Senior Delivery Manager - Asset Management - Robert Walters : Job Details

A leading investment management organisation in London City is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager for an initial 6 month contract to shape and support a high-performing engineering team and lead multiple delivery streams. The role will be instrumental in managing dependencies, prioritising work across product backlogs, and aligning team efforts with strategic objectives.

What you'll do:

As a Senior Delivery Manager you will play an integral part in creating an environment where engineering delivery teams excel. Your day-to-day activities will involve:

• close collaboration with senior stakeholders to interpret strategic goals into actionable plans.
• facilitating design sprints and guide engineering teams through high-level solution design processes.
• overseeing feature estimation sessions with delivery teams and developing robust governance frameworks to ensure projects are well-resourced and structured for success.
• creating clarity around business priorities will keep both development teams and business units focused on shared objectives.
• managing complex programmes through a scrum of scrums approach will require you to implement effective team structures while promoting best practices in agile delivery.
• serving as a mentor for Scrum Masters and Product Owners-removing obstacles, encouraging self-organisation, and championing continuous improvement initiatives.
• creating a clear vision mapped to business values and strategies, ensuring that priority items are addressed promptly and that both business and development teams remain aligned with the strategic roadmap

What you bring:

To excel as a Senior Delivery Manager in this highly respected investment management setting, you will bring substantial experience guiding technology delivery teams through complex projects using agile methodologies within a global asset manager.

You will also have:

• Strong experience working in asset management environments and have an understanding institutional fund operations
• honed your skills facilitating agile ceremonies-such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and scrum of scrums-while providing mentorship that encourages growth among team members.
• An ability to collaborate effectively with developers, subject matter experts, Product Owners, and other stakeholders ensures everyone remains aligned on priorities.
• A graduate-level education or equivalent practical experience underpins your technical acumen; any additional certifications in agile practices further strengthen your profile.
• An approachable communication style combined with a genuine desire to nurture high-performing teams and thrive in supportive leadership roles.
• A solid background in software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies with hands-on experience delivering iterative solutions through agile frameworks

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