Technical Delivery Manager :
Your role in the Team’s Success We are now looking for an experienced Technology Delivery Manager to act as the interface for a group of technical teams, ensuring smooth software delivery and optimisation for early value delivery. While experienced engineering managers own major strategic initiatives, this role focuses on delivering incremental improvements and supporting them when required through dependency management with technology functions outside the UK. You will manage and optimise workflow into and out of the UK Technology Division while supporting the Head of UK Technology with team management, resourcing, planning, and work visualisation.
What You’ll Do Delivery Leadership and Optimisation
- Focus on delivering incremental value improvements as well as unexpected / unplanned work such as regulatory items that require coordination outside of established team structures
- Support experienced engineering managers who own major strategic initiatives, particularly through understanding external dynamics and ways of working outside the UK Technology division
- Identify, manage and coordinate dependencies (inbound / outbound) with other Technology Delivery Managers
- Anticipate and resolve potential blockers to delivery using technical expertise
- Translate technical issues into clear options enabling swift decision making
UK Technology Division Management and Coordination
Manage, optimise and visualise workflow in and out of the UK divisionSupport the Head of UK Technology with management of technology teams, including resourcing, planning and work visualisationCoordinate with non-delivery technology functions, such as Incident Management, to ensure seamless operationsProvide strategic oversight of the technology team's capacity and resource allocation across the divisionTeam Enablement and Continuous Improvement
Provide support and mentor teams on agile practices and data-driven continuous improvementHelp teams understand and address bottlenecks using empirical methodsSupport teams in continually improving standards, ways of working and organisational structureEnable work by ensuring teams have the resources needed to start and track the processStakeholder Collaboration and Communication
Excel at stakeholder communication at all levelsCollaborate closely with Delivery Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers and business stakeholders to optimise delivery timelinesProvide regular delivery updates through verbal and written communicationsSupport project discovery, definition and estimation coordinationAttend stakeholder meetings and represent the domain in project working groupsWhat You’ll Need For This Role
Proven track record of delivering complex cross-functional projects from inception to deliveryStrong technical foundation with the ability to understand architectural systems and engineering concepts and coordinate optimal solutionsExperience managing complex dependencies across multiple teams and external stakeholdersOutstanding verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to engage effectively across all organisational levelsAbility to translate high-level strategic initiatives into tangible action plansExcellent organisation and project planning skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiativesDeep knowledge of agile methodologies and the ability to mentor teams in best practicesGood working understanding of continuous delivery and DevOps frameworks