Senior Delivery Manager

Gallagher; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading reinsurance firm in London seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to oversee Agile transformations and lead multiple teams within the technology department. The role emphasizes bridging business and technical teams while ensuring compliance and quality standards. Candidates should have extensive Agile project management experience and relevant certifications. This position offers a hybrid working model with competitive benefits, including generous holidays and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Minimum of 25 days holiday

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance

Health cash plan

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Agile project management, in a similar role.
• Excellent understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Implement and refine Agile methodologies throughout the technology lifecycle.
• Manage the Agile process for multiple teams.
• Coordinate and support deployments of critical technology solutions.

Skills

Agile project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Problem-solving

Education

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Tools

Jira

Trello

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Do you thrive in fast-paced technology environments? Are you an Agile maestro who orchestrates flawless delivery for complex projects?

At Gallagher Re, we are seeking a seasoned Senior Delivery Manager to lead the charge in our technology department within the reinsurance division. This leadership role goes beyond a typical Scrum Master, requiring a strategic approach to managing iterative delivery.

We offer hybrid flexible working with this role being mainly remote, with travel to London required a couple of times a month.

How you\'ll make an impact

• Lead Agile Transformation: Implement and refine Agile methodologies throughout the technology lifecycle, ensuring continuous improvement and value delivery.
• Oversee Multi-Team Delivery: Manage the Agile process for multiple teams, guaranteeing adherence to timelines, quality standards, and industry regulations.
• Bridge the Gap & Drive Value: Act as the primary liaison between development teams and stakeholders, fostering open communication and collaboration to ensure clear business value realization.
• Orchestrate Deployments: Coordinate and support deployments of critical technology solutions, minimizing risks and ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and processes.
• Cultivate Business Readiness: Facilitate business readiness activities, including user training, process documentation, and change management initiatives.
• Ensure Compliance & Quality: Oversee internal compliance processes, including risk assessments, data protection, and quality assurance.
• Proactive Risk Management: Monitor delivery progress, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues.
• Champion Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous improvement within teams, encouraging them to adopt best practices and enhance their work methods.
• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies: Facilitate relevant Agile events, such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other Delivery Managers, project managers, and IT professionals to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.

About You

• Extensive experience in Agile project management, preferably in a Delivery Manager or similar role
• Excellent understanding of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in business liaison, bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders
• Familiarity with project deployment, change management, and business readiness activities
• Knowledge of internal compliance processes and relevant regulations
• Proficient in using Agile project management tools, such as Jira, Trello, or Azure DevOps
• Ability to solve problems and risk management abilities
• Ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously
• Certification in Agile project management, such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to buy extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

Inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities; if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail]. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.