Delivery Engineering Manager

Computacenter PLC; Hartford; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Delivery Lead to manage engineering execution in a hybrid work environment. The role involves leading sprints, coordinating releases, and ensuring the team delivers high-quality software consistently. Candidates should have experience in software delivery management, strong communication skills, and a passion for building operational systems. The salary ranges from £49,300 to £65,950, and the position offers full-time hours with a focus on accountability and excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in software delivery management, growing teams, technical program management, or engineering operations.
• Proven track record driving fast-paced engineering teams with real release cycles.
• Strong understanding of ML/AI development workflows (not hands-on coding, but literacy).
• Strong record of growing teams.
• Experience leading customer or stakeholder meetings in technical environments.
• Clear, direct communication and strong organisational leadership.
• Passion for building real systems, not just concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily standups, weekly sprints, release planning, and retros.
• Establish a weekly release cycle with clear definitions of done.
• Break down research concepts into actionable engineering deliverables.
• Manage customer-facing meetings and prepare demo-ready builds.
• Coordinate across engineering, research, and product to ensure rapid execution.
• Introduce and maintain strong engineering workflows, documentation, testing, and QA.
• Hold teams accountable to timelines, quality, and production readiness.
• Turn a high-talent team into a high-velocity team.

Job description

Job Overview

CerVox is building foundational truth infrastructure to help governments, regulators, and institutions navigate an age of accelerated AI‑generated information. Our systems detect linguistic drift, surface mutations, and anchor claims back to verified corpora. We are moving from prototypes to weekly, production‑grade releases and are seeking a Delivery Engineering Manager to drive execution discipline, lead sprints, coordinate releases, and ensure our engineering team ships reliably every week.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily standups, weekly sprints, release planning, and retros.
• Establish a weekly release cycle with clear definitions of done.
• Break down research concepts into actionable engineering deliverables.
• Manage customer‑facing meetings and prepare demo‑ready builds.
• Coordinate across engineering, research, and product to ensure rapid execution.
• Introduce and maintain strong engineering workflows, documentation, testing, and QA.
• Hold teams accountable to timelines, quality, and production readiness.
• Turn a high‑talent team into a high‑velocity team.

Qualifications

• Experience in software delivery management, growing teams, technical program management, or engineering operations.
• Proven track record driving fast‑paced engineering teams with real release cycles.
• Strong understanding of ML/AI development workflows (not hands‑on coding, but literacy).
• Strong record of growing teams.
• Experience leading customer or stakeholder meetings in technical environments.
• Clear, direct communication and strong organisational leadership.
• Passion for building real systems, not just concepts.

Ideal Backgrounds

• Engineering Manager / TPM / Delivery Lead roles in deep tech, AI, SaaS.
• Environments where weekly releases are normal.
• Decisive – brings clarity.
• High‑standards – expects excellence.
• Customer‑confident – strong presence in external meetings.
• Builder‑mindset – thrives in early‑stage environments.
• Execution‑led – focused on shipping, not debating.

Job Details

• Job Title: Delivery Lead
• Salary: £49,300 – £65,950
• Location: Cambridge, Coventry, Gateshead (UK) – Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)