Delivery Manager

Compare The Market; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Compare the Market is seeking a Delivery Manager to lead operational excellence and delivery across Mission teams, embedding Agile principles and optimising workflows.

You will champion data-driven delivery, coordinate with Product and Engineering, manage risks and dependencies, and drive improvements to speed, quality, and value delivery in a hybrid setting (London or Peterborough).

Qualifications

• Expert Level: Delivery Management in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Risk and dependency management at the mission level.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Business).

Responsibilities

• End-to-end delivery performance at the Mission level with timely outcomes.
• Embed delivery metrics into decision-making with clear visibility of progress.
• Lead Agile ceremonies: stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, reviews.
• Identify and remove blockers; optimise workflows to speed delivery.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to manage dependencies.
• Monitor performance and drive continuous improvements.
• Coordinate with Product and Engineering to manage risks and dependencies.
• Lead retrospectives and performance reviews with actionable outcomes.

Skills

Delivery management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Facilitation

Job description

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

Delivery Manager

Function: Tech
Location: Hybrid, London or Peterborough

Curious about what’s next?
So are we. Join Compare the Market and help to make financial decision making a breeze for millions.

At Compare the Market, we’re a purpose-driven business powered by tech and AI. We’re building high-performing, results-driven teams with the skills, mindset, and ambition to deliver outcomes at pace. Every role here plays a part in driving our mission forward, and we create an environment where you can bring your authentic self, grow a truly characterful career, and see the direct impact of your work on the lives of our customers.

We’ve carved a meerkat-shaped niche and we’re looking for ambitious, curious thinkers who thrive in a fast-moving, high-impact environment. If you love accountability, embrace challenge, and want to make a real difference, you’ll fit right in.

We’d love you to be part of our journey.

As the Delivery Manager you will be responsible for leading and driving operational excellence and delivery performance across Mission teams by embedding Agile principles, optimising workflows, and enabling high-performing, outcome-driven teams. Accountable for aligning delivery execution with organisational strategy, ensuring business value is delivered reliably, transparently, and at pace. Champions continuous improvement, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and uses data-driven insights to increase delivery speed, predictability, and quality. Utilising proactive risk management, removal of systemic blockers, and coaching teams to adopt best practices, creating an environment where teams can consistently achieve high performance and deliver measurable results.

Some of the great things you’ll be doing:

Delivery Execution & Agile Facilitation

Accountable for end-to-end delivery performance at the Mission level, ensuring outcomes are achieved to agreed timelines, quality standards and strategic priorities.

Drive operational discipline by embedding delivery metrics into decision-making and ensuring clear visibility of progress, risk and value delivered

Lead Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and stakeholder reviews).

Identify, resolve and prevent delivery blockers and optimise workflows to accelerate delivery speed and reduce waste working in collaboration with Portfolio Managers.

Champion delivery excellence through consistent performance monitoring, root cause analysis and implementation of improvements

Ensure cross-team coordination, managing dependencies with Product and Engineering teams.

Own dependency management and proactively manage risks, escalating when necessary to ensure delivery is not impacted.

Work with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to resolve technical and business dependencies.

Ensure realistic scoping of work, avoiding overcommitment while maintaining delivery momentum.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Act as the accountable owner for delivery outcomes, dependency management, risks and data-driven reporting. Align with Product Managers to prioritise effectively and enable informed decision-making.

Partner closely with Delivery Enablement, Engineering Managers, and Product Leaders to ensure Mission delivery directly contributes to pillar-level strategy and organisational objectives, driving both short-term wins and long-term capability uplift.

Champion and scale Agile ways of working, embedding practices that increase adaptability, collaboration, and speed to value. Use delivery performance metrics (e.g., predictability, cycle time, throughput) to inform strategy, identify improvement opportunities, and track measurable gains in delivery efficiency and quality.

Lead high-impact retrospectives and performance reviews that result in clear, measurable improvement actions.

Working Relationships with Engineering Managers

Engineering Managers focus on technical excellence and people management. Technology Delivery Managers focus on execution efficiency and Agile facilitation.

Collaboration is key- TDMs remove blockers, lead through influence rather than direct reporting lines. while EMs ensure system integrity, team capability and engineer line management

Technical decision-making (Owned by Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers). System architecture and quality standards (owned by Engineering teams)

What we’d like to see from you:

Expert Level (Must-Have)– Delivery Management in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), Risk dependency management at the mission level. Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills. Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Business and Operations).

Good Level (Preferred)– Agile process optimization & continuous improvement. Data-driven decision-making using delivery metrics (e.g., cycle time, predictability). Ability to manage technical dependencies without owning technical decisions).

Basic Level (Nice-to-Have)– Understanding of engineering best practices (CI/CD, DevOps, automation, AI-Augmented workflows). Familiarity with software development lifecycles and system architecture (but not responsible).

Why Compare the Market?

We’re a business built for pace and performance. Here, you’ll be encouraged to think differently, act boldly, and deliver brilliantly in a culture that values results and rewards progress.

We believe diverse teams make better decisions, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels empowered to grow, contribute, and thrive.

If you’re ready to stretch yourself, raise the bar, and grow with a team that’s serious about performance, innovation, and purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Info

• Job Identification 100376
• Job Category Technology
• Posting Date 10/16/2026, 01:11 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom