Delivery Manager - FTC - 15months Solihull, England, United Kingdom

Maternity leave cover for 15 months.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Delivery Director as a member of the Delivery leadership team, whilst leading the Project management function.
• Lead a team of between 5-10 people with direct reports across Project management.
• Create, lead and maintain the 1 year strategy for Project Management within the delivery function, ensuring it aligns with the overarching objectives for Delivery and Tech.
• Oversee all projects within Tech, identifying risks and mitigating them.
• Create, lead and maintain the Project Management processes, documentation and ways of working.
• Plan and manage a resourcing strategy for all Tech projects.
• Support the Delivery Director in people management, team and individual performance, development of team members and employment decisions within the project management team.
• Lead implementation of project KPI reports – creating visibility across Tech and the wider business.
• Play a role in the Delivery leadership group in imparting business values and delivering stakeholder requirements as well as innovation and ideation alongside BAU.
• Actively participate in project teams while ensuring proper communication and collaboration within business departments and with business partners.
• Coherently communicate the challenges of the team and observe team’s daily activities to gain a clear view of members’ roles and contributions in project meetings and project planning.
• Accountability
• Play a key role in shaping and influencing the delivery team.
• Ensure alignment between all projects within Tech.
• Understand and anticipate the need for change, diagnose underlying issues and build the case for change with Tech leaders.
• Contribute to and, where accountable, define processes that support the Tech team.
• Provide consultation and coaching to the Project managers in order to support the business’s vision, mission, and overall objectives.
• Be accountable for facilitating the movement of the performance needle in all manager‑based metrics.

Requirements

Essential Criteria

• Strong experience managing large programmes of work spanning the business.
• Strong experience managing and working with senior stakeholders, including C‑suite.
• Background in technology and retail industry.
• Ability to make viable commercial decisions.
• Experience in people management.
• Experienced in effectively managing resources.
• Maintains a clear and detailed knowledge of industry trends, best practices, and innovation.
• Preferred Skills
• Adopting and leading change.
• Lateral thinker.
• Willing to challenge and be challenged.
• Willingness to give and receive effective feedback.

Benefits

• Performance‑based Bonus opportunity.
• Funded Healthcare benefit.
• 25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays.
• Contributory Employer pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits programme – including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading.
• Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards.
• Access to High Street cashback and discounts.
• Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support.
• Enhanced Family Leave package.
• Life Assurance.
• Location

Hybrid role. The successful candidate will attend at least three days a week in GSIQ, Solihull, UK.

Other Information

This role is a maternity leave cover for 15 months.

Closing date Friday 24th July 2026.

If your application is successful, you may be invited to a Digital interview prior to meeting the team to help us better identify skills and experiences relevant for the role.

Equality and Diversity

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application.

We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments for candidates with specific needs or having a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally.

We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind.

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