Technical Delivery Manager - Data

Aristocrat; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aristocrat is seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Manager - Data to drive the end-to-end delivery of complex data and technology initiatives within the Technology portfolio. You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with product, data, and engineering stakeholders, and ensure timely, secure production deployments.

The role requires strong Agile delivery expertise, excellent communication, and a proven track record of managing dependencies and risks across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle delivery of complex technical initiatives across the Technology portfolio.
• Own project planning, execution, tracking, and delivery while aligning with business priorities.
• Build and maintain detailed delivery plans, RAID logs, and dependency maps across engineering groups.
• Coordinate releases across multiple teams, ensuring production readiness and successful deployments.
• Track project health through metrics and reporting to leadership and steering committees.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery processes, governance, and Agile ways of working.
• Support resource planning, capacity management, and prioritization across concurrent initiatives.
• Ensure delivery aligns with security, compliance, governance, and operational requirements.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Jira

Azure DevOps

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

DevOps practices

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

At Aristocrat, we focus on bringing happiness to life through the power of play, and we are seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Manager - Data to join our dynamic team! Our goal is to deliver world-class gaming content, and this position is essential to making sure our complex technical initiatives are delivered without issues. You will collaborate with various departments to carry out and manage high-impact projects. If you want a role where your efforts will influence our latest technology solutions, this opportunity is for you!

What You’ll Do

• Lead the full lifecycle delivery of complex technical initiatives across the Technology portfolio.
• Own project planning, execution, tracking, and delivery while ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Build and maintain detailed delivery plans, achievements, RAID logs, and dependency maps across several engineering groups.
• Partner closely with Managers, Architects, Product Managers, Data, and Engineering teams to coordinate successful execution.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and release planning where required.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and proactively identify delivery risks, blockers, and mitigation strategies.
• Translate business objectives into actionable technical workstreams alongside engineering and build groups.
• Coordinate releases across multiple teams, ensuring technical readiness and successful production deployments.
• Track project health through delivery metrics, achievements, and benchmarks, providing regular status reporting to leadership and steering committees.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery processes, governance, estimation practices, and Agile ways of working.
• Support resource planning, capacity management, and prioritization across concurrent initiatives.
• Ensure delivery aligns with security, compliance, governance, and operational requirements.
• Develop collaboration across geographically distributed engineering teams while promoting accountability and delivery excellence.
• A demonstrated ability leading technical software delivery, engineering programs, or enterprise technology projects.
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology initiatives involving multiple engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of modern software development lifecycles, Agile methodologies, and DevOps practices.
• Experience collaborating closely with software engineering, cloud platforms, data engineering, and architecture teams.
• Ability to understand technical concepts and effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Demonstrated success managing technical dependencies, delivery risks, release planning, and collaborator expectations.
• Strong organizational and planning skills with experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive reporting skills.
• Experience with Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Familiarity with project management and collaboration tools including Smartsheet, Monday.com, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and data platform initiatives is highly desirable.
• Experience within regulated industries or enterprises in SaaS environments is considered an advantage.
• Delivery of enterprise technology platforms, SaaS platforms, or software engineering solutions.
• Experience coordinating large-scale platform migrations or modernization initiatives.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, release management, and software deployment practices.
• Knowledge of IT governance, security, and compliance principles.
• Experience working within globally distributed engineering organizations.

What We’re Seeking

About Us: Aristocrat and Aristocrat Interactive

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. Aristocrat has three operating business units, spanning regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness), and regulated online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our team of over 7,400 employees worldwide is united by our company's mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play.

Aristocrat Interactive is Aristocrat's regulated online Real Money Gaming (RMG) business and was formed in 2024 with the combination of Anaxi and NeoGames. With a commitment to responsible gameplay, the business delivers land-based gaming systems, content and technology solutions for online RMG, with a full-service offering that includes content, proprietary technology platforms and a range of value-added services across iLottery, iGaming, Online Sports Betting (OSB), and Customer Experience Solutions (CXS).

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our values of Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance, Good Business, Good Citizen, and It’s All About the Player. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced using AI-assisted tools to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusivity. All final content, role requirements and hiring decisions remain subject to human review and approval by Aristocrat.

Compensation Philosophy

We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. Your specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Depending on your role and location, you may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.

Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.