Hybrid Agile Tech Delivery Lead

QA Higher Education; United Kingdom; Híbrido; GBP 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

QA Higher Education is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead technology-enabled change across our Technology Delivery team. This is a hybrid role, predominantly home-based, with occasional travel for stakeholder meetings in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

You’ll work with Product Owners, technical leads and stakeholders to shape and manage delivery plans, dependencies and risks, enabling cross-functional teams to deliver valuable outcomes predictably and

Formación

• Experience delivering technology-enabled change using agile approaches.
• Creating and managing delivery plans and sprint/release schedules.
• Facilitating agile ceremonies and driving continuous improvement.
• Managing RAID, delivery governance and senior stakeholder communications.
• Working with third-party suppliers and multidisciplinary internal teams.
• Managing project budgets, forecasts, supplier deliverables and commercial constraints.
• Planning releases, cutover and operational handover, including readiness, training and support.
• Delivering at pace within pressurised environments while keeping projects on track.
• Stakeholder management and user workshop facilitation.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end project delivery using agile approaches, from initiation through delivery, go-live and benefits realisation.
• Create and maintain delivery plans, milestones, sprint schedules, release plans and integrated dependency maps.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID), alongside appropriate delivery governance and change control.
• Lead stakeholder management and communications, providing clear status reporting, forecasts and decision points.
• Coordinate delivery across product, engineering, data, security, operations and external vendors.
• Plan and assure testing and release readiness, including UAT, training, cutover and operational handover.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, spend, supplier deliverables and commercial constraints.
• Maintain clear project documentation, including delivery plans, RAID logs, decision logs, release notes and handover information.
• Support change, communications and adoption activities with business and operational stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices, metrics, team health and stakeholder outcomes.

Conocimientos

Agile delivery

Scrum

Kanban

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Budgeting & costs

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Descripción del empleo

QA Higher Education is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead technology-enabled change across our Technology Delivery team. This is a hybrid role, predominantly home-based, with occasional travel for stakeholder meetings in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

You’ll work with Product Owners, technical leads and stakeholders to shape and manage delivery plans, dependencies and risks, enabling cross-functional teams to deliver valuable outcomes predictably and