Delivery Manager - Enterprise Data & Reporting
1 day ago
Chesterfield
• Contract duration: 6 months, • Location: Hybrid- 2 days per week in either office location- Central London or Chesterfield, • Pay range: £600-£650.00 per day/ Inside IR35, • Start date: ASAP We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager to join our client’s data and reporting programme, supporting the delivery of two key workstreams a Report Replacement solution and a newer Databricks / Enterprise Data Platform workstream.The role will sit across both workstreams, providing the delivery structure, coordination and end-to-end oversight needed to keep technical and business teams aligned and ensure the programme continues to make measurable progress. • Lead and facilitate daily stand-ups, ensuring actions, blockers and dependencies are identified, tracked and followed through to completion., • Drive effective Agile ways of working across delivery teams, while adapting the approach to the needs of different workstreams., • Coordinate sprint planning, stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives and refinement sessions., • Maintain sprint and delivery plans, ensuring these remain aligned to programme milestones, roadmap commitments and changing priorities., • Coordinate requirements, development, testing and deployment activities across multiple delivery teams., • Work closely with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Business Analysts, Architects, testers and wider technical teams to coordinate delivery end-to-end., • Track sprint commitments and ensure agreed objectives and deliverables are progressed and delivered., • Support the iterative delivery of Databricks data products, data pipelines and Enterprise Data Platform enhancements., • Coordinate delivery of the Oracle database and Power BI reporting solution, ensuring deliverables meet agreed scope, timelines and quality standards., • Manage dependencies across teams and ensure these are clearly understood, communicated and actively managed., • Identify, manage and escalation risks, issues and blockers where appropriate., • Provide regular stakeholder updates covering delivery progress, risks, issues, dependencies and key decisions., • Ensure actions, decisions and assumptions are documented, tracked and followed through to completion., • Support the successful testing, deployment and transition of reporting solutions into business operations., • Ensure delivery remains aligned with programme objectives, governance standards and agreed timelines., • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across the delivery lifecycle., • Help delivery teams achieve predictable and measurable progress against roadmap commitments., • Build strong working relationships across technical and business stakeholders, creating clear communication, coordination and accountability., • Take an end-to-end view of delivery, ensuring architects, engineers, BAs and testers are working collaboratively rather than operating in silos. We are looking for a hands-on Delivery Manager who can combine strong delivery management skills with enough technical understanding to work effectively across data and technology teams. • Proven experience working as a Delivery Manager across complex technical or transformation projects., • Strong experience managing Agile delivery and facilitating Agile ceremonies., • Experience delivering data platforms, data transformation or data-related programmes., • Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and managing dependencies across requirements, development, testing and deployment., • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across technical and business teams., • Experience identifying and resolving blockers, risks and delivery issues., • Strong organisational skills, with experience maintaining delivery plans, sprint plans, roadmaps and governance information., • Ability to take ownership of delivery and drive teams towards clear, measurable outcomes., • A collaborative approach, with the ability to bring different teams and disciplines together around a common delivery objective., • Experience delivering data platforms, data transformation or data-related programmes., • Experience working with Databricks, data pipelines or Enterprise Data Platforms., • Experience with AWS or cloud-based technology environments., • Experience delivering reporting solutions involving Oracle databases and/or Power BI., • Previous experience within retail, particularly environments involving transactional data, would be beneficial. Banking experience would also be relevant., • Experience working in complex Agile or hybrid delivery environments. #J-18808-Ljbffr