Technical Delivery Lead - Data

Manchester Digital; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Stockport seeks a Technical Delivery Lead to oversee the end-to-end delivery of cloud-based data solutions. The ideal candidate will lead a team, foster an Agile culture, and engage with stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes. This role offers a salary between £50,000 to £60,000 per annum and strong opportunities for professional advancement in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Health and Wellbeing programme

Career progression opportunities

Top employer for 9th year running

Virtual activities and social events

Qualifications

• Experience of requirements elicitation and negotiation.
• Demonstrable experience of Project Management methodologies.
• A good foundational understanding of AWS and its components.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to manage product backlog.
• Drive and adopt Agile mindset within the squad.
• Perform quarterly appraisals and performance management.

Skills

Software development lifecycle understanding

Experience communicating with stakeholders

Coaching and mentoring

Project Management methodologies

AWS foundational understanding

Automation through continuous integration

Education

AWS Certification preferred

Job description

To work closely with direct reports, colleagues, clients and suppliers at all levels acting as a technical delivery leader across domains, leading one of our growing team of BI System and Data Engineers working on our cloud-based data solution product Kingfisher.

Accountable for the end-to end delivery of our leading cloud based, high-speed, secure data solution, ensuring they are delivered to agreed timeframes, to a satisfactory standard in line with CDL standards.

Lead a multi-disciplined team accountable for technical project planning and delivery including requirement validation, build, test, release and deployment.

To work to create an environment and culture of continual learning and improvement across the department and beyond.

Reports to Senior TDL / SEM

About CDL
CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.

We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.

In a nutshell we are the market leading software house in our industry, creating the software, websites & apps for the Insurance & Finance sector across the UK. If you were to go on a price comparison website, approximately 65% of the companies on there are our clients!

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the Product Managers to manage and prioritise the overall product backlog, whilst facilitating / co-ordinating inter-domain dependencies
• Drive, coach and adopt an Agile mindset and Agile principles within your squad
• Coach and mentor team members on the skills and capabilities required
• Identify and track metrics around the software delivery cycle and other areas for data driven improvements. Working with your squad to ensure squad Objectives align with family Objectives.
• Be a point of escalation on management and technical issues in the squads
• Perform quarterly appraisals, 1-2-1’s and performance management activities
• Refinement of team processes and procedures to improve delivery of products
• Assessing the Agile Maturity of the team, assisting and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organisation

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Mandatory

• Excellent understanding of Software development lifecycle including any relevant DevOps principles.
• Experience communicating & negotiating with stakeholders (internal and external clients), specifically in requirements elicitation and negotiation
• Experience of coaching and mentoring team members on technical and non-technical subject matters
• Demonstrable experience of Project Management methodologies and an ability to understand user stories/convert business requirements/data requests (from internal/external stakeholders) into technical solutions.
• A good foundational understanding of AWS and its components. AWS Certification preferred.
• An understanding and appreciation of automation through continuous integration pipelines, infrastructure management and configuration

The Way You Work

• Work and succeed as a member of Software Engineering.
• Evangelise about our products and Engineering capabilities
• Evangelise about our products and engineering capabilities externally in order to promote and socialise CDLs capabilities
• Autonomously plan, design, monitor, communicate and execute projects in-line with CDL processes
• Adapt to new technologies and technical challenges
• Support project delivery with pragmatic estimates and effective progress tracking
• Work collaboratively and positively support colleagues
• Encourage and enthuse others to challenge themselves and achieve the very best results possible in all the work they do
• Promote knowledge share and skill development initiatives by initiating technical talks and learning opportunities such as company presentations

Salary

The salary for the role ofTechnical Delivery Lead (Data) paysbetween £50,000 to £60,000p.a. providing a fantastic opportunity for career progression through CDL’s clearly defined career framework (https://progression.cdl.co.uk/ ).

Your growth and advancement within CDL are only limited by your own ambition and effort.

• Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD)
• Truly flexible working.
• 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
• Top employer for 9th year running
• Excellent training and development platform
• Opportunities for career progression
• Health and Wellbeing programme
• Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups.
• Life and health assurance
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Diversity and Inclusion network
• Community projects and volunteer days
• Refer a friend bonus
• On-site free parking
• Quiet Spaces are also available
• Shuttle bus to and from the station
• Subsidised restaurant
• Games room and chill out zone
• Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events
• Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!
• Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
• Cycle to work scheme
• Shower and dry rooms

Diversity and inclusion
We’re on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking.

CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

About CDL Software

The UKs biggest insurance retailers rely on CDLs trend setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK.