• Delivery Lead (108415-0225)

Location

University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Department

Information & Digital Group - Portfolio Delivery

Position Type

Permanent

Salary

Competitive

About the Role

For informal queries, please email Jessica Harris (Head of Delivery Management) at jessica.harris@warwick.ac.uk.

Operating at a strategic level, the Delivery Lead is responsible for owning, developing, and embedding excellent project and product management methodologies and delivery in the Portfolio Delivery team.

The role will lead Delivery, supporting the embedding of Agile working practices in the Information & Digital Group and the wider University.

The Delivery Lead will line/matrix manage a large team of Delivery Managers/Scrum Masters including leading on their training and development to ensure best practice in Change Delivery.

The postholder will, alongside the other Heads & Leads within Portfolio Delivery, ensure the adequate resourcing for projects & product continuous improvement so they can be effectively delivered, including supporting Project Management as a service.

The postholder will also contribute their significant expertise to projects, products, the team and the University, this may include stepping into a Programme or Senior Project Manager role as required.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

About You

The successful candidate will have experience of line managing large project or programme teams, including competency in the full range of HR processes.

You will be a great coach, someone who identifies over and under performance, taking actions where required, and supporting individuals to take a sense of ownership for delivery and for their own development.

You will use your technical expertise of leading teams through the different stages of change projects with waterfall, hybrid or agile methodologies, to co-develop a strategy for delivery, continually improving the service and looking for new ways of working that will support complex and high-profile University projects. Your ability to influence will extend to developing strong relationships across the University at a strategic level.

The successful Delivery Lead candidate requires excellent communication skills, and the ability to understand and interpret business needs, translating these into project requirements and transferring these onto project documentation.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About the Department

The Information & Digital Group is responsible for a new University Digital Strategy to support the University’s ambitions to be world-class in all it does.

IDG is central to the delivery of the University strategy by providing a high quality service to all of our stakeholders, enabling the University to prioritise its requirements, and to deliver this service in a manner that maximises value at every stage.

IDG strives to provide excellent, highly responsive relationships and partnerships, to be innovative leaders with vision and strategy, to provide enterprise architecture that drives innovation across the institution, to delivery products and projects on time, cost and quality through services that always meet service level agreements.

We need to operate in an increasingly agile, digital-first environment, being able to quickly assess risk and seize opportunity.

The IDG Portfolio Delivery team defines the processes, tools and standards for all IDG programmes thereby ensuring delivery to time, cost & quality.

The team ensure the delivery of projects, products and platforms that provide tangible value, outcomes and benefits to the university. Portfolio Delivery also creates great experiences by delivering at the right speed and in close collaboration with the University.

About the University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’.

You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

Research Excellence Framework 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

How to Apply

CLOSING DATE: Monday 24 March 2025 at 11.55pm

To apply, submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).

Please attach a CV and cover letter.

• Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
• Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the

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