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• 30 Days Holidays + 4 Days Christmas Break + Bank Holidays, • Excellent Pension Scheme, • Monday to Friday (36.5 hrs. Per Week), • Flexible & Hybrid Working, • On-Site Parking / Excellent Public Transport Links, • Superb on Campus Facilities – Sports, Leisure, Food We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager on a Fixed Term Contract to lead a series of critical infrastructure projects aimed at replacing end-of-life (EOL) equipment and modernising key network services across a large university campus and associated sites. The role will use both agile and waterfall methodologies to ensure successful execution, meet defined objectives, and enhance operational efficiency. Play a crucial role in stakeholder engagement, liaising with senior officer teams and academics across the University to ensure timely and effective delivery of the programme. Manage relationships with third-party suppliers, ensuring alignment with the University’s processes and monitoring SLAs, escalation procedures, and configuration management issues. Project Delivery & Product Release Management • Lead the planning, scheduling, implementation and tracking of project/product activities (either multiple low-complexity product/projects or a single high complexity project/product) to ensure timely delivery of project and product milestones. This includes managing/leading Scrum activities and holding agile ceremonies., • Monitor and manage release/project delivery success, facilitating retrospectives, and interpreting outcomes to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities., • Evaluate projects, and releases to ensure relevancy, benefits realisation, and compliance., • Identifying and actively managing risks, issues, and blockers across the project/product., • Management of project/product budgets, ensuring accurate forecasting & financial compliance., • Identify resource requirements and manage resources effectively., • Drive project/product governance processes, including project selection, prioritisation, and resource allocation, while balancing risk and benefit., • Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for projects and products, providing regular updates and reports to senior delivery managers and stakeholders, as appropriate., • Identify, assess, and manage risks and issues that may impact project and/or product delivery, implementing mitigation and contingency plans as needed., • Oversee and guide Junior Delivery Managers in the execution of their projects and product delivery, ensuring consistent adherence to project management methodologies, timelines, and deliverables., • Matrix manage/lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality project and product outcomes on time and within scope., • Facilitate communication and collaboration between project stakeholders to manage interdependencies and mitigate risks across designated projects and products., • Strong working experience of delivering multiple or large sized infrastructure projects within complex medium to large organisations. (Essential), • A good customer and business focused approach to delivering against key goals with a good track record in meeting challenging deadlines with accuracy and enthusiasm., • Experience in managing budgets, financial forecasts, and resource allocation at the portfolio level., • Proven record of operating at a senior level within a complex and demanding environment. The ability to build relationships and credibility with senior colleagues., • Excellent leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders., • Degree or equivalent experience This is a unique opportunity to make a real impact on how a modern university meets the needs of students and staff as we deliver the University’s digital and growth strategies. For more information, please contact #J-18808-Ljbffr