Delivery Manager

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Job summary

A technology consultancy is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager to deliver bespoke software projects primarily for clients in Energy and Financial services. The ideal candidate has strong experience in Agile development methodologies, excellent people leadership skills, and a proven track record in client engagement. Offering a negotiable six-figure salary, bonus, and excellent benefits with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Negotiable six-figure salary

Bonus of up to 10%

Excellent benefits package

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering software development solutions both greenfield and brownfield.
• Experience in Energy, Commodities and Financial services.
• Solid understanding of multiple agile principles including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of bespoke software development and agile teams.
• Deliver multiple projects with consultants across UK, US, and India.
• Lead workshops and pre-sales client meetings.

Skills

Agile development methodologies

Software development solutions

Excellent people leadership

Client-focused approach

Education

2.1 or above in Computer Science

Job description

Synopsis

If you've grown from software engineer > team lead > delivery manager, and want to drive high value meaningful transformation for some of our most valued clients - I want to hear from you.
This is an outstanding role for the right candidate, with the opportunity to work with top-tier clientele.

High level overview

You'll be planning, leading, and delivering bespoke software transformation projects to an esteemed client base

You'll provide team leadership and have the ability to jump in and review code, so a strong background in software development is required

You will be delivering Proof of Concepts

You will be driving use cases and building business cases for our solutions, with some pre-sales involvement

You'll ideally have a background in financial services

You will have strong experience in Agile/Scrum environments

If you are a match for the above, read on.....!

Your new company

My client is an award-winningSoftware and Data engineering boutique consultancy. For the past two decades, they have helped leading organisations change and transform their businesses by building and delivering high-value bespoke technology. They work with a variety of esteemed clients across the financial services, energy and commoditiessectors.

Your new role

A Technical Delivery Manager is required to join the organisation to work closely with our client base. You will work alongside highly collaborative, forward-thinking technologists who enjoy working in an environment that values continuous learning and getting results. Working closely with the CTO, Delivery Teams and CEO, you will be responsible for the delivery of complex IT projects for clients, predominantly in the energy and financial services sector.

The role is very people-centric; you must have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise effectively across all levels of stakeholders to ensure that projects are smoothly delivered.

You will demonstrate your credibility in dealing with our clients through your technical experience and up-to-date knowledge of the modern frameworks, enterprise development patterns and tools/techniques currently in use.

Key duties will include

• Overseeing all aspects of bespoke software development, including planning, leading, organising and motivating small agile teams to achieve a high level of performance
• Delivery management of multiple projects, with a team of consultants operating across multiple sites across the UK, US and India
• Leading workshops, running proof of concept and pre-sales client meetings
• Working closely within the management team to resolve issues and acting as a technical escalation point for project teams and clients.
• Ensuring clients are billed accurately against resource plans.

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong experience of delivering software development solutions (both greenfield and brownfield), utilising Agile development methodologies
• Experience working across a range of platforms, encompassing aspects of data, multi-cloud exposure and more, where you can demonstrate technical creativity to deliver solutions that exceed our client expectations.
• Working exposure/experience in Energy, Commodities and preferably Financial services
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models and multiple agile development principles and practices. Examples include Scrum, Kanban, Nexus, SAFe, LESS and DSDM. This is backed up by a strong academic record, typically achieving 2.1 or above in Computer Science at degree and/or post-graduate studies.
• Client-focused, positive, creative and driven to work collaboratively to find the right technology solution for our client's business.
• Excellent people leadership skills - you have proven experience of hiring strong technical talent, motivating people and creating healthy, productive and ethical teams.

What you'll get in return

Negotiable six-figure salary
Bonus of up to 10%
Excellent benefits package
Hybrid working

What you need to do now

Call Lorenz Pasch at Hays Recruitment ASAP on 07863107173, or connect and send me a message on LinkedIn (my contact details are also listed there)

Due to extremely high demand, I'm kindly requesting you only call about this role if you are a match for the synopsis and high level role criteria listed at the top of this advert

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