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Technical Software Delivery Manager: Permanent Circa £70,000 Excellent package Hybrid (Client based in London) Company & Role overview for Technical Software Delivery Manager: Our client is a global marketing and information services business. We are currently helping them to bring on an experienced Technical Delivery Manager. An ideal candidate for the role would be someone that has had previous experience as a developer, QA or been in a technical role and has then transitioned through their career into a Delivery Manager, Working with senior stakeholders, product, design, development and data science teams, you will be responsible for building the quarterly roadmap, planning, tracking, delivery and reporting across the complete software delivery lifecycle. You will be technically minded and able to ask the right questions of the teams to get the best possible outcome for the business. As the Technical Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following: Providing written and verbal updates to Executive/ Senior stakeholders. Building the quarterly roadmap. Creating Epics, and tracking the work of the team using Jira to completion. Running daily stand-ups and regular retrospectives with all relevant teams. Key accountabilities for Technical Delivery Manager: Delivery of roadmaps, plans, tracking, reporting and delivery across the complete software delivery lifecycle. Understand the problem domain so can converse with business stakeholders and development teams. Executive/ Senior stakeholder management. Process management and continual improvement of those processes. Managing the end-to-end delivery process. Currently using Jira, and Jira Discovery for this Work independently, manage your own and the teams time to meet deadlines, adapt to shifting priorities, across multiple projects concurrently. Manage the teams work, using a number of software development techniques, including Kanban & Scrum. Experience for Technical Delivery Manager: Previous experience in a hands-on technical role. Demonstrable success in managing in house software development teams, in terms of software delivery. An acute attention to detail, flexibility, and versatility in organising processes and workflows. Demonstrate the ability to define processes, and subsequent improvements based on quantifiable results. You know about, and can lead on a range of software delivery techniques and tools, with an ability to coach teams with these techniques. You know how to communicate effectively across the organisation, keeping the stakeholders up to date with accurate and quantifiable progress. You are a quick thinker, and you know how to successfully react and respond to challenges to achieve the overall business goals. You take a consistent and ongoing approach to planning, forecasting and road mapping You can motivate a team to achieve our shared goals.
IT Project Manager Agile Project Manager You can work from home and go into the office once a week, there may be even more flexibility for the right candidate. Role summary: As a Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing high-quality technology solutions to the business. You will manage complex projects and work-packages concurrently, developing accurate plans to enable the overall delivery of projects. You will be responsible for all aspects of the technical project management lifecycle, from project inception through to transition to live and an operational handover. You will monitor delivery at all stages and manage risks and issues. You will be responsible for: Designing and implementing projects, with a particular focus on Agile Leading multidisciplinary teams Managing the entire project management lifecycle Ensuring successful delivery of projects from inception to implementation and operational handover Duties: Deliver IT projects using technical project delivery best practice, particularly Agile methodologies. Work with senior stakeholders, external implementation partners and project team to define the project plan and related tasks. Lead and facilitate ongoing planning and prioritisation, owning the plan for the full lifecycle of the project and ensuring its effective delivery. Manage resources and stakeholders to achieve project objectives to time, quality and to the agreed budget. Produce relevant documentation to effectively manage projects Manage risks and issues at the appropriate level Work with the project team on the solution of problems on behalf of the user, liaising with other members of IT Services, other departments and external suppliers Produce the required documentation to effectively manage projects Proactively anticipate, identify, and manage risks and issues to project delivery, assess mitigations and recommend a course of action to the Project Board and Head of Project Delivery. Skills sought: Substantial project management experience delivering technical solutions Substantial experience delivering projects and products using effective project management methods, particularly Agile Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholder management Knowledge of IT application development and technology-driven project delivery Ability to balance multiple priorities and deal with ambiguity Good financial management of project budgets and reporting