HEAD OF TECHNICAL DELIVERY
ABOUT THE ROLE
I'm working with a leading organisation who are looking to appoint a Head of Technical Delivery to join their well established but rapidly expanding Manchester based Tech Hu
b.
The role will help the team navigate complex delivery schedules across multiple products and customers. Reporting directly into our CTPO, you will be passionate about continually improving their ability to deliver high quality, reliable and market leading software. You will have a wealth of experience project and delivery leadership that demands simplicity and predictability. You will take on making sure everyone is informed so decisions can be made quickly and with the best knowledge to ha
nd.
You'll be working very closely with their Engineering and Product Managers, and their customer PMO teams to ensure delivery schedules and changes are mana
ged.
JOB REQUIRE
MENTS
What does the opportunity look like day-t
o-day?
Part of the Delivery Lead
- ership:Guide the Product & Engineering teams in making appropriate scheduling decisions and trade-offs. You will be involved in discussions to meet the external expectations, whilst ensuring timescales are realistic and achi
- evable.You will help to coordinate all our software builds from inception through to live customer usage /
- supportWorking closely with their client delivery teams to ensure seamless handovers and
- updatesCoaching and mentoring the teams on best practices around continual improvement, backlog management, working practices, exploration techniqu
es etc.
Stakeholder man
agement:The organisation delivers products and bespoke solutions to companies around the world. Whilst the individual customer onboarding journeys are handled by a small team of consultants and project managers, this role is to ensure those projects approved deliveries are met, changes are managed and timescales mo
nitored.
What you will bring to
- the team:Deliver end to end technical projects within a complex multi customer env
- ironmentsPractical experience of Agile
- deliveryManaging project scopes, timelines, risks, dependencies and reporting in line with delivery f
- rameworksYou have practical experience of Agile techniques and understand what truly works across different delivery envi
- ronments.You’re comfortable working with a mixed estate, where not all products are at the same point in their
- lifecycleYou’re an effective coach and mentor, able to guide and support delivery managers and teams in varied scenarios to raise performance standards across the orga
- nisation.You thrive in a CI/CD environment and embrace a ‘build it, you run it’ culture, promoting ownership, accountability, and
- quality.You bring strong software delivery experience, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, reliable, and market-leading
- software.You’re known for transparent leadership, creating simplicity, predictability, and open communication to enable fast, well-informed d
- ecisions.You are passionate about continual improvement and best practices, including backlog management, working practices, and exploration te
- chniques.You’re skilled in stakeholder management at all levels — providing clear, honest communication about where things stand, not just where you want th
- em to be.You make pragmatic decisions, balancing ambition and realism while managing risk and mitigation eff
- ectively.You have a collaborative and coaching mindset, fostering teamwork, empowerment and professional growth across the delivery and business analysis f
- unctions.Excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solvi
ng skills
Keen to speak should the above be of potential