Delivery Manager
Hybrid
Derby, United Kingdom
Full Time
17-03-2025
Job Specifications
Job Description
Delivery Manager
Derby / Hybrid,
Full time
Why Rolls-Royce?
We are looking for a Delivery Manager to join our growing Technology Services team. We’re looking for someone who is passionate and experienced in building and managing high-performing teams that people love to work in, and someone who will relish the challenge of taking the lead on one of our key development streams.
In this role you will provide day-to-day delivery focussed leadership, supplier management, coordination to achieve project goals, input into product strategy, and development of your team. We’re looking for a manager who can bring technical specialists together in a cross-functional team to deliver multiple projects supporting our strategic goals. The delivery team is responsible for developing cloud software and infrastructure solutions.
You’ll be highly driven and delivery-focussed, constantly driving for automation and continuous improvement. You’ll be enthusiastic about developing, supporting, and encouraging people to develop to their full potential, to be at their best, and to enjoy their jobs.
We’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.
What You Will Be Doing
Delivery oversight and accountability for software and infrastructure solutions within the Applications and Insights team.
Deliver projects, products, and services using appropriate management methodologies, while providing constant visibility of work in progress, planned work, and other key metrics.
Effective collaboration with the Product Manager, Product Owner, Architects, and other key stakeholders to help shape the roadmap and ensure delivery of project goals.
Manage the solution development budget, ensuring consistent delivery and excellent returns on investment.
Lead work planning activities using collaborative and dynamic processes - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.
Use appropriate quality assurance processes to ensure that all aspects of solution development are carried out in accordance with the agreed standards, methods, and procedures.
Coach and maintain a high-performing, cross-functional team comprising solution SMEs, test analysts, business analysts, infrastructure engineers, and other technical specialists.
Primary escalation point for the team, resolving impediments and working to continuously improve delivery, driving for consistent, predictable, high-quality deliverables.
Lead supplier engagement for the delivery team, managing and building highly productive supplier relationships.
Participate actively in the Delivery Manager community sharing skills, knowledge, and best practices.
Stay current with your understanding of the fast-changing technology market and ensure we are aligned with current best practices.
Who We Are Looking For
Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
Business priorities change rapidly, we’re looking for a manager with experience of adapting and pivoting to the changing landscape.
Enabling delivery through timely and high-quality team activities is key to our success. We’re looking for an individual who is experienced in running effective project delivery teams.
We aim to achieve high levels of productivity, eliminating manual tasks through automation wherever possible. We’re looking for an individual who is focussed on continuous improvement with a ruthless drive for automation.
Building a capable, engaged workforce is critical to effective delivery. We’re looking for a leader who enjoys supporting, mentoring and developing our people to fulfil their potential.
You’ll bring a business-centric mindset, with experience considering delivery, cost, and quality and always seeking to understand the value of our solutions, and how your services and products underpin this value.
Full software development lifecycle experience (Agile and more traditional approaches)
Certified Agile practitioner (e.g. ScrumMaster) highly desirable
Experience of working with nearshore and offshore teams an advantage.
The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at www.careers.rolls-royce.com
Closing Date: 18th March 2025
Job Category
Digital
Posting Date
17 Mar 2025; 00:03
Posting End Date
17 Mar 2025
About the Company
At Rolls-Royce, we're a force for progress: powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We’ve been at the forefront of innovation for more than a hundred years. Our engineering excellence is the power behind some of the most critical technologies used in the air, at sea and on land. Know more
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