Delivery Manager
Introduction
Job Purpose
Responsibilities
- Coordinate day-to-day squad delivery, helping work move predictably from the backlog through to release in line with sprint and quarterly commitments.
- Manage cross-team handovers and dependencies, establishing clear ownership and resolving obstacles with product, engineering, architecture, data and platform colleagues.
- Maintain an accurate RAID log, addressing risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies early and escalating matters when senior input is required.
- Provide clear reporting on delivery progress, finances and resource capacity to support effective planning and governance.
- Track third-party delivery against agreed quality, timelines and ways of working, addressing performance concerns constructively.
- Partner with product and delivery leaders to evaluate estimates, plan capacity and deliver product, platform and technical improvement initiatives.
Personal Profile
- Experience in delivery management, technical delivery or product-focused project management within a digital technology environment.
- A practical understanding of engineering and product delivery, with the ability to examine estimates, assumptions and proposed approaches.
- Good knowledge of agile delivery methods, particularly Scrum, and experience working across several teams or interconnected workstreams.
- Experience managing risks, dependencies, capacity and third-party delivery across a combination of permanent, contractor and partner resources.
- A clear and considered communicator who can provide concise, transparent updates and work effectively with stakeholders at different levels.
- Sound judgement and a collaborative approach, with experience in retail, luxury or consumer goods welcomed but not essential.
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