Delivery Manager – University Infrastructure Project (12 Month FTC)

The role will use both agile and waterfall methodologies to ensure successful execution, meet defined objectives, and enhance operational efficiency. Play a crucial role in stakeholder engagement, liaising with senior officer teams and academics across the University to ensure timely and effective delivery of the programme. Manage relationships with third-party suppliers, ensuring alignment with the University’s processes and monitoring SLAs, escalation procedures, and configuration management issues.

Duties and responsibilities

Project Delivery & Product Release Management

• Lead the planning, scheduling, implementation and tracking of project/product activities (either multiple low-complexity product/projects or a single high complexity project/product) to ensure timely delivery of project and product milestones. This includes managing/leading Scrum activities and holding agile ceremonies.
• Monitor and manage release/project delivery success, facilitating retrospectives, and interpreting outcomes to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate projects, and releases to ensure relevancy, benefits realisation, and compliance.
• Identifying and actively managing risks, issues, and blockers across the project/product.
• Management of project/product budgets, ensuring accurate forecasting & financial compliance.
• Identify resource requirements and manage resources effectively.
• Drive project/product governance processes, including project selection, prioritisation, and resource allocation, while balancing risk and benefit.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for projects and products, providing regular updates and reports to senior delivery managers and stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks and issues that may impact project and/or product delivery, implementing mitigation and contingency plans as needed.
• Oversee and guide Junior Delivery Managers in the execution of their projects and product delivery, ensuring consistent adherence to project management methodologies, timelines, and deliverables.
• Matrix manage/lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality project and product outcomes on time and within scope.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between project stakeholders to manage interdependencies and mitigate risks across designated projects and products.

Person Specification

•  Strong working experience of delivering multiple or large sized infrastructure projects within complex medium to large organisations. (Essential)
•  A good customer and business focused approach to delivering against key goals with a good track record in meeting challenging deadlines with accuracy and enthusiasm.
•  Experience in managing budgets, financial forecasts, and resource allocation at the portfolio level.
•  Proven record of operating at a senior level within a complex and demanding environment. The ability to build relationships and credibility with senior colleagues.
•  Excellent leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
•  Degree or equivalent experience

This is a unique opportunity to make a real impact on how a modern university meets the needs of students and staff as we deliver the University’s digital and growth strategies.

For more information, please contact Pete.Hampshire@warwickemploymentgroup.com

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.