Manchester
North West
UK
I help software and product teams, and the agencies that build for clients, get delivery back on track.
I've spent over 20 years on both sides of that problem: building software, and leading the teams that deliver it. I started as a developer in 2004, built and ran SaaS products including PagePlay, a CMS that has powered more than 500 sites, co-founded Manchester software agency Tariff Street (later Human Software) in 2011, and led product and technology for The Changing Education Group for twelve years.
Most of my work falls into three areas:
- Team resets and agile coaching for in-house product and software teams that aren't delivering as well as they could. I work with the team and the people who shape its work, inside the rhythm you already have.
- Agency delivery for agency leaders whose projects keep overrunning, finding where work slips from first estimate to final sign-off.
- Fractional technical leadership for organisations without a technical lead, and support for CTOs facing a big change or decision.
Most work starts with a Delivery Health Check, so leaders and the team agree what's really getting in the way before committing to anything longer.
I use AI tools every day in development, delivery and my own work, and help teams work out where AI genuinely helps them and where it doesn't.
Based in Manchester, I work in person across the city and the North West, and remotely elsewhere in the UK. I also lecture at Ada, the National College for Digital Skills.
More at harrybailey.com.
