Technical Delivery Manager

Lloyds Banking Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial institution is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager in Bristol. This role involves developing delivery plans, managing team collaboration in a hybrid environment, and ensuring financial oversight. The ideal candidate has strong digital transformation experience, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and the ability to make data-led decisions. Join us to contribute to innovative projects that make a meaningful difference to millions of people and enjoy a competitive benefits package including a generous pension and a performance-related bonus.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong delivery experience in Digital Transformation and/or Cloud migration.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and strong influencing communication skills.
• Experience in planning, tracking, reporting, and governance.
• Experience in financial management.
• Proactive risk management mindset.
• Able to take data led decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop sequence delivery plans and roadmaps in collaboration with Product Owners and Engineering Leads.
• Own the plan and manage e2e delivery with internal and external engineering teams.
• Manage intra-lab and inter-lab dependencies.
• Participate in sprint planning for feature teams.
• Report weekly within the lab for the functional area owned.
• Identify and manage technology, people, delivery risks.
• Work with globally split teams between India and UK.
• Manage finances within the functional area.

Skills

Strong delivery experience in Digital Transformation

Exceptional stakeholder management skills

Strong influencing communication skills

Experience in planning, tracking, reporting

Experience in financial management

Proactive risk management mindset

Data led decision making

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

SAFe 6.0

Job description

JOB TITLE: Technical Delivery Manager

SALARY: £59,850 - £66,500

LOCATION: Bristol

HOURS: Full Time

WORKING PATTERN: We adopt hybrid working style which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office.

About this opportunity

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll do:

• Use your delivery and technical expertise to develop the sequence delivery plans and roadmaps working in collaboration with the Product Owners and Engineering Leads and ensuring alignment to the Lab backlog.

• Own the plan and take accountability of managing e2e delivery along with internal and external engineering teams.

• Catalogue and actively manage intra -lab and inter-lab dependencies ensuring they are interlocked and as well as monitoring delivery.

• Participate in sprint planning for feature teams within the functional area.

• Adhere to governance processes and guidelines laid down in Your Change Framework.

• Report weekly within the lab for functional area that you own and help consolidate the report at lab level.

• Identifying technology, people, delivery risks early and actively manage them to come up with a 'Plan B'.

• Be comfortable in working with teams which are geographically split between India and UK and hence operate in different time zones.

• Running complex and high-risk implementations requiring integration between multiple parties (internal/external) to ensure safe delivery.

• Actively manage finances within the functional area.

Why Lloyds Banking Group.

We're on an exciting transformation journey and there could not be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need:

• Strong delivery experience in Digital Transformation and / or Cloud migration.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and strong influencing communication skills.

• Experience in planning, tracking, reporting and governance; experience in communicating regular status updates to key senior colleagues.

• Experience in financial management.

• Proactive risk management mindset.

• Be able to take data led decisions.

And any experience of these would be useful:

• Jira and Jira Algin (Training can be provided if required)

• Working in any matrixed and regulated environment

• Working knowledge of SAFe 6.0

• Basic understanding of digital product offerings in a financial organization.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long‑term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long‑term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance‑related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!