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The Opportunity
Just Eat Takeaway (JET) is looking for a Lead Delivery Manager to work in the Information Group (IG). The IG department encompasses a wide variety of engineering enablement technology teams in Product & Tech. This includes Platform Engineering, Data and Data Science, Information Security and Compliance and Enterprise IT (EIT).
This role will be situated in the sub-pillar leadership team, working closely with Directors of Engineering and the Head of Delivery with 2 core responsibilities:
Leading a team of Agile delivery managers and Technical program managers to define, deliver and report on a full roadmap of work for the Information Security, Compliance and EIT teams
Develop and maintain key stakeholder relationships with Directors of Engineering in Information Security and EIT
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for:
Managing a team of cross functionalDelivery Managers to run an efficient, flexible and continuous delivery pipeline that is aligned with the Product function and strategic direction.
Ensuring the leadership teams are working effectively and ensuring the operating model is operating in an efficient and effective manner. Custodian of the rhythm of business meetings.
Overseeing, supporting and promoting the personal and professional development of Delivery Managers within the team.
Experience of working with colocated / remote teams at scale.
Ensuring progress is transparent, predictable and sustainable, helping the IG teams to provide the most value to stakeholders.
Driving and articulating the value realised through complex initiatives driven out of teams or through programmes.
Ensuring commitments to stakeholders are met and any changes to expectations are fully documented and communicated.
Championing best agile and programme management delivery practices and ways of working across the department, and acting as a true advocate of our cultural values.
Partnering with leadership peers to manage and coordinate the day to day running of the IG Delivery teams.
Role Specific
As a Lead Delivery Manager you will be responsible for a full spectrum of practices across program and project management, agile / lean methodologies, supporting critical processes, products and services which underpin our P&T functions.
Are value and outcomedriven, with a positive, "cando" attitude.
Are pragmatic with the ability to see a problem, step in and then step out when appropriate.
Has deep experience of running a team of cross functional delivery managers to deliver complex programmes of work
Highly proficient at defining, iterating and delivery complex roadmaps of work that span across multiple business units
Have an excellent working knowledge of Agile/ Lean Thinking and how it can be implemented in a variety of models and organisations at scale.
Are passionate about 'being better' with an ability to create an appetite for continuous improvement across the department.
Are an excellent stakeholdermanager (both internal to JET and External) with great communication and presentation skills.
Are highly collaborative with fantastic facilitation skills at team and department level.
Are enthusiastic with a sense of pride in the work delivered and the quality of how it was delivered.
Are an open and honest individual who both welcomes and provides feedback in a way that is constructive and thoughtful
Are able to implement lean and systems thinking across a department and translate principles into practices that work for everyone.
Able to work closely with engineering, analytics, data sciences and product teams in fastpaced, technologybased businesses.
Able to influence and communicate with senior stakeholders.
Able to mentor & coach both direct reports and other colleagues in great agile and delivery practices.
Can make significant improvements to a department's ways of working to build noticeable improvements in its success metrics.
Experience
Demonstrable experience leading a delivery function that operates in an agile environment at scale
Proven track record of mentoring team members and/ or colleagues.
Successful stakeholder management to senior levels
Proven track record of delivering of successful products and projects
Proven track record of successful collaboration across functions and disciplines
Having a data driven mindset in order to deliver outcomes
Proven track record of leading and managing at scale (20+ Product & Tech Teams.)
Ability to work well across different functions, geographies and multinational backgrounds
At JET, this is on the menu : Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
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