Let’s grow together! A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re an experienced IT Technology Delivery Manager looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you! We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together … What you’ll be doing Project Management and CI: Plan and deliver multi-stream IT program including cloud adoption, core banking platform upgrades, API integrations and Cyber security enhancements to agreed timelines and costs. Including project artefact's including delivery plans, RAID, dependency maps and DevOps management for Agile delivery IT PMO: Establish and mature a IT PMO, working in partnership with the Enterprise PMO to ensure alignment with governance, reporting standards and strategic delivery frameworks. Governance: ensure delivery aligns with architectural standards, security policies, regulatory frameworks and internal governance such as change control, risk manage People Management: Be accountable for the team performance, managing any performance issues promptly and in line with company policy. Developing staff and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and growth. Provide regular feedback, conduct performance reviews, identify training needs, and support career progression through tailored development plans and mentoring. Stakeholder Management: Understand all business areas whilst building relationships with key customers. Translate technical plans into value driven business updates. Mange vendor relationships and third party delivery partners Risk Management: Proactively analyse potential risks and manage their mitigation in alignment with Paragon’s risk framework. About You What you’ll bring to the team · - Performance Management/Employee Experience · - Stakeholder Relationship management - internal/external · - Change, Analysis, Planning and Implementation · -IT delivery/program management · - Understanding of Enterprise IT environments · -Reporting and project planning tools · - Strong interpersonal abilities, with excellent proficiency in written and oral communication · - Sound judgment and decision-making skills · - Effective critical thinking skills, with an emphasis on logical reasoning. · - Excellent time management and organizational skills · - The ability of working under pressure, taking the initiative, and prioritizing both their own and others' workloads · - A flexible approach is required, with the ability to deliver results within tight deadlines when necessary Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. At Paragon, we value diversity and we’re excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you’re ready to contribute to the team, please apply. Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page. Working hours Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours per week - hybrid role 2/3 days in the office. Inclusion As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team. About Us What can we offer you? Generous Holiday Allowance: Starting from 27 days and climbing to 30, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension Family Friendly policies : We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover Be flexible We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. We operate hybrid working, splitting our week between the office and home. Be yourself As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That’s why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business. Be heard We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future. Be well We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services. Be better We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we’ll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.