Head of Planning and Delivery

Reporting to: Chief Technology Officer

Up to £75,000 per annum

Our client, a long standing national not-for-profit organisation, are looking for a new member of staff who will be able to lead, motivate, manage and develop their Technology Planning & Delivery Team. You will be working with both technology and business stakeholders in order to support the delivery of business priorities.

The Technology Planning & Delivery Team is responsible for the planning and delivery to meet all technology requirements across the business.

We are looking for someone with the following;

• Extensive experience of successfully establishing and directing Agile delivery teams.
• Knowledge of SCRUM and Kanban delivery alongside traditional project delivery and reporting.
• Experience working in a digital, collaborative and agile environment with both product and project delivery background.
• Excellent time management, organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work to deadlines.
• Ability to develop planning methods to ensure business confidence of roadmap delivery. Adopt a continual improvement mindset and culture.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience.
• Experience of working at leadership and board levels in an organisation to provide advice and insight on technology strategy, capacity and capability.
• Excellent financial and organisational management skills, able to forecast, plan and manage complex budgets, projects and programmes.
• Excellent supplier management and negotiation skills, with proven ability to identify and achieve savings whilst ensuring delivery to meet user needs.

Desirable experience:

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services and Google Apps environments
• Expertise in technology procurement and contract negotiation

Requirements for this role;

• Ability to contribute to an inventive, responsible and generous organisation and team culture
• Proven ability to keep up to date with technology and take individual responsibility for learning new technologies
• Willingness to travel within the UK (including overnights) and to work unsocial hours occasionally to meet tight timescales
• Commitment to equality and diversity
• Awareness that our users are at the heart of everything we do