Senior Delivery Manager – Digital Delivery Hub
Division :Data, Technology & Innovation
Department :Digital Delivery Hub
Location: Leeds
Salary: Ranging from £80,700 to £100,000 (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
Role Type: Perm(Hybrid-40% in office)
Senior Delivery Manager – Digital Delivery Hub
Division :Data, Technology & Innovation
Department :Digital Delivery Hub
Location: Leeds
Salary: Ranging from £80,700 to £100,000 (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
Role Type: Perm(Hybrid-40% in office)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.
Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) is leveraging state-of-the-art data & digital capabilities to deliver innovation in regulation. We utilise data science and intelligence gathering to proactively identify and intervene to prevent harm and protect consumers.
The Digital Delivery Hub is a new delivery department within the FCA dedicated to the implementation of sound User Centred Design, Agile and DevOps principles and is still in the process of forming.
This is a key role in both the development of the wider FCA digital capability and the development of the Leeds Digital Hub as an FCA centre of excellence. This role will play a key part in the development of the department, the growth of key DDAT capability and the evolution of digital delivery skills across the wider organisation.
What will you be doing?
• Portfolio Delivery Management: Oversee delivery management across multiple products, acting as the senior escalation point
• Team Building & Empowerment: Create, lead, and develop multidisciplinary teams to deliver effectively and communicate strongly
• Strategic Roadmap Ownership: Align delivery roadmaps with business strategy and priorities, managing backlogs, service blueprints, and user stories
• Technical Oversight: Ensure system architecture is flexible, loosely coupled, and performance-oriented, aligning with business needs and DevOps principles
• Agile & DevOps Methodologies: Implement effective agile/lean software methodologies, emphasizing automation, CI/CD, and operational monitoring
• Line Management & Collaboration: Provide line management, coaching, and performance management while working with stakeholders to deliver measurable business value
What will you get from the role?
• This is a key managerial role in the development of a new Leeds Digital Delivery Hub in the FCA and in the wider goal of shaping the culture, ways of working and effectiveness of the digital delivery teams that are being recruited to form the new capability
• Beyond the Leeds digital delivery hub the role will give the right candidate the opportunity to be a key member of the team shaping and implementing the future of digital delivery in the organisation as we evolve our Agile, DevOps and user centred delivery capability
Which skills are required?
We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)
Minimum
• Providing delivery leadership across a range of workstreams and acting as the key point of engagement with business partners
• Experience in delivering multi £M workstreams, products and services in a high visibility, complex operating environment
• Experience in providing leadership, coaching and expertise in a full range of delivery skillsets, including Agile delivery methodologies, governance, DevOps and UCD practices
Essential
• Agile and Lean Practices: Expert in coaching and managing Agile and Lean teams; continuously innovates and tailors ways of working while reflecting and testing teams
• Commercial & Financial Management: Skilled in managing supplier contracts, negotiating budgets, and creating value in complex environments
• Communication & Stakeholder Management: Expert at mediating, managing high-risk discussions, and representing communities to diverse audiences
• Delivery & Life-cycle Expertise: Experienced across product life cycles, optimises team delivery flow, and unblocks complex issues and dependencies
• Process & Planning: Guides organisational process improvements, ensures smooth implementation of new methods, and runs complex planning initiatives
• Team Collaboration & Emotional Intelligence: Enhances team dynamics, accelerates development cycles, and ensures empathetic stakeholder and team management
If you are interested in this role, please share your CV to either of the following email addresses:
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We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require accommodations because of disability or health condition, please email: gscemeaedi @ robertwalters.com. This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line.
