Job Details Grade: SEO - Senior Executive Officer
Total remuneration: £52,427-£61,727
Pay supplement: 8% Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay supplement is included in the total remuneration above
Pension: 28.97% of base salary (RoS contribution)
Annual leave: 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service
Duration: Permanent
Working pattern: 35 hours per week - compressed hours, part time or term time working are considered on a case by case basis
Location: Hybrid - Meadowbank House, Edinburgh (EH8 7AU) or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow (G2 5LD)
Department: Product, Business Analysis and Agile
Directorate: Digital, Data and Technology
Reports to: Agile Practice Lead
Closing date: 12th of February 2026 at 23:59
Number of vacancies: 1
About the Organisation Registers of Scotland (RoS) is a world leading pioneer in land and property registration. Our full stack teams design, architect and build all our registration products in house, creating digital solutions for the people of Scotland. This role gives you the opportunity to nurture your creativity and develop with us through access to the latest data, software engineering and product delivery techniques.
Inclusion We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects Scotland. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups in technology and design. Your unique perspective and experience will strengthen our team's ability to create services that work for all our communities.
This job is for you if you want
- Work with purpose: working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
- Flexible and hybrid working: depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it's best for you and your stakeholders.
- Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions up to 28.97%, up to a year's parental leave, and 38 days annual holiday increasing to 42 days with length of service.
- Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
- Diversity and Inclusion: we are an "Investor in People" and a "Disability Confident" employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
- Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
The Role We're looking for an Agile Delivery Manager (ADM) to join our dynamic and forward thinking organisation. Whether it's supporting the delivery of digital services, software products or critical business outcomes like property deed registrations, you'll play a vital role in helping teams work smarter and more effectively. This role will initially be based in Service Management, so ITIL/ITSM experience would be an advantage. The team is part of IT Enablement, the department that delivers digital hosting, security and workplace services.
On a typical day you will
- Support delivery processes using rapid feedback to maximise value and quality.
- Coach teams in continuous improvement and controlled experimentation.
- Act as servant leader enabling teams to be effective and self organising.
- Facilitate ceremonies and workshops to maintain collaboration and clarity.
- Use flow metrics to identify constraints and recommend improvements.
- Identify and remove blockers, coordinating with cross functional roles.
- Work with Product, IT Enablement and business stakeholders to ensure effective prioritisation and dependency management.
- Support teams through discovery, alpha, beta and live phases in line with the Digital Scotland Service Standard.
- Be prepared to move across teams or directorates where required.
- Provide Agile related advice across the organisation and surface systemic impediments to organisational agility.
- Contribute to the Agile Community of Practice and provide training.
- Line manage and mentor Agile Delivery Managers and support recruitment for Agile roles.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate delivery through coaching, sprint planning, backlog refinement and sprint retrospectives.
- Identify and remove impediments, coach teams and provide Agile coaching across the organisation.
- Analyse and report data to support decision making and continuous improvement.
- Drive and embed an Agile mindset aligned to the organisation's vision and strategy. li>Champion continual improvement culture through storytelling and metrics.
- Serve as a business partner by supporting teams to achieve their objectives.
- Work across teams and across the organisation to realize value.
Essential Criteria - Skills and Attributes for Success
- Experience - facilitating Agile delivery in cross functional teams.
- Skill - in Lean/Agile methods and use of flow metrics.
- Proven experience - working in a Delivery Manager, Lead, Agile Coach or Scrum Master role for at least 2 years.
Behaviours Changing and Improving
- Identify areas for improvement and simplify processes.
- Encourage ideas from diverse sources and use data to guide experimentation.
- Explain rationale for change and support colleagues in adapting new approaches.
Making Effective Decisions
- Empower teams to make decisions at the appropriate level.
- Analyse credible sources including delivery and user data.
- Present balanced options considering risks, impacts and benefits.
Working Together
- Build effective cross organisational relationships.
- Promote an inclusive culture that prioritises wellbeing.
- Actively seek and consider diverse perspectives.
Developing Self and Others
- Identify and address capability gaps for self and team.
- Coach and mentor colleagues including Associate ADMs.
- Reflect on feedback to improve performance.
Stage one - Application Process To apply, click on 'Apply now' and complete the online application form.
- A CV outlining your career history and how you meet the technical experience criteria (max 4 pages).
- Complete the application questions that are related to the main behaviours for this role.
Please note:
- If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on Technical Experience.
- We reserve the right to invite candidates to participate in a telephone interview prior to being further assessed.
- Applications that are not accompanied by CVs will not be scored.
- We strongly advise you review our policy on responsible use of AI in the application process. RoS may check answers with an AI detection tool and will contact you for a pre screening call to verify your responses.
- Applications and appointments are subject to a strict merit based assessment process, in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.
Stage two - Assessment
- Behaviour based interview.
- Case study exercise.
Recruitment timeline
- Closing date: 12th of February 2026 at 23:59.
- Application sift: week commences 16th of February 2026.
- Invites to assessment: week commences 23rd of February 2026.
- Interviews: week commences 2nd of March 2026.
Information on Success Profiles For further information on success profiles, visit our Success Profiles.
Feedback Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage.
Reserve List In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
Nationality and immigration status In general, only nationals from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Commonwealth are eligible for employment in the Civil Service. EU nationals (with settled or pre settled status), certain EEA nationals, Swiss and Turkish nationals are also eligible for employment. Detailed provisions on determining eligibility on the grounds of nationality and, where relevant, immigration status can be reviewed here.
Security Successful candidates must undergo a Level 1 Disclosure check. Individuals working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Equality, diversity and inclusion As a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We are not as diverse as we'd like yet, and we're working on it. We especially welcome applications from under represented groups - people who are disabled, minoritised ethnic groups and younger people (16-24 years of age). To learn more please see our EDI strategy. As part of the application process, we would like to invite you to please complete our diversity monitoring form. This information is not shared with recruitment panels. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via . Please see this page for more information on adjustments.
DDaTsupplement This post is part of the Digital, Data and Technology profession (DDAT) and attracts a pay supplement. This is a tool which RoS uses to benchmark our salaries against current market rates. A review of the benchmark is undertaken every two years, this means that the supplement may go up or down depending on market activity . click apply for full job details