Delivery Optimisation Manager(16426)
Description
JOB PURPOSE
The Delivery Optimisation Manager works collaboratively across easyJet to ensure alignment and consistency of delivery standards to achieve optimal benefits for investment. This role requires leadership, expertise in standards development, process optimisation, and a deep understanding across a range of methodologies used in project delivery.
The role is responsible for driving best practice through frameworks and processes, setting the appropriate standards across controls and governance, and ensuring that all projects and programmes within the wider easyJet Portfolio are compliant and achieve the maximum benefits.
To support our transformation, we are optimising our Delivery Frameworks, Funding model and governance approach. This role will ensure we build pace and agility into everything we do; ensure we are data led in governance meetings and assurance touch points and ensure governance is an enabler not a bottleneck. All whilst focussing on improving our internal customer experience.
JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Help drive consistency, quality and professionalism in the way we manage and deliver projects at easyJet.
• Act as a custodian and advocate for the delivery framework and standards adopted across the enterprise portfolio
• Defining and updating the project management processes, standards and governance, contributing to Quality Reviews, and co-ordinating activities in support of project objectives
• Engage the project and programme management community and ensure the framework and guidelines are communicated, understood and embedded – focusing on how it improves delivery outcomes
• Define the governance, processes and tools to effectively forecast, plan, schedule and monitor resourcing across the programme
• Define the most appropriate governance arrangement based on scale, complexity and risk for change projects and programmes within the portfolio
• Identify through analysis where governance is not being followed and work with the relevant team members to rectify
• Set the planning standards across the portfolio and work with Programme/Project Managers to ensure those standards are embedded and adhered to
• Work with the project and programme teams to maintain a programme wide view of plans, risks & issues and dependencies
• Ensure there is collaboration and engagement with the Project management community and contribute to continuous improvement on delivery performance
• Identify opportunities to optimise portfolio outcomes, coaching others to enable effective change delivery
• Establish and define the most appropriate fora for reviewing and maintaining effective delivery across the portfolio () based on scale, complexity and risk of change projects, programmes and products.
Leadership
• Collaborate effectively with a range of business stakeholders and third parties
• Promote a “one team” culture and role model the easyJet leadership behaviours
Interfaces
• With the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), business leads, sponsors & stakeholders from multiple functional areas to understand the context and priorities for change
• With business change leads, programme leads, technology, finance, procurement, legal & other stakeholders to ensure effective decision making and delivery.
Business Area
Information Technology (IT)
Primary Location
United Kingdom-London-London Luton Airport
Organisation
Information Technology (IT)
Schedule
Full-time
Unposting Date
Ongoing