Location: Leeds, Dublin (2 days/hybrid)
Type: Fixed Term Contract for 9-month duration
If you are an internal candidate, please note that this opportunity will be processed in accordance with our internal secondment process. Further details will be provided by Talent Acquisition upon application.
Your next move
If you believe the best work happens when people work well together, you’ll have the opportunity to do exactly that here. We’re looking for people who build strong relationships, value different perspectives and help those around them succeed.
What you'll take on
The Delivery and Performance Manager is accountable for driving effective and consistent software delivery across their domain, fostering an environment where teams are engaged, supported, and set up to succeed. They provide oversight and transparency through appropriate tooling, ensuring the right structures, practices, and governance are in place to optimise the end-to-end product and delivery system.
As a key member of the Trading domain leadership team, they align perspectives and translate vision, strategy, and desired outcomes into clear, actionable direction, enabling squads to operate autonomously while remaining aligned to broader organisational objectives.
They lead, coach, and support Delivery Leads and squads to perform at their best, driving continuous improvement across the delivery lifecycle to support regular value release, increased predictability, and balanced outcomes across product, engineering, quality assurance, service operations, and architecture, while fostering a high-performing, accountable, and collaborative culture.
Accountabilities:
- Team Leadership & Development
- People manager for 2 Delivery Leads, providing mentorship, coaching, and development opportunities.
- Set high standards of execution and accountability through knowledge sharing and role modelling.
- Acts as a mentor and role model for guidelines in delivery management.
Continuous Improvement
- Identifies and addresses opportunities for improving ways of working within x area
- Encourages collaboration across teams and fosters a culture of knowledge sharing.
- Work with Head of Product & Head of Engineering to identify and resolve delivery inefficiencies within teams.
- Embed agile guidelines and champion workload balancing, dependency management, Delivery standards and waste reduction.
- Evaluated and evolved team structures, operating models to improve scalability, delivery effectiveness, and cross-functional collaboration as organisational needs changed.
- Track and manage delivery performance, taking action when teams deviate from agreed targets (e.g., cycle time, product lead time).
Delivery Community
- Contributes to the growth and development of the Delivery community.
- Promotes agile methodologies and intelligent tooling within the organisation.
- Supports social learning and knowledge-sharing initiatives across teams.
What you'll bring
- Led Agile delivery across cross-functional engineering and product teams, ensuring timely execution of roadmap commitments and alignment with business priorities.
- Established delivery metrics and reporting frameworks using cycle time, lead time, and throughput data to identify risks and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partnered with senior leaders across Product and Engineering to remove blockers, optimise workflows, and improve cross-team collaboration.
- Championed Agile guidelines and mentored teams on delivery excellence, resulting in improved execution consistency and operational efficiency.
- Provided strategic delivery leadership across multiple teams, shaping delivery direction, influencing organisational priorities, and engaging with senior stakeholders to support effective decision-making and execution.
What you'll get
We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. Our Benefits package includes;
- Wellbeing fund
- Uncapped holiday allowance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Discretionary annual performance bonus
- Paid volunteering time per year
- Enhanced parental leave
Flutter Entertainment ("Flutter") is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, ensuring every candidate can participate fully and fairly. We welcome requests for adjustments at any stage of the hiring journey and throughout employment.
If we are unable to meet a requested adjustment, we will work with you to explore suitable alternatives and ensure a fair and supportive process. Our goal is to enable all individuals to thrive, removing barriers so they can reach their full potential.
Flutter
Flutter is the world’s #1 online sports betting and gaming operator and home to some of the UK and Ireland’s most recognisable brands, including Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet. We set the pace for our industry. And we’re always looking for what’s next.
Here, good ideas move fast. You’ll work with sharp people, solve problems at serious scale and be backed to challenge how things are done. Using our unmatched scale, we share ideas, tech and expertise across our brands and locations, turning great thinking into global impact.
Delivery & Performance Manager (FTC) in Leeds employer: Betfair
At Flutter, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration across our offices in Cluj-Napoca, Leeds, and Dublin. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and mentorship, while our competitive benefits package ensures that you are well-supported both personally and professionally. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values diversity and embraces the latest technologies to create a secure and resilient environment.
