Delivery Lead

Summary

Join City Electrical Factors (CEF) as a Delivery Lead and play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of critical IT solutions. Collaborate with skilled domain teams and stakeholders to implement appropriate methodologies, manage project plans using tools like JIRA, and drive team performance. Proactively encourage continuous improvement, facilitate engagement between teams and stakeholders, and foster a collective approach to problem-solving. Build coordinated plans for software solutions, anticipate and manage risks, provide regular status updates, and support delivery maturity within the global organization. CEF offers a competitive salary, annual bonus scheme, remote work options, pension, a comprehensive wellbeing platform, and access to a state-of-the-art gym.

Requirements

• Experience delivering IT solutions across the full software development life cycle, including the transition of working software into service
• Knowledge and experience working with Agile, Waterfall or other SDLC methodologies
• Excellent communication skills, able to foster strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to influence and implement changes across diverse stakeholder groups

Responsibilities

• Ensure critical IT solutions are delivered in collaboration with highly skilled domain teams for stakeholders
• Ensure the appropriate methodology is consistently followed to a high standard, working in collaboration with Global Delivery Practice
• Determine a plan against key global deliverables and take accountability to drive team performance to deliver against agreed objectives using a tool like JIRA
• Proactively encourage sustained continuous improvement
• Facilitate close engagement between the Team & business stakeholders, ensuring a common understanding of latest position
• Foster a collective approach to overcoming obstacles that may arise
• Build co-ordinated plans to deliver a range of software solutions in cross functional teams of talented engineers, architects and BAs
• Keep a finger on the pulse of delivery, anticipating blockers and managing risks to ensure delivery isn’t impacted
• Provide regular status updates in governance forums
• Drive continuous improvement within Global Delivery teams, ensuring open feedback loops and fostering a community of continuous improvement
• Support Delivery maturity within the global organisation enhancing your Community of Practice

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Annual IT Bonus scheme
• Our teams predominantly work remotely but we have an award winning IT Headquarters based in Durham where you’ll always receive a warm welcome!
• Pension
• Champion Health – a comprehensive physical, mental & financial wellbeing platform, offering bespoke content on all aspects of wellbeing & life
• Free use of the state of the art private gym at our IT Headquarters