Agile Digital Delivery Manager

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Our client are currently looking for an experienced Agile Digital Delivery Manager to work on an initial 6 month contract at their site in London.

Applicants must have the following skills:

Essential:

* Minimum of 10 years of experience, in a client facing team (not internal development), as a delivery manager successfully implementing software development projects, managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with cross functional teams.

* Solid understanding of software development or COTS package implementation life cycle models as well as good knowledge of agile project management principles and practices.

* Experience overseeing multi-function project teams, including solution architects, developers, testers & business analysts

* Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues

* Client facing skills; a capable and confident facilitator with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence

* Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building

* Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands

* Large scale digital transformation programme experience ideally in the public sector

Desirable:

* Experience of working for an IT consultancy organisation

* Experience of delivering incremental change with a live product

* Experience of working in a continuous integration environment

Successful candidates will be responsible for the following tasks:

* Define the approach for determining when the existing systems can be decommissioned

* Lead a project team to plan and then execute the decommissioning of those systems whilst securing buy-in from all relevant business and IT stakeholders;

* Lead, organise, and motivate the project team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in line with programme standards;

* Draft contracts for your team members and third party suppliers as necessary and manage them to deliver against those contracts;

* Support the business project manager and IT programme manager in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance.

* Implement project management processes and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for project management;

* Ensure company and department policies, processes and standards are adhered to.

* Be visible to staff and stakeholders and regularly undertake activities to engage and build trust with people involved in your area of work.

Candidates with relevant experience within the Public sector are strongly encouraged to apply

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