About this role
As a Delivery Manager, you will take on a strategic leadership role, overseeing the delivery of large-scale programmes of work that are critical to the company's success. You will not only be responsible for the successful delivery of multiple interconnected projects but will also drive improvements in our delivery processes and mentor other delivery managers. You are a master of agile methodologies and a strategic thinker who can align complex delivery streams with overarching business strategy.
Responsibilities End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Architect and own and drive the end-to-end delivery plan. Goal Alignment: Engage and align diverse teams toward shared goals, ensuring every contributor understands how their work maps to the final outcome. Outcome Realisation and OKR leadership: Partner with teams to agree on OKRs, build robust plans to achieve them, and monitor and drive progress towards their full realisation, taking decisive action when progress deviates from the strategic goal. Take corrective action when progress towards OKRs is at risk, ensuring the mission stays on track. Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within technology teams as well as the wider business. Partner with managers across the organisation to improve developer and employee experience. Build and drive systems that continuously identify and remove impediments and improve team productivity. Systemic Enablement: Continuously refine the delivery framework to remove friction, increase speed, and improve the quality of the engineering output. Continuous Delivery Evolution: Build a high-performing culture centered on continuous delivery, innovation, and efficiency. Continuously evaluate and seek improvements across all areas of responsibility to increase the speed and quality of outcome realisation. Risk & Dependency Mastery: Actively hunt and eliminate risks. Proactively identify, visualise, and seek to eliminate cross-team dependencies that threaten timelines. End-to-End Forecasting: Own the accuracy of time and cost forecasts, integrating estimation methodologies, team metrics, and known constraints. Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the authoritative voice on project status, costs, and timelines, providing transparency to leadership. Prepare stakeholder communications that prioritise status, timelines, and costs in the context of value delivered. Facilitate reporting that bridges the gap between technical progress and business expectations.
The Person ● You are a natural leader, able to inspire and motivate diverse teams. ● You are resilient and calm under pressure, comfortable with ambiguity and change. ● You are a systems-thinker, able to see the bigger picture and connect disparate parts of the organisation. ● You have a deep-seated passion for continuous improvement and for developing others. Skills & Experience ● 5+ years of experience in agile delivery, with significant experience managing large-scale, complex programmes of work. ● Expert-level knowledge of agile and lean principles, with proven experience in applying and scaling Kanban at a team and programme level (e.g., Portfolio Kanban). ● Proven experience in a leadership or line management role, with a passion for mentoring and developing talent. ● Exceptional senior stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to operate at a strategic level. ● Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing large, multi-million-pound budgets (e.g., £5m+). ● A deep understanding of the energy industry landscape, including regulatory, commercial, and technological trends. ● Experience in managing third-party suppliers and commercial agreements. ● A strategic and outcome-focused mindset, with the ability to translate business objectives into actionable deliveryplans. ● Advanced agile certifications (e.g., KCP, KMP) are highly desirable.
Trayport is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it.