Technology Delivery Manager

NatWest Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in London is seeking a Technology Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of technology initiatives, ensuring delivery within time, cost and quality while managing risks.

You will work with Architecture, Security, Data and Risk teams to plan and drive programmes, remove blockers, manage third-party plans, and apply agile and lean practices to continuously improve delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering programme management in a technology or IT function.
• Ability to use Agile methodologies and associated toolsets.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in software delivery in a modern, cloud-native environment.
• Outstanding attention to detail and delivery focus with good risk decision-making.
• Ability to lead by example and demonstrate best practices, and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project plans for delivery of organisation-wide technology initiatives.
• Remove cross-team obstacles and blockers to enable efficient delivery and manage dependencies.
• Own and manage internal and 3rd party implementation plans and delivery risks.
• Collaborate with teams on planning, forecasting, estimating, and metrics.
• Coach teams to autonomously organise and share their work.
• Facilitate continuous improvement using agile and lean tools and techniques.
• Assist Technology leadership with data-driven status reporting and insights.

Skills

Programme management

Agile

Cloud-native

Software delivery

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

Join us as a Technology Delivery Manager

• This is an opportunity to put your specialist technology and project delivery skills to the test
• You’ll be managing the end to end delivery of the project scope within time, cost, quality and management of the associated risk profile
• It’s a fantastic chance to hone your existing skills and drive activities across our broad technology landscape

What you'll do

You'll be working closely with key stakeholders along with the Architecture, Foundation Engineering, Security, Data and Risk teams to create and manage project plans for delivery organisation-wide technology initiatives.

You’ll also:

• Remove cross-team obstacles and blockers to enable efficient delivery, proactively managing dependencies and get the best value against constraints
• Own and manage internal / 3rd party implementation plans and delivery risks
• Work with teams to take a continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating, metrics and measurements
• Coach teams to become better at autonomously organising and sharing their work
• Facilitate continuous improvement and apply the most appropriate agile and lean tools and techniques for our collaborative environment
• Assist the Technology leadership team with regular data driven status reporting and insights

The skills you'll need

You’ll need experience of delivering programme management in a technology or IT function, and the ability to use Agile methodology and associated toolsets.

You’ll also need:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience in software delivery in a modern, cloud-native technology environment
• Outstanding attention to detail
• The ability to lead by example and demonstrate best practices
• The ability maintain a strong delivery focus whilst making intelligent risk decisions
• The ability to work independently to move our key programmes forward