Senior Delivery Manager (Digital, Technology and Change)
Would you like to help shape future processes and procedures by sharing best practice and leading by example?
TfGM is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager (Digital, Technology and Change) within our Information Systems (IS) function.
Your role
An IS Senior Delivery Manager (Digital, Technology and Change) works at the heart of digital, technology and change initiatives. Leading and/or working in multi-disciplinary teams with lots of autonomy to deliver transformational change (people, process and technology) within a variety of business areas.Responsible for leading a pastoral team, supporting them and living our Values of Deliver, Adapt and Care. Aiding the development of the wider Business Analyst and Delivery practice as a whole.
You will demonstrate skills and experience in the following:
- Understanding and practical experience of delivering projects using waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies on medium to large projects or programmes at all stages of delivery from inception through to close-out. This will include management of budgets, schedules, quality, benefits realisation, risks and issues, assumptions and dependencies, resources, stakeholders, change, etc.;
- Commercial and contract management;
- Supporting people and enabling their development;
- Governance and reporting;
- Excellent communication skills at all levels including both internal and external stakeholder engagement; and
- Best practice innovation, development and delivery
For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.
Who are we?
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is responsible for delivering Greater Manchester’s future transport strategy and commitments. This is a busy and exciting time for us: under the devolution agreement and with Greater Manchester at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse, transport will play a vital role in supporting growth and prosperity in the UK’s largest regional economy outside London.
The scale of change, the size of the investment and the dedicated team we have in the business today make it an exciting place to work with a lot of scope to deliver first-class products and services and continue your own personal development journey.We have a dynamic working environment and a culture that collaborates, shares, continually learns, challenges and embraces better ways of doing things to continually meet user needs through technology and data.
The breadth of what we do is wide and varied, and we are innovating fast.
What you'll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
You must be able to work within Digital, Transformation and Change environments, delivering both technical and non-technical change using both waterfall and agile methodologies. You should have experience of working within teams comprising of a variety of roles, including Delivery Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, Engineers and Testers alongside experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external to TfGM.Experience in the Transport or Public Sector would be an advantage.
What we offer
This is a 1- year fixed term role and comes with a salary of £65,970
- £73,224 per annum depending on experience.
- £65,024 + plus MFS £8,200, the market supplement is paid monthly and reviewed annually).
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.
Our benefits include:
- 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
- Free Bus travel within Greater Manchester
- Free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
- Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
- Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit.Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.
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