Delivery Manager / IS / Application Development / Gatwick

Endeavour Recruitment Solutions; East Horsley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment solutions company is seeking a skilled Delivery Manager for an exciting contract opportunity based near Gatwick. You will coordinate the delivery of digital technology services to ensure customer satisfaction, while fostering relationships across operational teams. With a focus on Agile methodologies and LEAN principles, this role requires strong leadership and change management skills. The contract is for an initial 6 months with potential extensions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects.
• Proven track record in program delivery.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer satisfaction through effective delivery management.
• Coordinate between clients and technology teams.
• Drive and implement change in delivery processes.

Skills

Leadership

Agile Delivery

LEAN Philosophy

Change Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Delivery Manager / IS / Application Development / Gatwick

• Country: United Kingdom
• Location: Gatwick
• Sector: IT Management
• Daily Rate: GBP 510
• Job Type: Contract
• Technologies: Delivery Manager Software Delivery Agile Lean application developer

Delivery Manager / IS / Application Development / Gatwick

Delivery Manager / IS / Application Development / Gatwick

Posted Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Delivery Manager / IS / Application Development / Gatwick

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting Contract opportunity for a skilled Delivery Manager to join our client on an initial 6-month contract with further extensions. Our client is based just South of London near Gatwick airport with excellent access to public transport.

As the Delivery Manager,your key responsibility is to ensure customer satisfaction by coordinating the delivery of digital technology services.

You will be responsible for creating sustainable customer relationships by acting as the bridge between our internal clients and our operational technology teams.

As a Delivery Manager, you should expect to add real value from experience, insight, leadership by example and work effort. You will have good business awareness, a performance bias to achieving results, the ability to lead, guide and motivate others, as well as manage upwards.

Skills/Experience

• Demonstrate pro-active approach to driving and implementing change
• Experience and practical knowledge of multi-skilled Agile delivery techniques;
• Experience of applying LEAN philosophy in a delivery process role;
• Experience of leading / managing / developingmulti-disciplinary, cross functional teams to deliver against agreed business strategy/plans;
• Excellent leadership skills to manage upwardly to senior executives as well as motivate core team members through matrix management;
• Business and technical change / transformation experience;
• Proven track record of program delivery, adding customer value through change be it Agile or waterfall;
• Thorough knowledge of MS Project or alternative planning tools;
• Proven presentation and negotiation skills;
• Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills;
• Demonstrable analytical skills;
• Application development and application lifecycle

As well as the skills mentioned above, our client would like the Delivery Manager to have a track record of Delivery projects on-time and within budget. They would also like someone who is performance driven and happy to work with KPI's.

The position closed this Friday and we will be arranging interviews next week. Please don't hesitate to send your CV.