Delivery Manager

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The Delivery Manager bridges product strategy and execution by orchestrating people, processes, and resources to deliver successful product initiatives. Working at the intersection of product, technology and business stakeholders, the role translates strategic roadmaps into actionable plans while ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards and budget constraints. The Delivery Manager creates transparency around delivery progress, proactively removes obstacles and guides cross‑functional teams through the delivery lifecycle.

As a Delivery Manager you will combine technical understanding with exceptional organisational and interpersonal skills to champion agile methodologies and foster collaborative environments. You will balance tactical coordination with strategic thinking, continuously seeking opportunities to optimise delivery processes while maintaining team health and stakeholder satisfaction. Success in this role requires adaptability to changing priorities, strong problem‑solving abilities, and excellent communication skills, with opportunities to grow from supporting individual team activities to driving delivery excellence across multiple work streams.

• Manage the execution of delivery plans aligned to the product roadmap, ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards and budget constraints while optimising business value outcomes.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies (daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) and coach teams on agile principles and practices appropriate to their maturity level.
• Identify, track, and resolve delivery impediments and blockers, implementing measures to maintain continuous team momentum.
• Prepare and communicate delivery status reports tailored to different stakeholder audiences, clearly conveying progress, variances, dependencies and risks.
• Partner with Product Owners and Product Managers to refine and prioritise the backlog, ensuring alignment between delivery capabilities and product goals.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives based on team metrics, with focus on enhancing velocity, quality, and overall delivery efficiency.
• Create and maintain project and initiative documentation including delivery plans, status tracking and performance metrics that demonstrate delivery effectiveness.
• Foster team health, engagement, and psychological safety through collaborative problem‑solving and effective conflict resolution techniques.
• Coordinate cross‑team dependencies by creating visibility across work streams and facilitating effective communication between teams.
• Leverage appropriate delivery tools and technologies to streamline workflows, improve visibility and enhance team productivity.
• Scale responsibilities according to experience level, from supporting activities under guidance to independently driving delivery excellence across multiple work streams.
• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the position.

Our diverse community appreciates unique abilities, backgrounds and beliefs. Even if your experience doesn't match perfectly with this role's criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

• Demonstrated experience of successfully delivering technology projects to agreed timelines and quality standards (Essential)
• Experience leading technology delivery using agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban or similar frameworks) (Essential)
• Excellent…