Technical Delivery Manager required to work on large programmes with experience of product-centric agile delivery.
Deliverables:
- Translating multiple delivery plans into a holistic view of delivery, considering the people and skills required for each delivery team and using delivery data to set milestones based on forecasts where possible
- Delivering in line with the capacity and availability of the delivery teams, leveraging frameworks to find the right suppliers when necessary, and budgeting effectively for resourcing needs
- Effectively managing risks, issues, and dependencies, acting on delivery data and adapting ways of working to mitigate risks
- Forming a partnership with Product Managers to effectively influence relevant senior stakeholders, translating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Assessing the effectiveness across multiple delivery teams, engaging and motivating teams in different ways depending on their needs, and facilitating collaboration across delivery teams when required
- Using feedback loops, data analysis, and small experiments to iteratively improve the product, service, and ways of working within the delivery team
Experience / Knowledge:
- Creating and maintaining delivery plans that highlight forecasts/estimates and confidence levels
- Using experience of technology delivery and technical practices to help translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Using your well-developed people skills to set individuals up for success and help create an effective team environment
- Using previous experience, expertise, and current metrics to identify, understand, and improve team delivery performance
- Applying appropriate techniques taken from different methodologies to effectively deliver successfully within a given context
- Managing budgets and commercial supplier relationships
- Understanding what good governance looks like and how to implement improvements
- Acting as the Delivery Manager for one or more delivery teams through a complete delivery lifecycle (prepare, deliver, improve)
Skills required:
- Technical Delivery Manager on large programmes
- Product centric agile delivery
- Ownership of workstreams
- Overseeing of agile teams
- Problem ownership
- Managing risks and problems
- Experience in large delivery programmes
- Public sector background
Qualifications:
- Experience of working within Law Enforcement or similar area
- Certifications in two or more delivery methods (e.g. Scrum, Lean Kanban, SAFe, Prince)