Delivery Manager

Fruition Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group in Leeds is recruiting an experienced Delivery Manager to oversee cyber security projects on a hybrid basis. The role focuses on delivering with strong governance, planning, and Agile practices, working closely with engineering teams.

Initially 3 months, rate £500 per day, Outside IR35, start within 1-2 weeks. The successful candidate will bring structure, control and pace to technical delivery, ensuring effective governance, risk management and clear stakeholder communication

Qualifications

• Delivery management experience within technology environments.
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile delivery processes.
• Technical competence to discuss complex technical deliveries with engineers.
• Experience delivering cyber security projects.
• Ability to create and maintain detailed project and delivery plans.
• Excellent governance and delivery controls understanding.
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, actions and milestones.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead successful delivery of cyber security projects with technical teams.
• Ensure project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, actions and reporting are maintained to a high standard.
• Support strong Agile delivery practices and governance across teams.
• Collaborate with engineering and technology stakeholders to maintain delivery pace and quality.

Skills

Delivery Management

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Governance

Project Planning

Technical Communication

Cross-team Coordination

Job description

Rate: £500 per day
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Location: Leeds (Hybrid - 2/3 days per week onsite)
Initial Duration: 3 months initially
Start Date: Within 1-2 weeks

Fruition are currently recruiting for an experienced Delivery Manager to join a key client working across a number of cyber security related projects.

The organisation requires a strong Delivery Manager who can bring structure, control and pace to technical delivery, ensuring projects are well planned, governed effectively and delivered through strong Agile processes.

This is a hands-on delivery role requiring someone who is technically competent, comfortable working closely with engineering and technology teams and able to understand and challenge technical delivery without necessarily being the technical specialist themselves.

The Role

You will take responsibility for the successful delivery of cyber security related projects, working closely with technical teams, stakeholders and other delivery functions to ensure work is effectively planned, governed and executed.

A key emphasis of the role will be establishing strong project controls and governance. You will be expected to ensure project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, actions and reporting are maintained to a consistently high standard.

You will also play an important role in supporting strong Agile delivery practices, helping teams work effectively while ensuring the appropriate level of planning, oversight and governance remains in place.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong Delivery Management or Project Management experience within technology environments
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile delivery processes
• Technically competent, with the ability to hold credible conversations with technical teams and understand complex technical deliveries
• Experience of delivering cyber security projects
• Strong planning skills with experience creating and maintaining detailed project and delivery plans
• Excellent understanding of project governance and delivery controls
• Proven experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, actions and milestones
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Comfortable challenging delivery teams and stakeholders where required
• Able to bring structure, pace and accountability to technical delivery
• Strong understanding of core Project Management principles and the ability to apply them consistently to a high standard
• Comfortable working across multiple technical teams and managing competing priorities

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience delivering complex infrastructure, security or wider technology change
• Experience operating within large or complex organisations
• Experience working across both Agile delivery teams and more traditional project governance environments

Fruition are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.