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Salary: The starting salary will be from £49,250 to £56,921 on Grade G, depending on qualifications and experience.
Contractual hours: 36.5
Package: Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).
Permanent, Full time (36.5 hours per week) Part time applications considered.
Flexible Hybrid working: This is a hybrid role that offers flexible working between home and our Streatham Campus.
Job details
We are currently looking for two experienced Senior Delivery Managers to lead delivery across multiple teams, driving the successful execution of digital initiatives and pushing us closer to achieving our Digital Strategy.
What you’ll be doing…
As a Senior Delivery Manager, you’ll lead multiple teams to drive forward the efficient and effective delivery of our existing and future Digital products and services. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, ensuring product and delivery roadmaps align with business objectives. A key part of your role will be overseeing Digital Demand Management, balancing priorities, and directing resources for maximum impact.
You’ll also be responsible for driving operational excellence, improving delivery processes, and ensuring teams have the right tools, skills, and support to succeed. You’ll also play a crucial role in business case development, supplier management, and financial planning, helping to shape the future of digital delivery at the university.
We are looking to recruit two Senior Delivery Managers to work closely and collaboratively; one will work across the Digital department as a whole working towards delivering digital products and, ultimately, the Digital Strategy; one will work across the Data chapter and BI teams offering targeted and specialist support to help deliver the Enterprise Data Strategy and data products and services. We will be shortlisting and interviewing as one pool, please specify in your cover letter if you are specifically interested in one of the above roles (‘Digital’ or ‘Data’) otherwise you will be considered for both.
Just some of the benefits that come with this role include:
* Benefit from fantastic discounts at local and national shops through numerous discount schemes including TOTUM cards.
* We'll take your personal and professional development very seriously and we’ll empower you to keep developing your expert skills.
* Multiple wellbeing and health initiatives for staff including discounted state-of-the-art fitness centres on all our campuses.
* Sustainable travel initiative: Enjoy discounts on bus passes, cycle to work scheme and taking advantage of car sharing incentives. Save money and reduce your carbon footprint.
* Recognition and Rewards: We have multiple schemes that help us celebrate your contributions.
Our Delivery Chapter is the driving force behind delivering a connected and accessible future for the University of Exeter. Being the champions for embedding Agile and Lean delivery, enabling the institution to spend time and effort on delivering the 2030 strategy.
* We are responsible for making sure that our roadmap is delivered and that we have the right people, with the right skills in place to deliver the University of Exeter 2030 strategy.
* We are responsible for unblocking issues that impede delivery.
* We are responsible for making sure our multi-disciplinary teams are working well together and have access to all the tools they need to do their jobs.
We’re really looking for…
* Strategic Delivery: Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute delivery strategies.
* Strong Delivery Knowledge: We need someone with expert knowledge of delivery techniques such as Agile or LEAN methodologies to help us coach teams and drive best practices.
* Data-Driven Decision-Making: Uses insights and analytics to optimise delivery and performance.
* Planning and delivery co-ordination: Extensive experience in leading planning processes and managing dependencies in complex environments.
* Stakeholder Management: Strong communicator, able to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
* Supplier & Contract Management: Experience managing high-value contracts and ensuring supplier performance.
* Business Case Development: Extensive experience securing investment and driving projects to realisation.
* Complex Problem-Solving: Navigates ambiguity, mitigates risks, streamlines complex processes and makes informed decisions.
* Financial & Resource Management: Skilled in budgeting, resource allocation, and maximising impact.
Apply via our university portal with your CV and a cover letter outlining how your relevant experience, skills and qualities meet the Person Specification.
The closing date for this role will be the 23rd February 2025.
At the University of Exeter, we're embarking on an exciting journey of digital transformation that will reshape the way we educate, research, and collaborate. Our commitment to embracing cutting-edge digital technologies and fostering digital skills development is at the heart of our mission.
We work in an agile way and have organised the team into chapters (groups of people with the same skill sets) and squads (made up of people from the chapters who can work autonomously and to their own goals). Our users will be at the heart of everything we do and we’ll develop new ways to deliver value, make things easier and generate new income along the way.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment:
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive.
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