Technical Delivery Manager

What is the opportunity?
This is a fantastic opportunity be a key member of our UK Application Development Team at an exciting time supporting our UK Mortgage business colleagues deliver on a multi-million pound transformation programme. The Technical Delivery Manager will be responsible for managing end to end application development change from Design through to deployment of changes to the UK Mortgage Platforms.
Our ambition is to deliver flexible, scalable, and simple solutions that are secure, engaging and enable our customers, colleagues, and communities to thrive.
In this Role, you will
Deliver of all the end to end systems development lifecycle elements of major UK Mortgage change initiatives, taking a project from initiation through to closure, to meet defined business and technical objectives within agreed expectations, schedule, scope, cost and quality standards
Ensure defined governance, controls and methodologies are practised throughout the projects, working closely with the Lead / Business Project Managers to apply the appropriate project management disciplines; scope management, budget & forecasting management, planning, resourcing, RAID management, monitoring, reporting & control mechanisms.
Identify, maintain and mitigate Delivery issues, risks, dependencies, and mitigations for all technical delivery within assigned project/ programme.
Engage effectively with business collaborators, crucial to understanding requirements, expectations and priorities, being the conduit between the IT development team, the business teams, and multi-functional teams with the Change and Technology Services Areas.
Constantly challenge the delivery approach, to deliver better outcomes and ensure risk and control measures of solutions are efficient, especially important as the Bank moves towards a more agile delivery approach
What will make you stand out?
You can demonstrate high levels of technical literacy with a proven track record of effective management of software delivery projects across the whole System Development Lifecycle. You have robust budget management skills and advanced planning and organisational skills and are committed to delivering projects to schedule, cost, quality & scope.
You are highly collaborative and have a demonstrable ability to influence your customers, senior collaborators and IT peers. You are have worked within a waterfall environment as well as experience in using agile/scrum methodologies.
You have a good understanding of project risks, implementation of control measures and are comfortable working with outsourced partners. You have the ability to analyse application lifecycle issues, troubleshoot and overcome obstacles.
Experience with any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role:
IT delivery within the heavily regulated Financial Services sector with familiarity in Mortgages preferred
Agile environments and using Agile methods and tools (Kanban, Scrum, JIRA etc)
Clarity Project Management system
Essential Qualifications
There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role.
More about the team
Our Engineering & Delivery area is responsible for the build, test and implementation of key systems that serve both the our internal and external customers. UK Application Development Team provides full end to end technical delivery capability, including analysis & design capability, alongside development, testing, environment management. The UK Application Development Team work very closely with the Home Buying and Ownership business in the UK, the Group Change Teams and Technology Services.
This is a hybrid onsite role and can be done anywhere in the United Kingdom with the primary office location as Bristol. Travel will be required for in-person collaboration two times per week. #LI-HYBRID #IJ-HYBRID
Why work with us?
The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 24 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.
Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!
Key Competencies
Customer Focused - People Manager
One Group, one team - People Manager
Agile - People Manager
Accountable - People Manager
Manage Risk - People Manager
Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Bank of Ireland Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce.
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