Technical Software Delivery Manager

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.