Job Vacancy Delivery Lead

We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, and experienced Delivery Lead to be part of a key transformation with a strong focus on delivering modern solutions for exam digital products. This role is a blend of new product delivery, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. The Delivery Lead role will drive a set of production systems, working on future strategic and technology requirements as well as continuous alignment with business objectives.

 We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

 About the role

• Planning and delivery across all work within the product family and across other domains when the domain is taking a lead, leading a team of delivery managers.
• Ensure effective and optimal management of team capacity, budget, risks and issues management across squads to deliver the portfolio.
• Ensure availability, integrity, and supportability of services at all times, ensuring correct operational support is in place.
• Working closely with vendor management/procurement team, displays strong and effective vendor management skills to oversee successful delivery from technical delivery partners.

 About you

Qualifications

• Evidence of higher education (University or professional degree in related IT field or equivalent experience
• Professionally qualified / certified in management of technology and agile delivery such as Scrum master, SAFE or similar
• Ideally ITIL foundation qualification or demonstrated equivalent experience

 Skills

• In depth knowledge of agile ways of working
• Good knowledge of project/programme management (Prince 2 or PMP and/or programme manager qualified or demonstrated equivalent experience)
• Knowledgeable in balancing innovation and service stability
• Budget and roadmap management

Experience

• Must have held this role in other organisations in previous roles, and be able to evidence and demonstrate both the successful delivery and lessons learnt from the direct experience
• Must be considered a professional manager having managed and developed teams and/or services in prior roles
• A strong and broad understanding of current IT, Agile methodologies, frameworks and best practises
• Strong experience in third party management with focus on managed services

 Behaviours

• Collaborative and inclusive leadership
• Self-motivated and resilient
• Focused on positive outcomes and approachable

 If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

 Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible , featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

 Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

 We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 3rd October 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place during and shortly after the campaign closes.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities