Delivery Manager
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Cardiff, is currently looking to recruit a Delivery Manager for an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend on a rate of £331.17/day (Inside IR35). This role will be predominantly remote working with travel to Cardiff every other Friday for sprint planning.
Responsibilities:
 
– As a Delivery Manager, you will be accountable for the effective delivery of complex, high risk products, projects and services.
– You will be required to coach and mentor senior delivery managers and other team members
 
Essential Skills:
 
– Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
– Expert of Agile and Lean practices
– Certification such as Professional Scrum master or equivalent
– Evidence of continuous professional development
– Expert at supporting multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of products and services.
– Extensive delivery management experience.
– Proven ability to lead complex projects and coach multi-disciplinary teams through the product life cycle.
– Excellent expectation management skills.
– Extensive experience using Agile principles and how to apply them for the delivery of technology programmes.
– Demonstrable experience with introducing agile and lean practices into an organisation.
– Expert at balancing multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguity in a highly complex, diverse and changing environment
– Demonstrable focus on details including metrics, KPIs and process.
– Experience in budget management, contracting and managing on-going service agreements with 3rd party suppliers.
– Pragmatic, innovative problem solver.
– Expert at coaching teams to apply a user centred focus and to deliver to service standards
– Expert at creating a positive environment to support a strong team culture.
– Expert at ensuring quality in the delivery of products and services.
– Advanced commercial and financial acumen.
– Leadership and mentorship skills.
– Strong negotiation, decision-making and problem-solving skills to maintain delivery momentum and address or resolve issues and risks promptly.
– Expert life cycle management skills. Manages products or services from planning stages through to delivery and ongoing iteration.
– Excellent people skills and demonstrable emotional intelligence.
– Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly and concisely document plans and deliverables. Able to navigate and negotiate through complex or contentious situations.
– Strong leadership and management skills; planning and organisation of several complex activities or programmes, which require the formulation and adjustment of plans.
– Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
 
Desirable Skills:
 
–  Membership of a professional organisation, such as Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, Internation Scrum Institute, Agile Alliance…etc
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.

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Delivery Manager
Cardiff, Wales, Wales
£331.17 per day -
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