At a Glance
- Tasks: Coordinate and manage the delivery of digital engineering projects with a focus on efficiency.
- Company: Join OCU Digital, a forward-thinking tech company in Preston.
- Benefits: Enjoy a permanent full-time role with competitive salary and growth opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for continuous improvement and professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving high-quality digital product delivery.
- Qualifications: Experience in delivery management or similar roles, with strong Agile knowledge.
The Delivery Manager is responsible for coordinating the successful delivery of OCU Digital's engineering and platform projects, ensuring work is planned, prioritised and delivered efficiently. Working closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Platform Managers and Digital Technology teams, they manage delivery plans, cross-team dependencies, risks and stakeholder communication to keep projects on track. They drive planning and reporting, promote delivery standards such as Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD), and ensure changes are implemented safely and effectively. By identifying risks early, improving delivery processes and fostering collaboration, the Delivery Manager helps OCU deliver high-quality digital products and services consistently and efficiently.
What You'll Do
- Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of digital engineering and platform projects, ensuring work is prioritised, planned and delivered against agreed timelines.
- Manage cross-team dependencies, risks and resource challenges, working with Product Owners, Engineering Managers and stakeholders to maintain delivery momentum.
- Lead delivery ceremonies, maintain project plans, RAID logs and reporting, and provide clear updates on progress, risks and key decisions.
- Promote delivery best practices, ensuring adherence to governance, Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), change control and quality standards.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery processes, improve collaboration and support the development of delivery capability across OCU Digital.
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or similar within a digital, software or technology environment, with a strong understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban delivery frameworks.
- Demonstrable experience managing cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, issues and trade-offs, with excellent planning, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficient in using delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or similar to manage workflows, track progress and produce delivery reporting.
- Strong communicator, able to engage effectively with engineers, product teams, service teams and senior stakeholders, while taking ownership and accountability for successful delivery outcomes.
- Experience driving continuous improvement across delivery practices, governance and tooling, with the ability to support sprint, release and increment planning.
- Experience delivering data platform, integration or large-scale digital programmes, particularly working alongside Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists.
- Knowledge of service management, reliability, observability, SRE, DevOps and QA practices, ensuring smooth delivery into live environments.
- Agile or project delivery certification (e.g. Scrum Master, AgilePM or PRINCE2) and experience coaching or mentoring other delivery professionals.
Delivery Manager (Data) in Preston employer: OCU Group
At OCU, we pride ourselves on being a leading employer in the utilities and energy sector, offering a dynamic work environment in Reading that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through ongoing training and development opportunities, ensuring that our team members are equipped with the latest skills and knowledge in high voltage electrical systems. With a strong focus on safety and excellence, we provide a supportive culture where every individual can thrive and contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of infrastructure engineering.
