Technical Delivery Manager

SR2 REC LTD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 REC LTD is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager to coordinate a complex digital engineering programme on a contract basis. You will align Agile delivery with practical organisation of technical workloads, supporting engineers and maintaining pace.

You will work across software teams to translate priorities into actionable work packages, manage dependencies, and provide delivery leadership with clear progress reports and risk insights.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery in multidisciplinary software teams.
• Strong knowledge of iterative delivery and Scrum.
• Extensive use of Jira to manage workloads and roadmaps.
• Ability to break down requirements and set achievable commitments.
• Experience refining backlogs for development with clarity.
• Understanding delivery metrics, forecasting and capacity planning.
• Strong facilitation to challenge, resolve issues and drive accountability.
• Experience coordinating across multiple technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate short-term engineering activity and maintain a prioritized pipeline.
• Chair sessions on delivery commitments, prep, reviews, and lessons learned.
• Convert technical discussions into actionable tasks with clear completion criteria.
• Identify obstacles and dependencies, assign owners to keep delivery moving.
• Monitor delivery performance, milestones and team capacity.
• Provide concise progress reports and risk updates to programme leadership.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scrum

Jira

Backlog management

Cross-team collaboration

Delivery planning

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Technical Delivery Manager

A Technical Delivery Manager is required to coordinate the delivery of a complex digital engineering programme. This contract would suit someone who combines strong Agile leadership with a practical approach to organising technical workloads, supporting engineers and maintaining a consistent pace of delivery.

The Role

You will work across software engineering teams to turn programme priorities into structured, achievable packages of work. The position involves close collaboration with developers and technical leads, ensuring upcoming activity is understood, appropriately sized and ready to enter development.

You will also provide programme leadership with an accurate view of progress, delivery confidence and any issues requiring intervention. Priorities may change as the technical solution develops, so you must be comfortable managing uncertainty and adjusting delivery plans without losing control of agreed outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate short-term engineering activity and ensure development teams have a clear, prioritised pipeline of work.
• Chair team sessions covering delivery commitments, work preparation, progress reviews and lessons learned.
• Convert technical requirements and discussions into actionable tasks with measurable completion conditions.
• Identify obstacles and inter-team dependencies, agreeing clear actions and owners to keep delivery moving.
• Monitor delivery performance, upcoming milestones and available team capacity, escalating concerns where appropriate.
• Provide concise reporting to programme leadership on progress, delivery forecasts, changing priorities and key risks.

Essential Experience

• Previous experience leading delivery within multidisciplinary software engineering teams.
• A strong working knowledge of iterative delivery methods, including Scrum and broader Agile practices.
• Extensive use of Jira to organise engineering workloads, maintain roadmaps and monitor delivery performance.
• Ability to work with technical specialists to break down requirements, assess complexity and agree achievable commitments.
• Experience preparing and improving development backlogs so teams can begin work with minimal ambiguity.
• Good understanding of delivery measures, forecasting, team capacity and milestone tracking.
• Strong facilitation skills with the confidence to challenge, resolve issues and maintain accountability.
• Experience coordinating activity and dependencies across several technical teams or workstreams.

Desirable

• Delivery experience within a major digital transformation or technology programme.
• Previous involvement in defence, national security or another regulated environment.
• Familiarity with Confluence or comparable documentation platforms.
• Experience working on programmes where the solution and requirements are developed progressively.

The Details

• Contract role
• IR35 Status: Inside IR35
• Rate: £#removed#
• Location: London - 2 days per week in Central London