Delivery Lead/ Program Manager

Thrive IT Systems; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 110 000 - 155 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Thrive IT Systems in London seeks an experienced Delivery Lead / Program Manager for Data & Analytics to act as the primary delivery interface between customer stakeholders in London and offshore engineering teams.

You will own onsite delivery coordination, planning, backlog prioritization, stakeholder communication, dependency management and overall delivery governance. Strong data platform knowledge (dbt, Snowflake, Python) and London Market exposure are essential.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years IT experience with delivery of complex data/analytics programs.
• Onsite Delivery Lead/Program Manager or similar.
• Experience with Agile backlog, sprint planning and RAID.
• Exposure to London Market / insurance domain.

Responsabilités

• Act as onsite delivery owner coordinating between customer stakeholders and offshore team.
• Define delivery priorities, roadmaps and release plans with product owners and tech teams.
• Drive backlog prioritization, sprint/release planning and dependency management.
• Translate discussions into clear directions for offshore teams and minimize rework.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery tracking including scope, schedule, risks, issues and milestones.
• Facilitate governance reviews, RAID management and executive reporting.
• Identify risks and drive timely resolution with stakeholders and offshore leadership.
• Coordinate data engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps to ensure delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to challenge estimates and discuss dbt, Snowflake, Python architectures.
• Align delivery with London Market / insurance business processes.

Connaissances

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Delivery governance

Data platform understanding

Communication facilitation

Independent delivery accountability

Outils

Snowflake

DBT

Python

CI/CD

Description du poste

Role: Delivery Lead / Program Manager – Data & Analytics

Location: London, UK

Experience: 12–15 years

Domain: London Market / Insurance

Technology: DBT, Snowflake, Python

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Lead / Program Manager to act as the primary delivery interface between the customer stakeholders in London and the offshore engineering team. The individual will own onsite delivery coordination, planning, backlog prioritization, stakeholder communication, dependency management, and overall delivery governance.

The ideal candidate should combine strong program/delivery management capabilities with hands‑on understanding of modern data platforms and have prior exposure to the London Market / insurance ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the onsite delivery owner and primary point of coordination between customer stakeholders and the offshore delivery team.
• Work closely with customer Product Owners, business stakeholders, architects, and technology teams to establish delivery priorities, roadmap and release plans.
• Drive backlog prioritization, sprint/release planning and dependency management, ensuring that offshore teams have clear requirements and priorities.
• Translate customer discussions and decisions into clear, actionable direction for offshore engineering teams, minimizing communication gaps and rework.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery tracking, including scope, schedule, risks, dependencies, issues and milestones.
• Facilitate delivery governance including status reviews, RAID management, escalation management and executive/customer reporting.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and work with customer and offshore leadership to drive timely resolution.
• Coordinate across data engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps and business teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Provide sufficient technical leadership to challenge estimates, understand solution dependencies and facilitate discussions involving dbt, Snowflake, Python and modern data engineering architectures.
• Ensure delivery remains aligned with relevant London Market / insurance business processes, terminology and stakeholder expectations.

Mandatory Experience & Skills

• 12–15 years of overall IT experience, with significant experience managing complex data or analytics delivery programs.
• Strong experience as an onsite Delivery Lead, Program Manager, Engagement Lead or Technical Delivery Manager.
• Strong stakeholder and customer management skills, including working with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile delivery, backlog management, sprint/release planning, RAID management and delivery governance.
• Working knowledge of modern data engineering technologies, particularly:
• Snowflake
• DBT
• Python
• CI/CD and modern data engineering practices
• Prior exposure to the London Market / insurance domain is essential.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation and escalation-management skills.
• Ability to operate independently at the customer location and take end‑to‑end accountability for delivery outcomes.