Technical Delivery Manager - NetOps - Hybrid - Gloucester, UK

EDF Energy; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

and more

Job summary

EDF Energy in the United Kingdom is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager - NetOps to lead secure, high‑impact network operations across a federated enterprise. You will coordinate priorities, manage delivery outcomes and work with engineering, product and portfolio teams in an agile environment.

You'll drive PI Planning, Sprint management and capacity planning, partner coordination and transition of solutions to operations, ensuring service resilience.

Qualifications

• Proven delivery leadership across federated teams and complex environments.
• Strong agile coaching and SAFe practices embedding.
• Experience with PI Planning, sprint management and capacity planning.
• Ability to transition solutions to service and platform teams for ongoing support.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for workload management and reporting.
• Knowledge of networking principles (LAN/WAN, wireless, Cisco Meraki).
• Awareness of security engineering technologies including firewalls and gateways with SC eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead NetOps initiatives across multiple business units.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including PI Planning and Sprint reviews.
• Manage delivery roadmaps, backlogs and capacity.
• Coordinate delivery from external partners while managing risks and governance.
• Support transition of solutions into operational support teams for long-term stability.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile coaching

PI Planning

Sprint management

Resource management

Networking knowledge

Security awareness

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Technical Delivery Manager - NetOps - Gloucester, UK

About the Role

Ready to lead the delivery of secure, business-critical network operations across a complex enterprise environment? Do you enjoy bringing people, priorities and technology together to achieve meaningful outcomes? At EDF, Success is Personal. As a Technical Delivery Manager - NetOps, you'll help shape reliable and secure services while building a career that's right for you.

The Opportunity

As a Technical Delivery Manager - NetOps, you'll play a key role in driving the delivery of network operations initiatives across multiple business units. Working within a federated environment, you'll coordinate priorities, manage delivery outcomes, remove blockers and help secure the technology services that support EDF's journey towards An Electric Britain. You'll join us on a salary starting of 65,440 per annum, with the potential for an annual bonus.

This role offers flexibility on location, alongside hybrid ways of working that support both collaboration and work-life balance.

You'll work with stakeholders across engineering, product and portfolio teams while leading agile delivery practices that support predictable, high-quality outcomes. From PI Planning and capacity management to vendor coordination and delivery assurance, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact across the organisation.

Who You Are

We're looking for a Technical Delivery Manager - NetOps who enjoys leading delivery across complex technical environments and bringing together teams to achieve shared goals. You're confident working with stakeholders at all levels and can balance agile delivery leadership with pragmatic project management.

Are you experienced in?

• Proven delivery leadership across different federated teams, business units and complex environments
• Strong agile coaching capabilities and the ability to embed pragmatic SAFe practices
• Demonstrable experience of PI Planning, Sprint management, resource management and project management
• Ability to transition solutions and technologies seamlessly to service and platform teams for ongoing support and operations
• Technical expertise in Jira and Confluence for workload management and reporting
• Familiarity with Networking principles such as LAN, Wan, wireless, mobile and voice technologies and systems. With a preference for Cisco and Meraki products.
• Awareness of security engineering technologies including firewalls, email gateways, and exposure management tools.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Clearance (SC), which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last five years.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the planning, coordination and delivery of NetOps initiatives across multiple business units
• Facilitating agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, reviews, retrospectives and PI Planning
• Managing delivery roadmaps, backlogs and resource capacity to balance demand and priorities
• Coordinating delivery from external partners while managing risks, dependencies and governance requirements
• Supporting the transition of solutions into operational support teams to ensure long‑term service stability

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a starting salary of 65,440 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market‑leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

• electric vehicle leasing
• discounted gym membership
• life assurance
• tech vouchers
• experience days
• and more

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we're committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Closing date for applications: Friday 11th September