Job Title: Senior Delivery Manager
Salary: £50,900 - £68,000
Location: Cambridge/Hybrid with 40-60% time in the office
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full‑time 35 hours per week
Are you passionate about enabling high‑performing delivery teams and ensuring complex technology products are released safely and effectively?
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world‑leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
As a Senior Delivery Manager you will be embedded within a product team in the Exam Technology Organisation (ETO) and accountable for enabling effective, predictable delivery. Working closely with the Product Manager, you will balance priorities, manage dependencies and create conditions for teams to perform at their best. Although not a direct line manager, your influence and leadership are critical to the success of the team and the wider organisation.
Additional Responsibilities and Accountabilities
* Own and oversee release planning and release management, ensuring appropriate controls, approvals and measures are in place
* Support forecasting and cost tracking by inputting into product budgets, including headcount, skills and third‑party costs
* Proactively identify, manage and report delivery risks and cross‑team dependencies
* Enable effective collaboration across product, technical and operational stakeholders
* Support the formation and continuous improvement of delivery teams, encouraging experimentation and learning
* Act as a senior point of contact for delivery matters within your area of responsibility
About you
You are an experienced delivery professional who thrives in complex, fast‑moving environments and is comfortable influencing without formal authority. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with proven delivery management experience and can translate between engineering detail and delivery outcomes.
Minimum Requirements
* Experience working in agile delivery teams, using Scrum and/or Kanban
* Experience leading or enabling software delivery teams
* Strong stakeholder and customer management capabilities
* Working knowledge of release management and risk management
* Experience working in cross‑functional, distributed teams, including onshore and offshore collaboration
* Excellent communication and facilitation skills
Desirable Criteria
* Data‑driven and probabilistic approach to delivery management
* Strong experience managing dependencies and reducing delivery risk
* Passion for continuous improvement, learning and experimentation
* Confidence running workshops, ceremonies and large group sessions
* Experience empowering teams and supporting decentralised decision‑making
Rewards and Benefits
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private medical and permanent health insurance
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Group personal pension scheme
* Life assurance up to 4× annual salary
* Green travel schemes
We are a Disability Confident employer committed to equality and inclusion, ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The Disability Confident scheme’s Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, disclose a disability or long‑term health condition and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route.
Closing date for applications: 11th May
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