Technical Delivery Lead/Manager – Permanent – Salary 85K & Flexible2024-03-28T14:46:55+00:00
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Technical Delivery Lead/Manager – Permanent – Salary 85K & Flexible Job Vacancy in Reading, England, UK
Cactus IT Solutions UK Ltd
Job Description:
As a Technical Delivery Lead at Senior Consultant grade your responsibilities would be expected to include:
Overseeing the delivery of products and services or functional components using agile methodologies
Managing and facilitating a cross-functional agile delivery team of Technical Architects, senior developers, and DevOps engineers.
Coordinating agile methodology ceremonies such sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
Working with the Product Managers and Product Owners to create product roadmaps.
Overseeing the creation of a backlog of prioritised and refined user stories with acceptance criteria
Ensuring that the end products are of the highest quality, fully tested and deployed within timelines.
Coordinating activities across teams and the delivery life cycle including Business & Systems Analysis, Creative, Content. Architecture, Development, Test, Business Change, and Project Management
Working closely with programme leadership to monitor progress, manage risks and dependencies.
Using data insights to inform the performance of the team and opportunities for continuous improvement.
Assisting with resourcing needs of the agile delivery team for the appropriate mix of experience and capability
Assisting with coaching and mentoring to the team and looking for continuous improvement opportunities
The performance management of delivery team members, providing opportunity for self-development.
Encourage respect and inclusion, leading by example
Requirements.
To qualify for the role, you should have:
It would be desirable for you to also have:
Previous technical experience and awareness of micro services Architecture, AWS, Java, Python Postgres, Jenkins/Any CI, GIT, Selenium, Junit/TestNG, Cucumber/Gherkin, REST/API Testing, SOAPUI/Postman
Experience in managing both development and testing teams, including performance management and line management
Hands on working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence.
Packages and platforms used for Agile software development, testing and delivery management.
Designing and building digital solutions that meet the GDS Service Standard The political, commercial and technology challenges faced by the Central Government.
Hands on Agile delivery experience ie as a Agile Delivery Manager or Scrum Master or Technical project lead, working on digital or technology projects either at a leading consultancy, agency or Government organisation
Experience in working on digital projects which have included cross functional teams such as Designers, Researchers, UX, Product Owners & Developers Agile or Scrum Master certification, or be willing to attain the certification
Experience in coordinating ceremonies associated with Agile delivery, such as planning sessions, reviews and retrospectives
Experience in running workshops, in particular getting to the root cause of the problem
Displays Innovative leadership behaviours – coaching the team, self-organising, transparent, respectful to people’s working styles, motivating
A self-starter, comfortable working in both process driven and ambiguous environments
Experience and a passion for working within Central Government and other sectors.
Experience in dealing with the commercial side of project delivery such as Statements of Work (SOWs), balance scorecard, supplier contracts and reports.
Proven capability of working successfully with senior client stakeholders and end-users, quickly building successful relationships and establishing credibility
A passion for digital and technology, with the drive and determination to continually learn new things and develop yourself and others
Strong written, presentation and verbal communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work independently in a highly collaborative, team-based environment