Job title: Delivery Manager (9 Months FTC)
Location: Bristol or London
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000
Closing date for applications: Thursday 21st May
What will I be doing?
You’ll be working within our delivery management function. The delivery management organisation’s mission is to:
* Shepherd: Guide Product and Tech delivery management practices within the teams you are supporting.
* Simplify: internal reporting & risks to drive action.
* Standardise: process and practice to drive consistency across Product and Tech.
* Serve: alongside our Product and Tech partners to drive development forward in the organisation at pace.
* Be Neutral: provide objective, internally facing data and insights on how things are going to drive action by appropriate owners.
Responsibilities
* Drive Roadmap Delivery Success:
o Oversee the execution of Product & Tech roadmaps to ensure timely and successful delivery.
o Manage and optimise capacity plans to meet Client deadlines and business goals, ensuring teams are aware of the outcome they are trying to achieve and how to measure it.
o Track and report on initiatives milestones and deliverables.
o Identify, manage, and resolve dependencies across teams to ensure smooth progress and prevent delays.
* Ensure Transparent Reporting:
o Maintain clear and transparent reporting mechanisms for delivery status and risks.
o Develop and implement effective risk mitigation strategies.
o Communicate initiative statuses and risks to stakeholders in a timely manner.
* Align with Client Expectations:
o Collaborate with the Client Delivery team to ensure deliverables meet client capabilities, support needs, and timelines.
o Ensure that client feedback is integrated into the delivery process.
* Clarity on Teams’ Effort Distribution:
o Provide clear and detailed insights into team contributions to overall business goals.
o Ensure that team efforts are aligned with strategic priorities.
o Facilitate data-driven decisions by ensuring delivery information reaches the right stakeholders, and maintain a strong effort-to-value ratio in your area.
* Boost Organisational Effectiveness:
o Establish and refine ways of working to foster a scalable and adaptable Product & Tech organisation.
o Implement Agile & Lean processes and tools that enhance efficiency and productivity.
o Act as a change driver and promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
o Enable Product and Tech to Focus on their Core Strengths:
+ Eliminate barriers hindering Product teams from dedicating time to innovation and strategic planning.
+ Allow Engineering teams to concentrate on technical excellence and execution.
Qualifications (Is this the job for me?)
* Able to manage the end-to-end delivery of digital/technology products using Agile methodologies across cross-functional product teams.
* Strong understanding of product development process and software development life cycle.
* Comfortable switching between team-level detail and executive-level overviews.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Strong coaching abilities to empower teams and colleagues to reach their full potential.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
* Able to draw on experience to apply the right approach in the right context.
* Comfortable with uncertainty and adept at bringing people along on a change journey.
* Worked in scaling a high-growth SaaS business.
* Apply customer centricity in the way that you work.
Benefits
* Pension Scheme
* Discretionary Bonus Scheme
* Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP
* Life Assurance
* Access to Furthr – a Climate Action app
* Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests
* Perks at Work – access to thousands of retail discounts
* 5% Flex Fund to spend on the benefits you want most
* 26 days holiday
* Flexible bank holidays, giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like
* Progressive leave policies with no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family
* Dedicated personal learning and home office budgets
* And more…
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