Data Engineering Delivery Manager

The Data Engineering Delivery Manager plays a pivotal role within the Data Services function at Vita Health Group, ensuring the smooth running of BAU operations while driving continuous improvement across the organisation. This role is central to coordinating delivery, shaping processes, and enabling the Data Engineering team to build high-quality data products that support clinical, operational, and strategic outcomes.

You will manage and prioritise the backlog of work items, working closely with the Lead Data Engineer and a team of internal engineers throughout the full software change lifecycle. You will facilitate agile development practices, support requirement gathering, and ensure that all work is delivered to a consistently high standard. A key part of the role is owning and evolving DevOps processes, identifying bottlenecks, improving workflows, and ensuring that governance, such as Data Change Advisory Board processes, is followed. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders across IT, transformation, and service leadership to define and deliver the roadmap for Vita Health Group's data products.

• Manage and prioritise the data engineering backlog, supporting the Lead Data Engineer and coordinating agile delivery.
• Lead the gathering, documentation, and translation of business requirements into technical specifications.
• Own and continuously improve DevOps processes, including backlog reporting to the IT Director.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks, remove obstacles, and ensure smooth execution across the team.
• Work with directors, transformation leads, and service stakeholders to define product roadmaps.
• Ensure all products meet quality standards and progress through dev, system test, UAT, pre-prod, and production environments.
• Oversee adherence to Data Change Advisory Board processes and governance requirements.

• 3-4 years specific digital and/or IT project management experience in a DevOps environment such as data analysis, engineering or data platform delivery CI/CD.
• 3-4 years working in a defined role facilitating/key role on an agile/software delivery and SDLC such as SCRUM prioritising work and protecting development based on business need.
• An IT/Business Change related degree or further education certification.
• A proven track record of significant contributions to managing a small team.
• A proven track record managing teams through Scrum methodologies.
• A proven track record of significant contributions in shaping, resourcing, and delivering IT change through idea definition, resource allocation and delivery.
• Demonstrable experience of sprint planning and backlog refinement ceremonies under a central change framework.
• Demonstrable experience of building strong working relationships.
• Ability to plan, hold and note key supplier account meetings, including tracking measures on continual improvement.
• Applied understanding of how to use Azure DevOps to track work.
• A robust understanding of applied IT project management delivery methods, Agile, SCRUM and Waterfall, Stakeholder Mapping, Stakeholder engagement.
• Experience sizing work with software delivery teams, super users/stakeholders and internal resources.
• A skill and knowledge of how to record and manage Risks, Issues and Decisions (RAID).
• Ability to break down ideas into work items and identify and allocate resource.
• An ability to build strong trust relationships with VHG colleagues at all levels.
• An ability to self-start and self-manage, creating a portfolio of works.
• An understanding of RACI model.
• Willingness to travel, which may include overnight stays on occasion, as and when required.

Please note we require candidates to have the right to work in the UK and the role requires working from the UK.

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do. Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc, we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK's largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of Making People Better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. We are an award-winning employer recently recognised nationally as 'Best Company to Work for' at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024. This is also recognised by current employees - our most recent Employee Survey results showed the top 5 reasons to work here as being: supportive team and management, positive work environment, wellbeing and mental health support, trust and respect, autonomy and flexibility.

We are keen to progress your skills and enable career development and provide regular Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme, apprenticeships and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work-life balance and a comprehensive benefits package.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is seeking to improve the diversity of its workforce. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

For further information on our EDI commitments please view our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We are committed to being equitable and supporting the well-being of all employees. We are a Mindful Employer and our status as a Disability Confident Leader is dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be considered for interview.

Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme ensures that all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview. Our Gender Matters Scheme ensures that all women applicants for senior roles (£60,000+) that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview.

We are committed to meeting the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS), Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES). Access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues including Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme is provided.

An embedded 'speaking up' culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians is in place. We treat transgender individuals with dignity and recognise the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at hr@vhg.co.uk to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will facilitate. Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months. Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.