migration or on-prem to cloud programs
- Energy. Someone who can pull a room together, not a box ticker
- Bonus points if you're already using AI tools in your own workflow and have opinions on them

Why this role stands out:

- Genuine ownership of the delivery function, not just running standups
- Ways of working are being reshaped, so you get to influence how it's done
- Contract could extend or convert to permanent for the right person

If you're a Delivery Lead or Program Manager who likes a bit of chaos and wants to leave a place better than you found it, apply for a confidential chat.

📌 Delivery Lead (SAFe / Scrum) - Contract (Sydney)
🏢 Novus Recruitment Solutions
📍 Sydney