Delivery Manager

Details:

Own end-to-end delivery execution across all legacy workstreams.
Drive predictable flow from discovery through to release, surfacing delivery risks early.
Ensure delivery commitments are realistic, visible, and met.
Facilitate effective planning across duos and cross-functional teams.
Coordinate sprint, increment, and release planning activities.
Manage cross-team dependencies and align plans with architectural constraints.
Provide concise and transparent updates to senior stakeholders.
Support teams in removing blockers, reducing ambiguity, and focusing on flow.
Ensure lightweight yet effective governance, traceability, and release readiness.
Monitor metrics such as throughput, cycle time, release frequency, and defect rates.

Demonstrable experience as a Delivery Manager within complex software environments.
Strong track record of iterative, incremental delivery methods.
Experience leading platform modernisation or legacy system replacement initiatives.
Ability to operate effectively across product, engineering, and business contexts.
Confidence working in ambiguity, handling constraints, and managing competing priorities.
Background in service-led or product-driven organisations.
Skilled at communicating delivery realities clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience delivering within microservices and API-driven architectures.
Understanding of domain-driven design or service-oriented delivery teams.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and production release practices.
Operational delivery in environments where uptime and continuity are essential.
Exposure to AI-assisted tools in the context of software and delivery workflows.

Small, stable duos/teams with outcome ownership.
Emphasis on close collaboration between delivery, engineering, and stakeholders.
Decentralised delivery decision-making close to the work.
Focus on learning, iteration, and course correction.
Use of AI-enhanced tools to accelerate analysis and delivery.