Technical Delivery Manager (Java Development)

Your role in the Teams Success

• Focus on delivering incremental value improvements as well as unexpected/unplanned work such as regulatory items that require coordination outside of established team structures
• Support experienced engineering managers who own major strategic initiatives, particularly through understanding external dynamics and ways of working outside the UK Technology division
• Identify, manage and coordinate dependencies (inbound/outbound) with other Technology Delivery Managers
• Anticipate and resolve potential blockers to delivery using technical expertise
• Translate technical issues into clear options enabling swift decision making

UK Technology Division Management and Coordination

• Manage, optimise and visualise workflow in and out of the UK division
• Support the Head of UK Technology with management of technology teams, including resourcing, planning and work visualisation
• Coordinate with non-delivery technology functions, such as Incident Management, to ensure seamless operations
• Provide strategic oversight of the technology team's capacity and resource allocation across the division

Team Enablement and Continuous Improvement

• Provide support and mentor teams on agile practices and data-driven continuous improvement
• Help teams understand and address bottlenecks using empirical methods
• Support teams in continually improving standards, ways of working and organisational structure
• Enable work by ensuring teams have the resources needed to start and track the process

Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication

• Excel at stakeholder communication at all levels
• Collaborate closely with Delivery Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers and business stakeholders to optimise delivery timelines
• Provide regular delivery updates through verbal and written communications
• Support project discovery, definition and estimation coordination
• Attend stakeholder meetings and represent the domain in project working groups

What You’ll Need For This Role

• Proven track record of delivering complex cross-functional projects from inception to delivery
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to understand architectural systems and engineering concepts and coordinate optimal solutions
• Experience managing complex dependencies across multiple teams and external stakeholders
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to engage effectively across all organisational levels
• Ability to translate high-level strategic initiatives into tangible action plans
• Excellent organisation and project planning skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
• Deep knowledge of agile methodologies and the ability to mentor teams in best practices

Good working understanding of continuous delivery and DevOps frameworks