Technical Delivery Manager - Production / Service Delivery

A successful Technical Delivery Manager should have:

• Strong Technical Delivery Management and Project Management background.
• Proven experience delivering technology and operational change within financial services.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts and financial governance.
• Strong knowledge of IT Service Management disciplines, including Incident, Problem, Change and Service Level Management.
• Experience working within IT Operations, Production Support or Service Delivery environments.
• Knowledge of operational resilience, regulatory frameworks and governance controls.
• Experience delivering monitoring, observability and service improvement initiatives.
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional programmes with multiple dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leadership teams.
• Excellent planning, coordination and organisational capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reporting skills.
• Experience working closely with technical teams across infrastructure, applications and support functions.
• Understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• PRINCE2, PMP, Agile and/or ITIL certifications desirable.

• Daily rate: £400 to £420, dependent on the level of experience.
• Temporary position with opportunities to make an impact in a key area of the business.

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Summary

• Competitive day rate of £400 - £420 a day inside IR35
• Lead a high-profile portfolio with executive stakeholder exposure.

About Our Client

An organisation within the financial services industry, located in London.

Job Description

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple Production Management & Service Delivery initiatives.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately eight concurrent projects and workstreams.
• Develop and maintain project plans, delivery roadmaps and implementation schedules.
• Oversee project budgets, financial tracking and forecasting activities.
• Drive delivery of operational resilience initiatives and regulatory commitments.
• Lead monitoring and observability programmes, including SOC-related enhancements.
• Support expansion of service management and operational support capabilities.
• Deliver application improvements, including SSO implementation and production-focused enhancements.
• Coordinate resources, dependencies and deliverables across technology, operations and third-party suppliers.
• Establish governance forums, steering committees and executive reporting routines.
• Manage project risks, issues, controls and escalation processes.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, planning sessions and governance meetings.
• Ensure operational readiness, testing and service transition activities are successfully completed.
• Contribute to strategic roadmap planning, business cases and resource management.
• Drive continuous improvement across production management, service delivery and operational processes.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Technical Delivery Manager should have:

• Strong Technical Delivery Management and Project Management background.
• Proven experience delivering technology and operational change within financial services.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts and financial governance.
• Strong knowledge of IT Service Management disciplines, including Incident, Problem, Change and Service Level Management.
• Experience working within IT Operations, Production Support or Service Delivery environments.
• Knowledge of operational resilience, regulatory frameworks and governance controls.
• Experience delivering monitoring, observability and service improvement initiatives.
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional programmes with multiple dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leadership teams.
• Excellent planning, coordination and organisational capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reporting skills.
• Experience working closely with technical teams across infrastructure, applications and support functions.
• Understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• PRINCE2, PMP, Agile and/or ITIL certifications desirable.

What's on Offer

• Daily rate: £400 to £420, dependent on the level of experience.
• Temporary position with opportunities to make an impact in a key area of the business.

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