Technical Delivery Manager

IBM; Abbots Worthy; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in the UK is seeking a Managing Cloud Modernisation Project Manager to lead strategic cloud transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have expertise in various cloud platforms and modernisation methods. This role requires exceptional leadership skills to manage large projects and engage with stakeholders effectively. Opportunities for career development and various benefits are offered, promoting work-life balance and professional growth.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Frequent promotion opportunities

Flexible working approaches

Private medical, dental & optical cover

Life assurance

Group personal pension plan

Qualifications

• Mastery of modernisation delivery methods including agile and design thinking.
• Proven expertise across multiple cloud platforms.
• Ability to lead complex transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for cloud modernisation programmes.
• Lead project governance ensuring all commitments are achieved.
• Drive adoption of modernisation techniques.

Skills

Mastery of modernisation delivery methods

Proven expertise in multiple cloud platforms

Deep understanding of co-existence architectures

Ability to lead large-scale transformation programmes

Exceptional leadership and stakeholder engagement skills

Tools

IBM Cloud

AWS

Azure

Red Hat OpenShift

Google Cloud

Job description

Managing Cloud Modernisation Project Manager

We are seeking an accomplished Managing Cloud Modernisation Project Manager to drive strategic cloud transformation programmes across our client portfolio. In this leadership role, you will be accountable for delivering innovative, scalable solutions aligned with contractual commitments and organisational goals. You will set the vision and standards for modernisation delivery, leveraging methods such as garage for cloud, agile, design thinking, and continuous modernisation. Your expertise will span co‑existence architectures, refactoring, containerisation, APIs, microservices, and database/language conversions. You will ensure that modernised solutions fully address systems of engagement, insight, integration, and records, while meeting performance, security, and scalability requirements. This is an opportunity to influence the future of cloud delivery in a high‑impact role, working closely with senior executives and client leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for cloud modernisation programmes across multiple clients.
• Lead project governance, ensuring contractual and SOW commitments are achieved.
• Drive adoption of advanced modernisation techniques and architectures.
• Oversee integration of SOE, SOI, SOI (integration), and SOR in delivered solutions.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal leadership teams.

Required Technical & Professional Expertise

• Mastery of modernisation delivery methods, including agile, design thinking and garage method for cloud.
• Proven expertise in multiple cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, Red Hat OpenShift, Google Cloud).
• Deep understanding of co‑existence architectures and continuous modernisation strategies.
• Ability to lead large‑scale, complex transformation programmes.
• Exceptional leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Technical & Professional Experience

• Experience shaping enterprise cloud strategy.
• Background in multi‑cloud and hybrid architecture governance.
• Familiarity with advanced container orchestration methods.
• Track record in delivering high‑value database and language conversion projects.

About IBM CIC

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK. A career in IBM CIC means you'll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You'll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You'll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Benefits & Career Development

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry‑recognised certifications.
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us.
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year.
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and processes as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks.
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome.
• Internal recognition programs for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees.
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returner scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.