Delivery Manager

Delivery Manager

Rate: £500 per day
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Location: Leeds (Hybrid - 2/3 days per week onsite)
Initial Duration: 3 months initially
Start Date: Within 1-2 weeks

Fruition are currently recruiting for an experienced Delivery Manager to join a key client working across a number of important technology delivery initiatives.

The organisation requires a strong Delivery Manager who can bring structure, control and pace to technical delivery, ensuring projects are well planned, governed effectively and delivered through strong Agile processes.

This is a hands-on delivery role requiring someone who is technically competent, comfortable working closely with engineering and technology teams and able to understand and challenge technical delivery without necessarily being the technical specialist themselves.

The Role

You will take responsibility for the successful delivery of technology projects, working closely with technical teams, stakeholders and other delivery functions to ensure work is effectively planned, governed and executed.

A key emphasis of the role will be establishing strong project controls and governance. You will be expected to ensure project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, actions and reporting are maintained to a consistently high standard.

You will also play an important role in supporting strong Agile delivery practices, helping teams work effectively while ensuring the appropriate level of planning, oversight and governance remains in place.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong Delivery Management or Project Management experience within technology environments
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile delivery processes
• Technically competent, with the ability to hold credible conversations with technical teams and understand complex technical deliveries
• Strong planning skills with experience creating and maintaining detailed project and delivery plans
• Excellent understanding of project governance and delivery controls
• Proven experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, actions and milestones
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Comfortable challenging delivery teams and stakeholders where required
• Able to bring structure, pace and accountability to technical delivery
• Strong understanding of core Project Management principles and the ability to apply them consistently to a high standard
• Comfortable working across multiple technical teams and managing competing priorities

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Cyber Security project or programme delivery experience
• Experience delivering complex infrastructure, security or wider technology change
• Experience operating within large or complex organisations
• Experience working across both Agile delivery teams and more traditional project governance environments

If this role would be of interest, then please apply to this advert and I will be in contact to give you more detail.

Fruition are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.