Delivery Manager
Summary
An experienced Delivery Manager joins a large banking technology transformation programme, consolidating multiple workstream plans into one integrated programme view, running critical-path and dependency analysis, forecasting milestones, and reporting delivery variance, backed by advanced Jira skills and payments (cards/switching) experience.
What you’ll be doing
- Work alongside two Delivery Leads to bring multiple delivery plans together into one integrated programme view.
- Own and maintain the end-to-end integrated delivery plan across all project phases.
- Undertake critical pathway analysis and identify key dependencies, constraints and impacts across the programme.
- Manage multiple internal and external dependencies and competing priorities.
- Identify schedule risks and slippage early and develop practical recovery options.
- Provide clear delivery forecasts and confidence around key milestones and dates.
- Support re-baselining and change requests where required.
- Provide regular schedule variance and delivery reporting.
- Work across multiple teams with different priorities and delivery styles.
- Build strong relationships and manage challenging conversations and conflict constructively.
- Confidently challenge assumptions, priorities and timelines when required.
- Work with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and keep delivery moving.
- Strong Delivery Manager experience within banking or financial services.
- Payments experience is essential, ideally within cards, transaction switching or payment processing.
- Experience delivering large and complex technology transformation programmes.
- Strong experience bringing multiple project and workstream plans together into an integrated programme plan.
- Strong critical pathway analysis, dependency management and delivery planning capability.
- Advanced Jira skills, particularly around programme planning, dependencies and delivery visibility.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including executive-level engagement.
- High EQ, with the ability to influence, build relationships and manage conflict constructively.
- Comfortable working alongside other Delivery Leads and bringing different delivery approaches together.
- Confident making tough calls and challenging delivery dates when required.
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