The Very Group
Retail
SeniorDeliveryManager
“Senior Delivery Manager at The Very Group. Skills: End-to-end delivery, Programme delivery, Delivery excellence, Continuous improvement. Lead delivery teams. Deliver outcomes on time”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver outcomes on time; Deliver outcomes to budget; Deliver outcomes to standard; Unlock value early; Unlock value often; Ship high-quality solutions; Ship solutions regularly; Ship solutions predictably; Maximise value delivery; Maintain flow across services; Maintain flow across squads; Ensure adoption; Ensure stability; Measure benefits
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Experimentation
Credit checks, CIFAS checks, Right to Work checks, DBS check
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Govern large, complex initiatives, Good commercial acumen, Good financial acumen, Proficient in Agile delivery, Proficient in waterfall delivery, Proficient in Hybrid delivery, Good capacity planning
Nice to Have
Grasp of Kanban
What You'll Do.
Deliver outcomes on time
Deliver outcomes to budget
Deliver outcomes to standard
Facilitate squad ceremonies
Create delivery dependencies
Manage delivery dependencies
Partner on backlog refinement
Partner on backlog prioritisation
Coach teams to ship solutions
Drive continuous improvement
Role-model delivery principles
Role-model performance culture
Role-model accountability culture
Role-model learning culture
Contribute to portfolio planning
Balance technical priorities
Balance product priorities
Maximise value delivery
Identify dependencies
Escalate through governance
Build project governance
Run project governance
Manage change requests
Surface change impacts
Manage squad capacity
Coordinate internal teams
Maintain flow across services
Maintain flow across squads
Input into business cases
Support investment decisions
Report on productivity metrics
Report on flow metrics
Build trusted relationships
Provide progress updates
Provide change updates
Foster high-trust culture
Foster collaborative culture
Ensure effective transition
Focus on measured benefits
Provide initiative reporting
Provide roadmap reporting
Highlight mitigations
Deliver KPI reporting
Deliver delivery metrics reporting
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-disciplinary teams; Third parties; Product teams; Engineering teams; Senior leaders; Heads of Product; Heads of Tech; Delivery teams; Internal teams; External partners
Communication Scope
Clear updates; Timely updates
Process & Methodology
Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, Kanban, Portfolio planning, Roadmap planning
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