My client, a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence, is looking for a Technical Delivery Manager to join their team in Watford.
Working for the Delivery Director you’ll be accountable for the technical delivery of projects through the complete IT Delivery lifecycle. This will mean working with, but not limited to, business owners, key stakeholders, 3rd parties, design, development, testing, and deployment and operations teams.
Leading a virtual team you will be responsible for multiple iterative deliveries, by ensuring the teams are progressing through the work package through the software and hardware delivery lifecycles.
Main Responsibilities
• To define, maintain and communicate each technical project plan with regard to CRM salesforce/ ERP.
• Reporting the progress of each project based on transparent KPIs, the current RAG status, and back to Green plan if required.
• Point of contact to engage and provide support to business and technical stakeholders of each project.
• To work closely with key business owners/stakeholders, Business project managers and the IT delivery teams to ensure a high quality, on time project to agreed scope.
• Ensure quality gate criteria is met at each gate, and where this is not met communicating the impact of this back to the relevant stakeholder.
• To manage all elements of the end to end project process ensuring issues, risks and dependencies are managed appropriately.
• Working with other programmes/projects in technology and wider business to actively manage issues, risks and dependencies.
Desired experience
• Experienced in managing technical projects in a telecommunications environment
• Self-starter, highly motivated and articulate, with ability to solve complex problems and take brave decisions
• Proved delivery experience within a complex IT environment with significant volume of change
• Proven track record of building and managing excellent business-wide relationships at all levels or an organisation
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects / delivery`s simultaneously
• Proven ability to lead and coach multi discipline, matrix technical delivery teams in collaborative and iterative methodologies
• Highly customer-focused approach
• Strong financial management and budgetary control
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