Senior Delivery Manager

Elvie; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in women's health technology seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to lead Agile teams in the development of digital products. This role involves shaping project activities, mentoring team members, and applying best Agile practices to deliver quality solutions. Flexibility in working environment and a strong emphasis on work-life balance contribute to a supportive workplace culture, with additional perks enhancing the overall employee experience.

Benefits

9 Day Working Pattern

Share options

25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

Healthcare plans and life insurance

Free Elvie trainer on joining

Qualifications

• 5-7 years’ experience in a commercial digital product environment.
• Proven experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to drive decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach cross-functional Agile teams to ensure project success.
• Manage delivery risks and facilitate agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define objectives.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

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Okay, we’ve waffled long enough. So let’s get to the good bit: You.

As a Senior Delivery Manager within the programme delivery function, you will be responsible for leading and guiding cross functional teams in the development and delivery of digital products. The role is embedded into our technology teams and the individual will play a pivotal role in the delivery of products that empower women.

You will be working closely with product managers, software engineers, data scientists and digital designers to shape and manage a broad backlog of activities. You will also be working closely with internal/external providers getting everyone to collaborate as one team to ensure release plans are kept on track.

You will also play a significant role in the building of our delivery management craft at Elvie; you will use your expertise of agile methodology to bring in ways of working, cultivate change and inspire those around you to think more agile.

Location: Hybrid working; a mix of working from our Bristol or London office & working remotely

Employment type: Full-time, Permanent (please note, you must have the right to work in the UK)

Requirements

What you’ll be doing at Elvie:

• Find creative solutions, together: get the right team members talking at the right time to help them get to where they need to be. Lead, coach and motivate cross-functional Agile teams, ensuring they’re empowered make informed decisions and achieve goals
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define scope, objectives, and requirements. Facilitate the creation of user stories, backlogs, and sprint/release/programme increment plans to ensure effective delivery
• Apply the most appropriate agile methodologies and techniques for the environment. Continually improve how we work and embrace best practice.
• Take a continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating, managing uncertainty, metrics and measurement, contingency planning and release plans
• Analyse and manage delivery risk - taking a risk-based approach and guide the whole team to focus on the high risk elements of the release to avoid impact to time, cost or quality. Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans where needed.
• Act as the Scrum Master, facilitating all the agile ceremonies - daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews etc.
• Monitor progress - know where the projects are at any moment. Provide regular status reports and performance metrics to stakeholders. Use data to continuously improve.
• Guide the project team through the good times and the bad - help establish meaningful objectives and provide motivation when it's needed.
• Mentor, coach and help to develop other Programme Delivery team members and anyone you work closely with in the projects
  

What we are looking for:

• Ideally around 5-7 years’ experience (but we’re open) within a commercial business ideally a digital product where you’ve operated as a Delivery Manager or a role of similar ilk
• Proven experience using a range of agile and scaled agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe and MAHD. you can demonstrate how you have introduced agile practices into an organisation
• You’ve been embedded into app/web/digital platform teams
• Understanding of the technologies behind connected devices, mobile apps, data infrastructure and APIs, QA, AI/ML or DevOps
• A passion of high-quality delivery, with excellent problem solving skills and you take the lead on finding/facilitating solutions
• You’re a tool expert and can easily pick these up and apply them to your projects
• Analytical mindset with the ability to gather and interpret agile data to drive decision making and continuous improvement
• Strong leadership and facilitation skills with the ability to motivate high performing teams
• Top class communication skills, both technical and non-technical, across all modern flexi-working mediums

Don’t worry if you don’t tick every single box here, we still want to hear from you.

The benefits you’ll get:

We're on an exceptional journey. And we can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility. In addition, we'll give you:

• 9 Day Working Pattern - for our full time employees we work 9 days every fortnight with every other Friday as a non-working day for you to spend as you wish!
• Lots of flexibility: whether it’s working from home, doing the school run, or life admin, we understand that flexibility is essential, and we trust you to do the right thing for you and us
• Share options: we want everyone to have a stake in our success
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• 8 extra life leave days; getting married, moving house, menopause or just things that you can’t put a label on that matter to you
• 5=10 leave: 10 days’ additional leave on your 5th and 10th years of service!
• £100 contribution to your home working set up to spend as you see fit
• An annual personal development allowance of £200 and unlimited access to our learning and development platform, Learnerbly
• Generous parental leave policies; maternity & adoption (16 weeks at full pay, then 8 weeks paid at 75% followed by 15 weeks at SMP rate.), paternity/partner (6 weeks at full pay to take at any point during the first year of your child’s life), shared parental leave
• Healthcare plans, life insurance, and an employee assistance program for you and your family
• Group income protection; protect your salary if you get sick
• A free Elvie trainer for you to keep or give away when you join
• Generous employee and friends & family discounts on Elvie products
• Wellbeing support from YuLife and access to SmartHealth app with unlimited GP appointments for you and your family, plus various well-being initiatives throughout the year
• Lovely offices in great locations, with drinks and snacks provided, along with fun social events