senior Delivery Manager

Sopra Steria Limited ,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Location: Hemel or Birmingham (with UK travel) Package: Competitive Salary plus £6,600 Car Allowance, 3% Flex Fund, Life Assurance & Pension The company Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings in the market: Consulting, Systems Integration, Software Development and Business Process Services. Sopra Steria is a trusted by leading private and public organisations to deliver successful transformation programmes that address their most complex and critical business challenges. The day job You will own and lead a large, complex and/ or high-profile, delivery operation with medium/ high levels of risk ensuring they conform to the customers’ and Sopra Steria’s time, cost, quality, revenue specifications and serve their wider business objectives. Typically these services will be using multiple delivery channels. Incumbents in roles at this level are senior business drivers in specific geographies or segments of Sopra Steria, and typically occupy operational or general management positions. Key responsibilities: Senior Delivery Manager will have specific services and projects responsibilities Actively participates in the sales campaigns/ bids to demonstrate delivery capability to clients Supports business development activity, through leading the overall solution design, delivery shaping and business case creation Ensure all projects/ services are appropriately constructed and delivered in the timeframe Optimise the utilisation and growth of all team members Essential skills: Solid practice experience across a broad breadth of the Service Line practice solution/ offer portfolio or external equivalent Experience in a Delivery Manager role with proven leadership ability Confident and effective client and supplier relationship skills Strong pre-sales and consultancy skills with direct experience in the relevant practice domain Strong Programme management skills and implementation experience Delivery Governance and Method understanding High-level technical knowledge with application architecture experience Reasons why you should apply to us Join a company where development and progression is actively encouraged and not just something we talk about We have an enviable client list - we work with some of the biggest names out there We ensure our working environment is supportive and collaborative, everyone has a voice and all opinions count Our goal is to disrupt the market, not just follow the status quo Sustainability is really important to us, in fact we are within the top 1% of companies worldwide tackling climate change and managing our emissions