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Senior delivery & operations manager (maternity cover)

Slough
Venn Apps
Operations manager
Posted: 26 April
Offer description

Venn Apps is looking for a proactive, battle-tested Senior Delivery & Operations Manager to step into a key leadership seat during a maternity leave. This role is the heartbeat of our delivery engine - you’ll be responsible for orchestrating smooth workflows across our client launches, existing accounts, and internal product roadmap. We need a master of organization who can bridge the gap between vision and execution, ensuring we hit every milestone without ever compromising on quality.


Delivery & Execution


* Ensure all app deliveries are completed in scope, on time, and to agreed quality standards
* Facilitate and prioritise ongoing work for live apps and take corrective action where needed in collaboration with the Account Management team
* Manage delivery of the product roadmap (execution, not strategy), while ensuring organisation and management of delivery of the quarterly client roadmap
* Run end-user QA in collaboration with the implementation team
* Run a smooth handover of new clients to the Account Management team
* Provide support to Delivery team on adhoc tasks where necessary


Client Management


* Lead client-facing meetings to provide updates, gather requirements, resolve blockers and plan launch
* Proactively obtain necessary information and assets from clients to allow the team to complete work
* Work collaboratively with the Account Management teams to ensure client expectations are managed and all ongoing work is prioritised and delivered in a timely manner.
* Onboard clients on Venn Apps’s tooling


Resource & Team Management


* Allocate resources across design, implementation, and engineering teams to balance workload and meet deadlines
* Organise and lead team rituals (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, 1-1 etc.)
* Support a working environment that is collaborative, positive, and high-performing


Process & Operations


* Ensure all delivery processes are repeatable, scalable, and efficient
* Continuously improve processes to remove friction and improve predictability
* Identify delivery risks early and take action to mitigate them
* Management of implementation rotations between service and app development


Key Expectations


* Projects and roadmap items are delivered consistently on time and within scope
* Clients, both new and existing, have confidence in Venn Apps’ delivery capability
* Internal teams are clear on priorities, properly resourced, and working effectively
* Processes are documented, understood, and consistently applied. Processes are also constantly evolving with input/buy in from leaders of other teams within the business.
* Be able to collaborate with key stakeholders in different teams, both internally and externally, in a professional manner at all times
* The delivery culture is positive: collaborative, professional, and high energy at all times.
* Build a rapport with the sales team and help build a process to ensure scoping is carried out in a way that both helps sales close deals and also improves the smoothness of project delivery.


Skills & Attributes Required


* Strong organisational and project management skills
* Excellent communication skills, both with clients and internal teams.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
* Skilled at balancing resources across competing priorities
* Process-driven, with a continuous improvement mindset
* Collaborative leadership style with a high propensity to motivate and support others
* Hyper aware and respectful of all internal stakeholders workloads/ stress levels and ability to use this awareness to prioritise tasks/projects
* Ability to proactively seek feedback on management style and look to improve and adapt management style on an ongoing basis
* Seasoned professional with minimum 8 years of experience in clients facing role in Project/Programme Management
* Start-up mindset with the ability to juggle between hands-on and management tasks
* Proficient in JIRA admin, Figma, QA methodology, G-Suite, Notion, Generative AI for documentation tooling
* High business ethics standards
* Handover with the Role holder programmed pre and after the interim period


Expected start date: 13 July 2026 - Duration: 6-7 Months

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