Join us as a Senior Delivery & Release Manager at Peregrine Resourcing.
At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.
How Specialist Talent Works:
At Peregrine, we find the best talent for our clients. As a permanent employee of Peregrine, with access to all our standard benefits, you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries.
The Role:
The primary objective of the Portals Senior Delivery & Release Manager is to facilitate
delivery on the Portals Application(s) through the requirement elicitation, technical
estimation and design, impact assessment, software engineering delivery, release and
in-life support of new features/enhancements.
The Senior Delivery Manager is also expected to manage and operate the Product
Team, interfacing with the Product Owner to ensure that processes and procedures are
continually optimised to provide on-going value to the Business and the clients Customers.
Skills & Experience:
* Managing Feature Funnel - working alongside the Product Owner, Portfolio Owner and Business Teams (across regions) to understand feature requests from several stakeholders to agree (with Product Owner) priorities for delivery considering inter-dependent components and/or complementary features and/or wider IT/Product Strategy alignment
* Managing and Owning a Product Delivery Roadmap - taking priorities from the Product Owner and working across the team to produce a milestone deliverable/release plan as a baseline, which is maintained and updated regularly to reflect changing priorities and deliverables
* Managing Software Development - utilising technical knowledge to challenge and drive team estimation and managing technical dependencies within the team and external to the team to ensure successful and timely delivery of quality software components into the Product. Engages with other domain SMEs as necessary to validate team approaches and provide audit/governance (e.g. InfoSec for security, Enterprise Architecture for solution design, etc.)
* Managing Team - utilising Agile delivery experiences to manage the day to day activities of the team, including (but not limited to) running agile ceremonies (standups, planning, grooming, alignment, demos, retros), facilitating workshops, team well-being and the interdependencies of tasks between different team members to ensure alignment to delivery plans
* Managing RAIDs - working with the Product team and wider IT organisation to own, manage and maintain a RAID log and proactively action and/or communicate/escalate these to the Product Owner / Portfolio Owner as appropriate and necessary
* Managing Releases - ensuring the governance and processes set out at the client are adhered to, including change communication, change control, IT change assessments
* Managing Comms - ensuring the Business teams and any applicable other Product teams are engaged and prepared for any Releases into Production and any dependent activities are planned in advance (e.g. smoke testing by downstream products teams). Ensuring the release roadmap is shared and understood by all stakeholders
* Continual Development - promoting a culture of continual development and betterment within the Product team
* Managing Suppliers & Budgets - working alongside the Product Owner and Portfolio Owner to manage suppliers and partners engaged in the successful delivery within the Product team, including reviewing budgets, capacity, future demand and burndown to ensure that the team’s throughput is sustainable
Person Specification
* Has achieved proficiency at Level 5 in any SFIA Skill, OR: Has gained experience (typically five years) working as a constructive user or supplier of information services with significant exposure to, and knowledge of, a major Service provision Skill and the operational flows of the organisation.
* Has proven project management and leadership skills. Demonstrates up to date knowledge of the organisation’s business environment, culture, policy framework, organisational relationships, business processes, and reporting procedures.
* Displays good inter-personal skills at all levels of contact and in a wide variety of situations, demonstrates the ability to listen and influence, and to relate to customers in their own language.
* Demonstrates sound practical knowledge of associated technical disciplines e.g. process re-design, systems development and service delivery. Uses a high level of technical understanding to interpret technical issues for the business and sustain credibility with IT.
* Educated to bachelor degree level and holds a relevant professional qualification.
* Agile and Lean methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban, SAFe) Impediment management
About us:
At Peregrine, we see beyond the immediate and look to the horizon. We build lasting, meaningful partnerships with our clients, and deliver flexible solutions for every resourcing need, both now and in the future. Together, we help our clients to engage, develop and harness the skills they need to achieve and grow the workforce they want. We have a range of benefits you will receive alongside your salary.
Our culture:
At Peregrine we embrace fresh ideas, and we love learning fast. Our solutions are trusted and established, so we have the confidence of knowing we have a solid foundation. We rely on openness and honesty, and we’re always ready to help each other out. And we believe that our work can benefit society – whether it’s finding the digital talent of the future or being a driver for social mobility.
Our commitment to diversity:
At Peregrine, we’re proudly committed to championing diversity and inclusion, with company-wide initiatives to drive greater social mobility and reduce our environmental impact. Our teams represent a huge breadth of cultures, languages, and ethnicities, and over 20 different nationalities. We also employ candidates from a range of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our partnerships with numerous charities ensure that we can stay well-informed and continue to improve our practices for the future. It reflects in the way we recruit for our clients as we assist them in becoming more diverse.