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About Birketts
Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: Real Estate, Corporate Services, Dispute Resolution and Private Client.
Role Overview
As the Product Delivery Team Leader, you will oversee the end-to-end delivery of IT products and services, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and quality standards.
Responsibilities
* ds.
The Product Delivery Team Leader is responsible for Agile / Scrum methodology and planning activities for the IT road
* map.Driving the IT teams adoption of cross functional ways of working / Agile Squads and growing a team of agile evangelists to support IT and Business Services adoption of Agile ways of work
* ing.You will be responsible for ensuring that initiatives and related frameworks are in place and maintai
* ned.To understand the SDLC model and specifically, what the activities are to manage an application development implementat
* ion.To deliver a solid set of requirements artefacts, to understand the standards, translate business needs into technical requirements, to develop and implement solid test plans and test cases / scenarios and what is required to accurately test all aspects of the system and to maintain detailed and accurate documentat
* ion.You will work with the Director of Business Solutions to build a Product Delivery team of Business Analysts, Scrum Masters and
Accountabilities and Coaching
* ities
Coach and mentor your team members to become evangelists of Agile process. Ensure they are supported and have all they need to thrive and develop in a fast-paced IT change enviro
* nment.Be central to the agile transformation journey across IT and the wider business services team, helping members of various teams and levels of seniority transition from a Project to Product mi
* ndset.Development and management of plans, roadmaps and running our quarterly planning ses
* sions.Define and deliver individual project deliverables as a part of the overall program deliverables, manage the expectations of stakeholders, manage stakeholder relationships, manage agile squads in delivering initiatives, communicate and manage tasks and activities to a schedule with the team, and provide feedback to team members as approp
* riate.Effectively manage the plan, scope / budget / resource management, time management (activities and task planning), communications, risk management, QA and testing, user training, ongoing maintenance and su
* pport.Perform requirements gathering and analytical techniques, interview techniques, data gathering techniques, system documentation, business modelling methods, business process, rules and logic, data gathering to solve complex issues, development of implementation plans, development of requirements and key analytical troublesho
* oting.Lead the QA function to develop and implement test strategies / plans / scenarios to ensure successful delivery of initia
* tives.Lend support to various business and technology teams as necessary during del
* ivery.Accurately assess the risks associated with each solution design / initi
* ative.Support the development of team members from a professional and technical
Candidate Requirements
* ndidate
Requires a minimum of Batchelor’s Degree in a Computer Science / Business Analysis or able to demonstrate relevant exp
* erience.Strong experience in Agile project management / business analysis within software development projects, or relevant combination of education and exp
* erience.You will have lead an agile delivery team and will be able to demonstrate successful delivery over a multi-year
* period.Thorough working knowledge of the SDLC models / Agile Scrum methodology, IT systems and their direct implementation to p
* rojects.Experience in driving business change and in particular in operational models and cross functional
* working.A strong coaching mindset is essential to invest and grow yo
* ur team.Leadership and management skills in leading technical personnel through the delivery of software development p
* rojects.Strong business and systems analysis skills, test planning and testing skills, troubleshooting skills and experience with numerous technical environments and archit
* ectures.Ability to apply common, object-oriented modelling techniques, including UML, use case, activity and sequence d
* iagrams.Experience with requirements management, use case and modellin
* g tools.Demonstrated leadership and attention to detail skills through prior experience at the tactical / implementation
Benefits
* benefits:
25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays, increasing by an additional 1 day every 2 years (up t
* o 10 years)Long Service holiday award - 1 extra week every 10 years continu
* ous servicePrivate Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation
* is passed)Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5
* % Employee)Staff Profit Share and Individual Performance B
* onus SchemeSalary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Pr
* ofit Share)Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Healt
* h InsuranceP
* aid CSR DayEnhanced Maternity/Pate
* rnity LeaveSubsidised gym
* membershipElectric
* car schemeAgile/Hybrid Wor
* king PolicyDress for your
* Day Policy
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
* Law Practice
How to Apply
Ipswich, England, United Kingdom 17 hours ago
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