Head of Delivery

Bauer Media Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Access to Bauer Academy for development

Enhanced parental leave pay

Flexible working opportunities

Job summary

A leading media company in Manchester is seeking a Head of Delivery to oversee multiple digital programmes within Agile teams. The successful candidate will ensure alignment of technical work with business strategy while fostering a collaborative environment for high-quality output. Key requirements include hands-on delivery management experience, proficiency in Agile methodologies, and familiarity with Atlassian tools like Jira and Confluence. This is a hybrid position allowing for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Deep experience embedding delivery processes for efficiency.
• Strong capability in team management and collaboration.
• Comfortable leading Agile teams in a digital environment.
• Proven ability to interact and influence product and technology teams – confident communicating at all levels.
• Ability to provide long-term strategic direction while managing short-term goals.
• Experience in media/audio environments.
• Comfortable using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) at an advanced level.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful execution of digital programmes.
• Lead day-to-day delivery with clear goals and plans.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams.
• Act as an escalation point for any issues which cannot be resolved within the tolerance of the teams or squads.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams across a variety of forums to ensure technical and business alignment.
• Coordinating communications, change, testing and business readiness activities.
• Creating and maintaining programme‑level roadmaps, timelines and delivery insights.
• Coaching delivery maturity, continuous improvement and strong collaboration across squads.

Skills

Hands-on delivery management experience

Agile and sprint-based methodologies

Forecasting and planning capability

Experience with Atlassian tools

Ability to influence teams

Experience in media/audio environments

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Bauer Media Audio is Europe’s largest commercial audio broadcaster. We are on a journey to evolve the world of audio and continue to deliver for our audiences across broadcast and digital by sustained innovation across our entire product and technology estate.

You’ll be joining our growing Engineering function. Our teams design and deliver the technology that powers Bauer’s products, platforms and customer experiences. You’ll work closely with developers, product managers, UX specialists and engineering leaders, becoming part of a collaborative, supportive, and ambitious group focused on building high‑quality digital solutions.

This is a rare opportunity to shape ways of working from day one and influence how we deliver at scale across the organisation.

The difference you will make

As Head of Delivery you will be responsible for ensuring successful execution of multiple deliverables simultaneously within high performing, multi‑disciplined software engineering squads. You will take ownership of digital programmes from a standing start, bringing clarity, structure and momentum, ensuring teams stay aligned, outcomes are delivered on time, and programmes remain on track.

You will act as the bridge between Product, Engineering and the wider business – turning product ambitions into a delivery plan that teams can execute confidently. In this role, your leadership will be critical to establishing delivery processes, coordinating dependencies, and enabling a confident, predictable delivery rhythm. If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves, building ways of working from scratch, and influencing how programmes come to life, this is your chance to make a visible and lasting impact.

Your role

You’ll lead the day‑to‑day delivery of digital programmes, ensuring teams have clear goals and plans, realistic forecasts, and the culture and support needed to deliver high‑quality work. Your main objectives are to ensure the team delivers customer and market‑driven solutions, to oversee operational continuity and performance and to ensure all technical work aligns with the product roadmap and wider business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with Product and Engineering leadership to define priorities, capacity, and throughput expectations.
• Ensuring engineering and product identified risks and dependencies are captured and reported against – driving clear mitigation plans.
• Lead Agile delivery teams using Scrum or other appropriate Agile methodologies.
• Act as an escalation point for any issues which cannot be resolved within the tolerance of the teams or squads.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams across a variety of forums to ensure technical and business alignment.
• Coordinating communications, change, testing and business readiness activities.
• Creating and maintaining programme‑level roadmaps, timelines and delivery insights.
• Coaching delivery maturity, continuous improvement and strong collaboration across squads.

The skills you will bring

Required:

• Hands‑on delivery management experience within digital development environments.
• Deep experience with Agile, sprint‑based methodologies and modern delivery frameworks.
• Experience embedding overarching processes to drive operational and delivery efficiency.
• Proven ability to interact and influence product and technology teams - confident communicating at all levels.
• Ability to provide long‑term strategic direction while managing short‑term goals.
• Ability to bring clarity and structure to ambiguous, early‑stage programmes.
• Strong forecasting, estimation and planning capability.
• Experience collaborating directly with engineering teams (not through layers).
• Experience in media/audio environments.
• Comfortable using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) at an advanced level.

Working pattern / location

Full time permanent position. Hybrid role based in Manchester. You’ll typically come into the office a couple of times per week to collaborate with your team.

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family‑owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long‑term, with a consumer‑first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people’s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

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