Director of Software Delivery

Overview

The success candidate must have a very strong technical background. Ideally started as an engineer / developer and progressed through architecture and then into C- suite delivery however be able to read code and architecture.

Have good experience with the following:

• Modern SW Dev practises and patterns
• Agile Delivery experience
• Technical Development experience
• Experience with large projects / budgets
• Experience with near / offshore teams

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ideally the successful candidate will come from a consulting background, knowing the challenges of working for clients and managing the delivery of projects.
• Technical end to end Delivery Management covering the full project initiation and life cycle.
• Oversee delivery from financial, sourcing, development and business perspectives.
• Play a proactive role in proposing technologies, tools & approaches.
• Suggest innovative solutions to business problems/processes.
• Investigate complex issues of production delivery, run the root cause analysis, establish a solution and push it through required steps necessary in order to deliver.
• Driving integrated teams to deliver solid technology solutions in support of key client initiatives.
• Manage high-level client expectations and relationships, looking for opportunities to up/cross-sell products and services through relationship management.
• Co-ordinate the preparation of customer proposals and statements of work
• Technical end-to-end Delivery Management;   (Agile, JIRA, SCRUM, Product Management)
• Work closely with different teams of product owners, architects, engineers and quality assurance to drive estimates, delivery plans and retrospectives.
• Identify and manage engagement risks and flag issues.