Delivery Manager

Global; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Global is seeking a Delivery Manager to join its Transformation team in the UK. You will partner with Product, Engineering and other stakeholders to deliver roadmaps, remove blockers and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery using modern approaches and AI-enabled ways of working.

In this role you’ll coordinate squads, manage dependencies, communicate progress, and champion rapid iteration and value-led delivery across technology and digital initiatives.

Qualifications

• Delivery expertise: Strong knowledge of software development practices, methodologies and release lifecycles.
• AI-enabled working: Hands-on comfort with AI tooling to enhance productivity.
• Planning & execution: Experience creating project plans and roadmaps with iterative approaches.

Responsibilities

• Squad planning & delivery: coordinate delivery plans and manage execution.
• Squad support & unblocker: ensure squads stay unblocked and productive.
• Risk, issue & dependency management: identify and mitigate risks and dependencies.
• Communication & stakeholder management: provide updates to tech and business stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement & ways of working: champion modern delivery practices and AI-enabled workflows.

Skills

Delivery expertise

AI-enabled working

Planning & execution

Outcome focus

Problem solving

People & communication skills

Facilitation & leadership

Job description

Job Description

Your Role: Delivery Manager

This role sits within the Delivery function in Global’s Transformation team, focused on delivering Global’s Technology & Digital product roadmaps. You’ll create and execute plans to deliver key initiatives, working closely with Product, Engineering and other business and technical stakeholders.

As a Delivery Manager at Global, you’ll partner with one or more squads to identify and resolve blockers and issues, manage dependencies and ensure delivery is on time and on budget, using modern delivery approaches and AI-enabled ways of working where they add value.

Key Responsibilities

• Squad planning & delivery (35%): Work alongside Product Owners and Tech Leads to understand the “what” and “how” of the roadmap, facilitate creation of delivery plans (“when”), and manage execution, adapting as priorities and technologies evolve.

• Squad support & unblocker (25%): Work day to day with your squad(s) to ensure they are clear, unblocked and producing high-quality outputs, leveraging AI tooling where appropriate to accelerate delivery.

• Risk, issue & dependency management (20%): Identify, track and manage risks, issues and inbound/outbound dependencies. Mitigate, resolve or escalate where needed, proactively challenging legacy approaches that limit agility.

• Communication & stakeholder management (10%): Provide clear, concise updates on progress against plans, changes, and root causes to technology and business stakeholders, including during testing, deployment, post-launch and live incidents.

• Continuous improvement & ways of working (10%): Champion modern delivery practices, such as rapid prototyping, hypothesis-driven development and AI-assisted workflows. Track and communicate squad throughput and performance, using metrics and AI-driven insights to inform improvements and foster a high-performance culture.

What You’ll Love About This Role

Think Big : Help deliver the technology roadmap for one of the most exciting transformation agendas in the UK media and entertainment market and beyond.

Own It : Have the authority to identify, coordinate and implement change, turning good ideas into reality at pace.

Keep it Simple : Shape and refine delivery processes that focus on outcomes and value, not process for process’s sake.

Better Together : Work with stakeholders from across Global’s business to deliver value for our audiences, advertisers and partners, building strong, trusting relationships.

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you’ll have:

• Understood the in-flight projects and roadmap for your assigned area.

• Gained a solid understanding of the operations of the business function(s) and supporting product(s) you are working with.

• Built effective working relationships and clear responsibilities and accountabilities with the squad(s) you support.

• Established yourself as a trusted partner who helps the squad stay focused, unblocked and delivering value.

What You’ll Need

• Delivery expertise : Strong working knowledge of software development practices, methodologies and release lifecycles, with awareness of AI/ML development patterns.

• AI-enabled working : Hands-on comfort with AI tooling (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, automation platforms) to enhance your productivity and support squad adoption.

• Planning & execution : Experience supporting the creation of project plans and delivering product roadmaps, including iterative approaches for emerging or experimental technology.

• Outcome focus : A clear focus on outcomes and business value, with the ability to prioritise and re-prioritise as technology or market conditions change.

• Problem solving : A keen ability to identify and resolve blockers, risks and issues, and to understand both the business and technical context.

• People & communication skills : High emotional intelligence, empathy and strong verbal and written communication to build effective relationships through disruption and change.

• Facilitation & leadership : Effective facilitation skills to provide direction, maintain focus and momentum, and lead through influence and consensus, including with more experienced or technical colleagues.