You'll primarily focus within your domain, managing dependencies, producing clear stakeholder reporting, and resolving issues at project level - escalating to your Programme Manager where needed. You'll flex across agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches as context requires.
What you'll be doing
Project Delivery Leadership
Define delivery plans, milestones, success criteria, and execution plans aligned to user needs
Develop business cases; create and maintain cost plans
Manage scope, schedule, and budget; monitor progress and initiate corrective action
Ensure adherence to agreed methodology and value tracking practices
Agile Facilitation & Scrum Practice
Facilitate agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, demos)
Work with Product Managers to ensure epics and user stories are well-articulated and prioritised
Track and communicate delivery progress using metrics, weekly reporting, and monthly MBR updates
Champion iterative delivery, lean/agile practices, and continuous improvement
Delivery Ownership
Lead end-to-end delivery for assigned projects; orchestrate value within feasibility constraints
Lead project inceptions and ensure delivery artefacts are maintained and accessible
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Serve as primary interface for stakeholders across business, technology, product, and design
Ensure alignment and transparency through structured communication
Manage and resolve conflicting priorities at project level; escalate where support is needed
RAID Management & Governance
Identify and manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies for assigned projects
Drive risk mitigation with teams; escalate to prevent risks materialising
Collaborate with peers and Programme Managers on cross-domain dependencies
Team Leadership & Facilitation
May matrix-manage delivery team members; build collaborative, high-trust environments
Facilitate workshops and problem-solving sessions to unblock teams
Ensure knowledge transfer into the domain following successful delivery
Seek relevant resources; escalate where availability affects delivery
Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
Champion iterative delivery and continuous improvement within projects and teams
Ensure epics and stories are effectively articulated, refined, and managed
Contribute to delivery practice maturity across the broader community
What we're looking for
Demonstrated experience delivering software projects in dynamic agile environments
Experience successfully delivering projects across the full delivery lifecycle
Working knowledge of agile/scrum frameworks and ceremonies
Experience contributing to project governance: scope, schedule, budget, RAID, and reporting
Experience in effective change management using appropriate tools and techniques
Familiarity with project tracking tools (Jira, Confluence, Kanban boards)
Able to build team trust, encourage collaboration, and facilitate problem-solving
Clear and confident communicator with stakeholders at varying levels
Commercial awareness and customer focus
Positive approach to problem-solving and overcoming obstacles
Situational awareness with ability to escalate promptly
Understanding of software development processes and iterative delivery
The following experience is also desirable
Formal accreditation (PRINCE2, AgilePM, CSM, PSM)
Experience facilitating project inceptions or discovery phases
Familiarity with academic publishing or digital content workflows
Experience with distributed or third-party development teams
You must have the right to work and live in India.
Closing Date: Monday 17th August 2026
What we offer in return
A competitive salary + bonus
24 days annual leave
4 volunteering days annually
Day off for your birthday
Pension contributions
Medical insurance for self and dependants; life cover and personal accident cover for self
Seasonal social and charitable events
Training and development
Tools and equipment for remote working
If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.
We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact Laura.Dicken@tandf.co.uk
