Senior Delivery Manager

Job title:

Senior Delivery Manager

Company:

Zebra People

Job description

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you’ll take ownership of their flagship AI reporting product – a live, public-facing digital tool.The clientThey’re looking for this Senior Delivery Manager to lead the delivery team, improve team health, identify bottlenecks, optimise ways of working, and support the team as the product scales.The roleYou’ll:

• Manage up to 5 Delivery Managers and 5 Junior Delivery Managers (previous people management preferred, but flexible)
• Be the driving force behind Agile practices-deciding between Scrum, Kanban, or a hybrid model depending on team needs
• Report to the Lead Delivery Manager and collaborate across a delivery function of ~16 DMs
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams (Product, Design, Tech) and stakeholders to ensure user needs remain front and centre

The candidateYour experience?They’re looking for someone with a track record of delivering large-scale and budget products/services, preferably within a government or local council environment.

• Confident working on complex projects across multi-disciplinary teams
• Deep understanding of Agile ways of working
• Comfortable with AI-led projects (no deep knowledge needed)
• Experience in GDS and/or DDaT frameworks is desirable
• A user first mindset, with experience advocating for end users

We welcome diversityWe welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Our team includes parents, the self-taught, the university-educated, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds.Obviously, we’re looking to ensure it’s a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day for work.We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply to be part of life at Zebra People. We are committed to a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. We would be happy to meet any accommodation requests during the application or interview process, please just let us know.

Expected salary

£66000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:13:18 GMT

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