Delivery Lead (108415-0225)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

About the Role  

For informal queries, please email Jessica Harris (Head of Delivery Management) at jessica.harris@warwick.ac.uk.

Operating at a strategic level, the Delivery Lead is responsible for owning, developing, and embedding excellent project and product management methodologies and delivery in the Portfolio Delivery team.

The role will lead Delivery, supporting the embedding of Agile working practices in the Information & Digital Group and the wider University.

The Delivery Lead will line/matrix manage a large team of Delivery Managers/Scrum Masters including leading on their training and development to ensure best practice in Change Delivery.

The postholder will, alongside the other Heads & Leads within Portfolio Delivery, ensure the adequate resourcing for projects & product continuous improvement so they can be effectively delivered, including supporting Project Management as a service. 

The postholder will also contribute their significant expertise to projects, products, the team and the University, this may include stepping into a Programme or Senior Project Manager role as required.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

About You

The successful candidate will have experience of line managing large project or programme teams, including competency in the full range of HR processes. 

You will be a great coach, someone who identifies over and under performance, taking actions where required, and supporting individuals to take a sense of ownership for delivery and for their own development.

You will use your technical expertise of leading teams through the different stages of change projects with waterfall, hybrid or agile methodologies, to co-develop a strategy for delivery, continually improving the service and looking for new ways of working that will support complex and high-profile University projects. Your ability to influence will extend to developing strong relationships across the University at a strategic level.

The successful Delivery Lead candidate requires excellent communication skills, and the ability to understand and interpret business needs, translating these into project requirements and transferring these onto project documentation.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 24 March 2025 at 11.55 pm

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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