Delivery Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee the comprehensive delivery of Finance and FP&A data products.

• Develop and uphold integrated delivery plans, milestone timelines, and sequencing of deliveries.

• Collaborate with internal business units, data teams, technology departments, governance, architecture, Finance, Oracle, Workday, and third-party suppliers.

• Identify dependencies, critical paths, and resource limitations.

• Manage RAID and dependency oversight with defined owners, actions, escalation pathways, and target deadlines.

• Facilitate planning, delivery, and dependency meetings.

• Monitor milestone achievements, recognize variances, and execute recovery measures.

• Deliver succinct weekly reports on progress and forecasts for senior stakeholders.

• Emphasize key decisions, risks, and issues needing escalation.

• Oversee release preparedness, testing, reconciliation, cutover, and transition to operations.

• Eliminate obstacles and escalate issues that require client decisions.

• Set up governance frameworks and maintain a consistent delivery rhythm.

• Handle transition and project closure tasks, including knowledge transfer.

• Ensure delivery controls are maintained without excessive governance overhead.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven success in delivering intricate data or technology transformations.

• Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams across business, data, and technology disciplines.

• Demonstrable experience with multi-supplier delivery.

• Proficient in integrated planning, RAID management, dependencies, milestones, and escalation processes.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and iterative product delivery.

• Ability to create succinct, evidence-driven reports for senior stakeholders.

• Self-assured in navigating ambiguous environments autonomously.

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar delivery tools.

• Background in insurance or financial services.

• Experience with Finance, FP&A, workforce management, FTE, costs, GL, or financial-planning data.

• Knowledge of Oracle and/or Workday systems.

• Experience working on GCP/BigQuery or equivalent cloud data platforms.

🏝️ Benefits

• Commitment to Integrity, Persistence, and Impact values.

• Flexible remote work options.