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Our Digital Engineering team at Storyteq is responsible for building world-class, enterprise-grade digital applications for high-profile brands. We pride ourselves on working with mature Agile methodologies and utilizing the latest versions of technology. Our teams are structured to give every employee the opportunity to learn new skills, work on various projects over time, and see the results of their efforts in the online consumer marketplace. Joining the Digital Engineering function would see you work as part of a cross-functional, product-style team, generally consisting of a Business Analyst, Scrum Master / Project Manager, Solution Architect, Lead Developers (FE and BE), Developers, and Testers (Manual and Automated).
Responsibilities
* Accountable for the output of multiple SCRUM and digital delivery teams.
* Ownership and creation of overall roadmap and project plans for multiple programme teams across multiple projects, supporting the teams and the clients to manage that roadmap.
* Accountable for ensuring the work undertaken between multiple teams across multiple projects delivers the digital programme they are responsible for.
* Championing and mentoring in agile and project management methods to Scrum Masters and Digital Project Managers.
* Working with stakeholders and Product Owners to facilitate effective communication around the programme, ensuring feedback mechanisms are in place to capture customer feedback, both positive and negative, and encouraging the first while putting in place an action plan to tackle the second.
* Collaborating with Scrum Masters, Digital Project Managers, other programme managers, and product owners to ensure the effective implementation of digital solutions and the realization of business benefits.
* Ensuring goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, quality, and team member performance.
* Dealing with obstructions and blockers preventing implementation.
* Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
* Focusing on performance improvement and process optimization to ensure maximum productivity.
* Responsible for resource utilization and management within their programme of work.
* Managing and collaborating with third-party partner agencies to ensure successful delivery of programmes and projects.
* Supporting the account team and the client in producing estimates for future works and producing high-level estimates of effort involved in that work.
* Developing and controlling deadlines, budgets, and activities for the programme.
* Working at a granular detailed level with Connect business analysts and the client product owner around overarching sprint external dependencies and requirements.
* Producing accurate status reports and highlighting potential risks that need to be addressed to ensure projects are delivered on time.
* Aligning with and reporting to senior client stakeholders on status and progress.
Requirements
* Expert resource management with a natural ability to direct and lead, set project objectives, manage priorities and dependencies, mitigate risks, and report status updates to teams and stakeholders.
* Experience in the management of digital/technology programmes and projects.
* Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment in the private sector, managing high-profile suppliers and stakeholders.
* Strong Project Management methodology/framework experience - including Agile/Scrum and Prince2.
* Proven experience of successfully delivering multi-million-pound, large-scale, multi-team projects and programmes.
* Proven ability to lead diverse multi-disciplinary teams through both direct line management and via matrix management.
* Deep working knowledge of agile methods and practices.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, emphasizing both formal and informal channels to gain buy-in from a range of senior and Board-level stakeholders.
* Ability to lead, motivate, and provide support to teams.
* Ability to produce clear and concise reports and papers with recommendations and proposals.
* Ability to communicate effectively and with confidence to external and internal stakeholders.
* Ability to manage and work with customer-defined 3rd party suppliers to achieve successful project outcomes.
* Ability to work in and understand highly complex and advanced technical environments to interpret risks and opportunities for both internal management and the client.
* Clear willingness to intervene or assist in the activities of their team where circumstances demand.
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