SBS Skipton Building Society

Job Summary We are recruiting for a Senior Delivery Manager to lead our agile "teams of teams", driving strategic alignment and the seamless flow of value across mission critical business and technical change. Every change we deliver is ultimately for our customers, ensuring faster, simpler, and more connected customer experiences that genuinely add value. Responsibilities Lead and facilitate Agile Service Delivery ceremonies, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events. Manage, coach, and develop a team of Delivery Leads and Analysts, driving performance, capability, and career growth. Drive continuous improvement across the ART to enhance delivery flow, quality, predictability, and agile maturity. Remove impediments and enable effective cross team collaboration to achieve business and technology outcomes. Partner with Product, Platform, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to shape priorities, manage dependencies, and optimise backlogs. Monitor and report on delivery progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, governance, and compliance requirements. Champion a culture of learning, innovation, feedback, and organisational change, supporting the adoption of scaled agile practices. Qualifications Proven leader with experience coaching, developing, and line managing Delivery Leads, Analysts, and hybrid teams. Deep expertise in Lean Agile delivery, with hands on experience in senior delivery leadership and scaled agile environments (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban). Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels. Broad experience delivering complex technology initiatives, including software, infrastructure, DevOps, and business transformation programmes. Ability to balance strategic priorities with effective day to day delivery, bringing clarity and direction in complex environments. Analytical and data driven, with a strong focus on continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and measurable outcomes. Experienced in leading large scale change across business and technology functions; experience within regulated sectors such as financial services is advantageous. Benefits Annual discretionary bonus scheme. 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days. Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum). Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates. Flexible working to help balance commitments. Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships. Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at JohnLewis, Currys, and IKEA.

SBS Skipton Building Society is recruiting a Senior Delivery Manager to lead our agile teams of teams, align strategy, and ensure the seamless flow of value across major business and technical change. The role focuses on delivering faster, simpler, more connected customer experiences that genuinely add value. You will coach and develop Delivery Leads, drive Lean-Agile delivery across SAFe/Scrum/Kanban, and partner with Product, Platform, Architecture, and Business to shape priorities and manage

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to drive complex transformation at scale and elevate agile delivery across our enterprise. You will lead end-to-end delivery of major technology change initiatives, selecting Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methods to meet business needs, and partner with Architecture, Engineering, Product and Platform Leads to align roadmaps and dependencies. You will drive PI Planning and ceremonies, maintain delivery governance, and champion DevOps and

Hours: 35 hours per week, hybrid. Closing date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026. Overview Senior Delivery Lead to drive complex transformation at scale and elevate agile delivery across our enterprise. What You'll Do Lead end to end delivery of major technology change initiatives, including platform, infrastructure and software development programmes. Select and apply the most effective delivery approach (Agile, Waterfall or hybrid) to meet business and technology needs. Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Product and Platform Leads to align delivery plans, roadmaps and dependencies. Drive PI Planning, sprint coordination, delivery ceremonies and planning workshops to keep teams aligned and progressing. Maintain robust delivery governance, reporting and visibility of risks, dependencies, resources and timelines. Champion Agile, DevOps, automation and continuous improvement to enhance delivery performance and engineering excellence. Advise technology leaders on delivery strategy, implementation planning, resource requirements and risk management. What You'll Need Significant experience leading large scale technology change and transformation programmes across complex enterprise environments. Deep expertise in Agile delivery, DevOps, SDLC and technical delivery management, with a strong understanding of modern technology operating models. Proven ability to work across Architecture, Engineering, Operations and Agile Release Trains to drive aligned, predictable delivery outcomes. Experienced in leading PI Planning, technical workshops and delivery ceremonies while managing complex dependencies and risks. Strong problem solving skills with experience in platform migrations, cloud adoption, infrastructure modernisation and legacy transformation. Influential leader with excellent stakeholder management skills, high emotional intelligence and a track record of building delivery capability and agile maturity. Familiarity with delivery tools such as Azure DevOps or Apptio Target Process; relevant Agile, SAFe, Scrum or PMP certifications are advantageous. What's In It For You Annual discretionary bonus scheme 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum) Colleague mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates Flexible working to help balance your commitments Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, usable at JohnLewis, Currys and IKEA

Working Hours: 35 hr per week Closing Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 About Skipton Skipton is the fourth biggest building society in the UK, a mutual organisation owned by its members rather than shareholders. It offers a supportive environment that values work/life balance, hybrid and flexible working and a range of wellbeing and development initiatives. Role Overview Release & Deployment Manager responsible for shaping how change is delivered across Skipton, enabling teams to release faster, safer, and with greater confidence. This highly collaborative role works with Platform Owners, DevSecOps, Quality Engineering and Environments teams to provide oversight and coordination of releases across multiple platforms. What You'll Be Doing Define and evolve release and deployment strategies that enable safe, efficient, and frequent delivery across multiple platforms. Lead cross team release planning and coordination, ensuring visibility of dependencies, risks and environment readiness. Drive adoption of modern release practices including automation, policy as code and progressive delivery approaches such as canary and blue/green deployments. Use data and engineering metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR) to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance. Lead and develop a small team, building capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes. Qualifications Proven experience in Release, Deployment or Service Transition leadership within complex technology environments. Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD, DevOps and automated release processes. Experience working with multiple teams and stakeholders to coordinate releases and manage dependencies at scale. Ability to use data and metrics to improve release performance, reduce risk and enhance delivery outcomes. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, operations and business teams. Benefits Annual discretionary bonus scheme 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum) Colleague mortgage (conditions apply) Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car Commitment to training and development Private medical insurance for all colleagues Three paid volunteering days per annum Diverse and inclusive colleague networks (Carers and Pride Alliance) Cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership Why Join Us We care about sustainability and look to the long term for both colleagues and customers. When we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how change is delivered across the organisation, enabling faster, safer releases with greater confidence. You will collaborate with Platform Owners, DevSecOps, Quality Engineering and Environments teams to oversee releases across multiple platforms. The role requires strong leadership, deep knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices and a track record of delivering complex releases at scale.

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Senior Technology Architecture Manager to lead our Platform Architecture capability, driving strategic decisions across cloud, infrastructure, digital, data, core banking and integration platforms. You will work with Enterprise and Solution Architecture to shape our technology landscape. You will define roadmaps, set guardrails, and mentor Platform Architects while accelerating modernisation through scalable, low risk change.

Hours: 35 Hours per week Closing Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 Senior Technology Architecture Manager We are seeking a Senior Technology Architecture Manager to lead our Platform Architecture capability, driving strategic technology decisions across cloud, infrastructure, digital, data, core banking and integration platforms. Working alongside Enterprise and Solution Architecture teams, you will design secure, scalable and resilient solutions, influence the technology direction of one of the UK's leading financial services organisations, and play a key role in shaping our technology landscape. What You'll Do Partner closely with Platform Owners and Engineering leaders to uplift non functional excellence, codify architectural guardrails, drive simplification and embed automation directly supporting the technology vision of improved flow, stronger engineering capability and more predictable value delivery. Act as a deputy for the Director of Technology when required. Shape Skipton's technology future through platform architecture strategy and transformation. Influence enterprise wide decisions across cloud, data, digital, core banking and integration platforms. Define architectural roadmaps and future state platform capabilities. Partner with senior leaders to guide investment, priorities and technology direction. Drive simplification and engineering excellence through architecture standards, guardrails and automation. Lead and develop Platform Architects, building capability and a strong architecture community. Accelerate modernisation by enabling scalable, resilient and low risk technology change. We work in a hybrid way, balancing flexibility with collaboration. For this role, you'll typically spend three days a week in our Skipton office, with the remaining two days working from home. What You'll Need Senior architecture leadership experience gained in Enterprise, Head of Architecture or Chief Architect roles. Proven ability to build and lead high performing architecture teams. Strong transformation experience delivering large scale technology change. Exceptional stakeholder influence, including Executive and senior leadership teams. Deep architectural expertise with strong strategic thinking and simplification skills. Enterprise wide perspective across complex business and technology landscapes. A collaborative, curious and pragmatic approach with a passion for driving positive outcomes. What's In It For You Annual discretionary bonus scheme. 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + a rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days. Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum). Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates. Flexible working to help balance your commitments. Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships. Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at John Lewis, Currys, and IKEA. About Skipton Skipton is a mutual building society that has been serving members since 1853. We operate across England and Scotland and focus on providing financial services that matter to our members and communities.

Help us design secure, modern technology that our members can trust. We're looking for a Solutions Architect with a passion for security to help shape the future of technology at Skipton. This isn't a traditional "security gatekeeper" role. You'll work as a core Solutions Architect first, designing end to end solutions across a complex technology landscape-while bringing deeper expertise in security to ensure everything we build is secure, resilient, and trusted by design. You'll play a key role in helping us modernise our platforms, simplify our architecture, and embed security into how we deliver technology-not bolt it on afterwards. We work in a hybrid way, balancing flexibility with collaboration. For this role, you'll typically spend three days a week in our Skipton office, with the remaining two days working from home. What You'll Do Design end to end technology solutions aligned to enterprise architecture, strategy, and target state capabilities Partner with product owners, delivery leads, and engineering teams to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable designs Guide and influence technical decisions, balancing short term delivery with long term sustainability Provide architectural governance and assurance across the delivery lifecycle Identify risks, trade offs, and opportunities to improve simplicity, reuse, and coherence Champion modern architecture approaches, including API led integration, cloud native design, and reusable platforms What You'll Need Strong solution architecture expertise with experience designing and delivering enterprise scale technology solutions Security minded approach, embedding security principles throughout solution design and delivery Knowledge of security controls across identity, data, cloud and modern technology environments Experience designing resilient, scalable architectures that balance risk, usability and delivery outcomes Familiarity with modern architecture practices including APIs, cloud native solutions, DevSecOps and Zero Trust Proven ability to work collaboratively across business, technology, engineering and risk stakeholders Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to explain complex concepts and support decision making at all levels What's In It For You Annual discretionary bonus scheme 25 days standard annual leave plus bank holidays, with an additional day per year of service up to a maximum of 30 days Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum) Colleague mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates Flexible working to help balance your commitments Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, and discounted gym memberships Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at JohnLewis, Currys, and IKEA

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Solutions Architect with a passion for security to shape the future of technology for our members. You'll design end-to-end solutions across a complex landscape, embedding security by design and guiding delivery from concept to implementation. You'll work in a hybrid model, spending three days at the Skipton office and two days remote, collaborating with product owners, engineering, and risk teams to balance security, scalability, and business value.

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end delivery of large-scale business and technology change. The role emphasizes influencing teams, raising delivery standards, and creating conditions for high performance across the organisation. Hybrid working with office days and remote work. You will apply Agile, Lean and traditional delivery approaches, coach teams, and manage cross-functional risks and stakeholders to accelerate outcomes.

Skipton Building Society is seeking a T-shaped architect to join our Technology team in Skipton. You'll design end-to-end technology solutions, guide architectural decisions, and embed governance across delivery, with a focus on API-led integration, cloud-native design, and reusable platforms. This role blends business strategy, architecture and engineering to modernise our platforms and achieve cohesive outcomes for members.

Overview Hours: Standard Closing Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 We're looking for T-shaped architects, people with strong core solution architecture capability, complemented by broad knowledge across multiple domains (e.g. applications, data, integration, infrastructure, or security). You don't need to have done everything. What matters most is how you think, collaborate, and approach problems. This isn't a role focused on isolated systems or incremental change. You'll play a key part in modernising our platforms, simplifying our technology landscape, and enabling better outcomes for our members through well-designed, cohesive solutions. You'll work at the intersection of business strategy, architecture, and engineering, influencing how we design and deliver technology across a broad and evolving portfolio. At Skipton, we are founded on fairness. We exist to do right by our members - and we believe that starts with doing right by our people. So whoever you are and whatever you bring, there's a place for you here and a genuine plan for where you go next. What You'll Do Every day at Skipton is an innovation day. In our Technology team you'll discover we're constantly focused on real challenges as we build the tools that get things done for our members - quicker than you imagine. You'll play a key role in turning strategic ambitions into practical, deliverable solutions, influencing transformational change, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams, and embedding architecture into delivery to create meaningful, lasting impact. Design end-to-end technology solutions aligned to enterprise architecture, strategy, and target-state capabilities Partner with product owners, delivery leads, and engineering teams to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable designs Guide and influence technical decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability Provide architectural governance and assurance across the delivery lifecycle Identify risks, trade-offs, and opportunities to improve simplicity, reuse, and coherence Champion modern architecture approaches, including API-led integration, cloud-native design, and reusable platforms We work in a hybrid way, balancing flexibility with collaboration. For this role, you'll typically spend three days a week in our Skipton office, with the remaining two days working from home. What You'll Need We're looking for T-shaped architects-people with strong core solution architecture capability, complemented by broad knowledge across multiple domains (e.g. applications, data, integration, infrastructure, or security). You don't need to have done everything. What matters most is how you think, collaborate, and approach problems. Ability to design scalable, end-to-end solutions within complex technology environments Strong collaboration and communication skills, with confidence working across business and technical teams Pragmatic, delivery-focused approach with the ability to balance immediate needs and long-term outcomes Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions in agile environments Broad technical knowledge across areas such as software engineering, systems design, cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and modern architecture patterns What's In It For You Your work matters. And the way we reward you matters, too. At Skipton, we offer pay and benefits that really do make life better, together with a genuine thank you for making a difference. Annual discretionary bonus scheme 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum) Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates Flexible working to help balance your commitments Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted gym memberships Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, usable at John Lewis, Currys, and IKEA About Skipton Our story began in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Today, you'll find us across England and Scotland, from Aberdeen to Plymouth. We help over a million members put down roots, save for what matters, and feel good about their money. As a mutual, they own us, so everything we do is for them. You'll feel that same fairness and purpose in how all 2,500 of our colleagues work together, too. It all means that life at Skipton is more exciting than you imagine. What it's like to work here Life at Skipton - We talk and we listen to each other. And we make decisions as a team. That way, you get all the support you need to do work that works for everyone. For most roles there's the option of blended working, which means we mix working from home and meeting in person. The right balance depends on your role, and what works best for you, your manager, and your team. We also value what everyone brings to Skipton and create a fair place where you can be yourself. Our colleague networks connect people with similar life experiences and make our workplace warm, friendly, inclusive and welcoming. Wellbeing is important. We offer help for your mental and physical health across five key areas. It's help you can actually use too - not just read about. Apply Apply now. You don't need to tick every box-we look for people who care about our members and who want to grow at the same time. The rest can follow. Notes Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and a mutual organisation owned by our members. We're committed to sustainability and building better futures for colleagues and customers.