Technical Delivery Manager

Barclays UK; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager to spearhead the evolution of its digital landscape. In this role, you will manage engineering teams, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions while fostering a culture of innovation. The ideal candidate will have expertise in leading customer journey deliveries and collaborating with various stakeholders to align technical decisions with business goals. This position is based in Knutsford and offers a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in managing engineering teams in a collaborative environment.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business problems.
• Support the creation of business cases for proposed solutions.

Skills

Expertise in delivering customer journeys

Experience in creating implementation plans

Ability to lead engineering teams

Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes

Collaboration with business partners

Enforcement of technology standards

Job description

Join us as Technical Delivery Manager at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. The purpose of this role is to manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

The role is based in Knutsford.

To be successful as a Technical Delivery Manager you should have:

• Expertise in delivering customer journeys across colleague and digital channels.
• Experience creating detailed implementation plans considering key factors required for a technical implementation.
• The ability to lead engineering teams in a collaborative manner to achieve the organisational goals.

ुट some other highly valued skills may include:

• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows and optimise team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitation of peer reviews and implementation of robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high‑quality solutions.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

• IdentificationAuteur and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross‑functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub‑function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in jednotlivá areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information khu_difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual foruste ways we behave.