Location: Bristol (20% onsite) Duration: 6 month contract Rate: 78ph LTD (Outside IR35) Role details: Our client, a leader in the defence and security sector, is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. This role involves developing and deploying advanced machine learning models essential for secure, high-integrity systems and services across critical defence, government, and public sector programmes. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and optimise machine learning models, including NLP, computer vision, and predictive analytics Own the ML lifecycle from data preparation through to training, evaluation, and deployment Implement and maintain MLOps workflows for continuous integration and delivery of ML models Collaborate with Data Engineers and DevOps teams to ensure production readiness and scalability Contribute to architecture decisions for ML pipelines and data flows Apply secure coding and configuration practices in line with compliance standards Mentor junior engineers and share best practices across the team Support innovation by researching emerging ML techniques and tools Job Requirements: Proven experience developing and deploying machine learning models in production environments Experience with the OpenCV framework and object detection models, including YOLO, RCNN, and Vision models Proficiency in optical flow and object tracking for video analysis Solid knowledge of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models and fine-tuning with custom datasets Understanding of accuracy measurement metrics like Character Error Rate (CER) and Word Error Rate (WER) Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) Understanding of ML architectures, hyperparameter tuning, and performance optimisation Experience with MLOps tools and CI/CD pipelines Familiarity with data engineering concepts (ETL, data pipelines, SQL) Ability to analyse complex data and communicate insights effectively Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills Core Areas (Must Have): ML Development Expertise: Hands-on experience building and deploying ML models Lifecycle Ownership: Ability to manage ML workflows from design to production Tool Proficiency: Skilled in Python, ML frameworks, and MLOps tooling Data Engineering Awareness: Understanding of data pipelines, warehousing, and integration Governance & Compliance: Familiarity with secure coding and quality assurance standards Collaboration & Mentoring: Ability to work across teams and support junior engineers Continuous Improvement: Commitment to learning and applying emerging ML techniques Desirable Skills: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerisation (such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) Experience working in secure or regulated environments Exposure to big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) and Apache tools Familiarity with Agile and DevOps practices Industry certifications (e.g., TensorFlow Developer, AWS Machine Learning Specialty) Knowledge of NLP, computer vision, and deep learning architectures STEM degree or equivalent experience in AI, Data Science, or related fields If you are ready to take ownership of machine learning solutions that underpin secure, high-integrity systems and services, and lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative, and team-centric manner, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's Cyber & Security Solutions Division team in Bristol.
31/03/2026
Contractor
Location: Bristol (20% onsite) Duration: 6 month contract Rate: 78ph LTD (Outside IR35) Role details: Our client, a leader in the defence and security sector, is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. This role involves developing and deploying advanced machine learning models essential for secure, high-integrity systems and services across critical defence, government, and public sector programmes. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and optimise machine learning models, including NLP, computer vision, and predictive analytics Own the ML lifecycle from data preparation through to training, evaluation, and deployment Implement and maintain MLOps workflows for continuous integration and delivery of ML models Collaborate with Data Engineers and DevOps teams to ensure production readiness and scalability Contribute to architecture decisions for ML pipelines and data flows Apply secure coding and configuration practices in line with compliance standards Mentor junior engineers and share best practices across the team Support innovation by researching emerging ML techniques and tools Job Requirements: Proven experience developing and deploying machine learning models in production environments Experience with the OpenCV framework and object detection models, including YOLO, RCNN, and Vision models Proficiency in optical flow and object tracking for video analysis Solid knowledge of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models and fine-tuning with custom datasets Understanding of accuracy measurement metrics like Character Error Rate (CER) and Word Error Rate (WER) Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) Understanding of ML architectures, hyperparameter tuning, and performance optimisation Experience with MLOps tools and CI/CD pipelines Familiarity with data engineering concepts (ETL, data pipelines, SQL) Ability to analyse complex data and communicate insights effectively Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills Core Areas (Must Have): ML Development Expertise: Hands-on experience building and deploying ML models Lifecycle Ownership: Ability to manage ML workflows from design to production Tool Proficiency: Skilled in Python, ML frameworks, and MLOps tooling Data Engineering Awareness: Understanding of data pipelines, warehousing, and integration Governance & Compliance: Familiarity with secure coding and quality assurance standards Collaboration & Mentoring: Ability to work across teams and support junior engineers Continuous Improvement: Commitment to learning and applying emerging ML techniques Desirable Skills: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerisation (such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) Experience working in secure or regulated environments Exposure to big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) and Apache tools Familiarity with Agile and DevOps practices Industry certifications (e.g., TensorFlow Developer, AWS Machine Learning Specialty) Knowledge of NLP, computer vision, and deep learning architectures STEM degree or equivalent experience in AI, Data Science, or related fields If you are ready to take ownership of machine learning solutions that underpin secure, high-integrity systems and services, and lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative, and team-centric manner, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's Cyber & Security Solutions Division team in Bristol.
JOB TITLE: SOURCING DELIVERY LEAD REPORTS TO: HEAD OF SOURCING AS A SERVICE CAREER LEVEL: LEVEL 8 PRIMARY LOCATION: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROLE OVERVIEW: The Recruitment Sourcing Delivery Lead is responsible for teams operating across all services in multiple European countries within Accenture's operating model, leading and managing strategic sourcing partners and Pod Leads to meet and exceed client expectations and delivery targets The Recruitment Sourcing Delivery Lead has direct responsibility for: Developing and implementing market and service relevant sourcing strategies and channels Coaching teams and pro-actively developing learning content to enable sourcing as a service Providing data led insights, market intelligence and continuous improvement and innovation concepts to the Head of Sourcing as a Service Managing senior stakeholder relationships to MD level providing data led insights, managing sourcing stream impacts and influencing multiple MU recruiting teams to deliver proactive pipelining at pace Team outputs and area KPIs and SLAs Ensuring cross-skilling and capacity planning across their teams; working closely with other delivery leads to optimise outcomes and meet demand spikes Act as owner/point of contact for global & local sourcing and procurement teams to ensure appropriate channels and tools are in place to meet the demands of the business Providing thought leadership for their markets and services from a sourcing and talent attraction perspective KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Develop and implement sourcing strategies, ensure robust yield tracking, workstream impact mitigation and cost impacts are addressed and understood Work closely with the TA Management Team in their markets/service groups to deliver a pipeline of candidates to meet the needs of the business and build future talent pipelines for 'always on' demand Acts as SME for sourcing as a service and is an active ambassador, able to identify and articulate opportunities for growth Identify potential problems in the sourcing work stream in advance and work proactively with the Head of Sourcing as a Service to develop robust processes and influence execution at all levels Design, deliver and drive sourcing events and other events as required Support the head of sourcing as a service in developing the catalogue of services and articulating these to stakeholders at all levels with confidence Coach and lead their teams effectively to ensure all delivery targets are met and any potential challenges are addressed swiftly and appropriately Provide expertise in Accenture systems, processes, networks and initiatives to ensure their teams are enabled to deliver whilst acting as an expert advisor to the business Develop processes and reporting in line with J2IO and SynOps initiatives, acting as an ambassador with a deep understanding of the services delivered and how they anchor to Intelligent Operations initiatives Actively contribute to lead meetings, driving ideation and operating in the new Coach, develop and effectively succession plan Expert in sourcing tools and methodologies and able to disseminate relevant information and techniques Support RFI and RFP work through developing market insights, interlocking with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the sourcing and recruiting functions are aligned and able to deliver any wins Develop and maintain robust governance procedures to drive team delivery and success Deep understanding of end to end recruitment within a large, complex and matrixed organisation Indirect budget management and optimisation, able to drive cost to serve savings Act as an ambassador for HRSS and partner closely with colleagues across the HRSS eco-system to drive innovation, client value and satisfaction Help shape and deliver a world class candidate experience Show more Show less Qualifications EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: An effective, confident and influential communicator who is able to lead and influence conversations with senior stakeholders Experience of sourcing both high volume campaigns and niche, targeted recruitment efforts utilising a range of sourcing strategies Collaborative team player - promoting inclusion, seeking continuous improvement through day to day work and leading by example An awareness of the latest employment legislation and key issues surrounding immigration Deep and demonstrable ATS, CRM and visual analytics reporting experience with strong PPT and Excel skills Strong people developer and leader, demonstrable experience in autonomously leading high performing teams Creative innovator, able to augment human ingenuity and tools to effect optimal processes and candidate experience Able to confidently navigate and operate as a high performer within ambiguity ABOUT ACCENTURE Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions-underpinned by the world's largest delivery network-Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at .
24/09/2022
Full time
JOB TITLE: SOURCING DELIVERY LEAD REPORTS TO: HEAD OF SOURCING AS A SERVICE CAREER LEVEL: LEVEL 8 PRIMARY LOCATION: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROLE OVERVIEW: The Recruitment Sourcing Delivery Lead is responsible for teams operating across all services in multiple European countries within Accenture's operating model, leading and managing strategic sourcing partners and Pod Leads to meet and exceed client expectations and delivery targets The Recruitment Sourcing Delivery Lead has direct responsibility for: Developing and implementing market and service relevant sourcing strategies and channels Coaching teams and pro-actively developing learning content to enable sourcing as a service Providing data led insights, market intelligence and continuous improvement and innovation concepts to the Head of Sourcing as a Service Managing senior stakeholder relationships to MD level providing data led insights, managing sourcing stream impacts and influencing multiple MU recruiting teams to deliver proactive pipelining at pace Team outputs and area KPIs and SLAs Ensuring cross-skilling and capacity planning across their teams; working closely with other delivery leads to optimise outcomes and meet demand spikes Act as owner/point of contact for global & local sourcing and procurement teams to ensure appropriate channels and tools are in place to meet the demands of the business Providing thought leadership for their markets and services from a sourcing and talent attraction perspective KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Develop and implement sourcing strategies, ensure robust yield tracking, workstream impact mitigation and cost impacts are addressed and understood Work closely with the TA Management Team in their markets/service groups to deliver a pipeline of candidates to meet the needs of the business and build future talent pipelines for 'always on' demand Acts as SME for sourcing as a service and is an active ambassador, able to identify and articulate opportunities for growth Identify potential problems in the sourcing work stream in advance and work proactively with the Head of Sourcing as a Service to develop robust processes and influence execution at all levels Design, deliver and drive sourcing events and other events as required Support the head of sourcing as a service in developing the catalogue of services and articulating these to stakeholders at all levels with confidence Coach and lead their teams effectively to ensure all delivery targets are met and any potential challenges are addressed swiftly and appropriately Provide expertise in Accenture systems, processes, networks and initiatives to ensure their teams are enabled to deliver whilst acting as an expert advisor to the business Develop processes and reporting in line with J2IO and SynOps initiatives, acting as an ambassador with a deep understanding of the services delivered and how they anchor to Intelligent Operations initiatives Actively contribute to lead meetings, driving ideation and operating in the new Coach, develop and effectively succession plan Expert in sourcing tools and methodologies and able to disseminate relevant information and techniques Support RFI and RFP work through developing market insights, interlocking with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the sourcing and recruiting functions are aligned and able to deliver any wins Develop and maintain robust governance procedures to drive team delivery and success Deep understanding of end to end recruitment within a large, complex and matrixed organisation Indirect budget management and optimisation, able to drive cost to serve savings Act as an ambassador for HRSS and partner closely with colleagues across the HRSS eco-system to drive innovation, client value and satisfaction Help shape and deliver a world class candidate experience Show more Show less Qualifications EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: An effective, confident and influential communicator who is able to lead and influence conversations with senior stakeholders Experience of sourcing both high volume campaigns and niche, targeted recruitment efforts utilising a range of sourcing strategies Collaborative team player - promoting inclusion, seeking continuous improvement through day to day work and leading by example An awareness of the latest employment legislation and key issues surrounding immigration Deep and demonstrable ATS, CRM and visual analytics reporting experience with strong PPT and Excel skills Strong people developer and leader, demonstrable experience in autonomously leading high performing teams Creative innovator, able to augment human ingenuity and tools to effect optimal processes and candidate experience Able to confidently navigate and operate as a high performer within ambiguity ABOUT ACCENTURE Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions-underpinned by the world's largest delivery network-Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at .
Our client is a market leading provider of Cloud- based archiving and information governance, servicing firms across the Financial sector (Sell Side) with the tools to easily communicate with confidence! Taking into account global regulatory environment and risk management requirements, our client integrates their compliant Messaging Platform and a host of other services to mitigate Conduct Risk and delivery incredible levels of analytics/insight. The business has already become a dominant leader across North America and they are now looking to further grow out their teams, based within beautiful, state-of-the-art London offices to support Europe wide expansion. As a rapidly growing SaaS Tech firm, they are looking for multiple DevOps/SRE Engineers to join the team ASAP. As a DevOps Engineer within this function, you will be focused on the facilitation and automation of services, supporting the firms BigData capability; analytics, ETL, structured and unstructured databases etc. across a wealth of new platforms. You will be responsible for the reliability and operation of production and test environments, build automation, improvement of reliability and the efficiency of code. The role will work within the Development pods and will require a great deal of cross-communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure all delivery and product requirements are met. This will give successful candidates the opportunity to design and implement systems at scale and make their mark as part of a progressive Tach business which prides itself in innovating and being first! This is an exciting time to join our clients' ranks with lots of further growth and expansion planned in the coming months and years and undoubtedly more senior positions on offer for strong performers who are onboarded during its early-stage evolution. Technical requirements; To come from a background as a DevOps with some exposure as a System Administrator overseeing bare metal, VM and orchestrated deployments Skills using Automation tools such as Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt/Fabric A desire to dig deep to troubleshoot, debug and decouple the layers that comprise distributed systems Exposure to at least some distributed data stores eg Cassandra, CockroachDB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch, Kafka, ArangoDB, Aerospike, MinIO, Pulsar, Redis, Hadoop, Scylla SQL administration proficiency, using Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes Networking experience (DNS, VLANs) Experience with load balancers (HAProxy) CI/CD pipelines, using Jenkins, Monitoring and Infra skills (Splunk, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Prometheus) Scripting, ideally using Bash or Python The role offers a clear opportunity to develop a career path as the business continues to expand and should not be overlooked. Please get in touch with me to have a confidential discussion or contact (see below)
05/11/2021
Full time
Our client is a market leading provider of Cloud- based archiving and information governance, servicing firms across the Financial sector (Sell Side) with the tools to easily communicate with confidence! Taking into account global regulatory environment and risk management requirements, our client integrates their compliant Messaging Platform and a host of other services to mitigate Conduct Risk and delivery incredible levels of analytics/insight. The business has already become a dominant leader across North America and they are now looking to further grow out their teams, based within beautiful, state-of-the-art London offices to support Europe wide expansion. As a rapidly growing SaaS Tech firm, they are looking for multiple DevOps/SRE Engineers to join the team ASAP. As a DevOps Engineer within this function, you will be focused on the facilitation and automation of services, supporting the firms BigData capability; analytics, ETL, structured and unstructured databases etc. across a wealth of new platforms. You will be responsible for the reliability and operation of production and test environments, build automation, improvement of reliability and the efficiency of code. The role will work within the Development pods and will require a great deal of cross-communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure all delivery and product requirements are met. This will give successful candidates the opportunity to design and implement systems at scale and make their mark as part of a progressive Tach business which prides itself in innovating and being first! This is an exciting time to join our clients' ranks with lots of further growth and expansion planned in the coming months and years and undoubtedly more senior positions on offer for strong performers who are onboarded during its early-stage evolution. Technical requirements; To come from a background as a DevOps with some exposure as a System Administrator overseeing bare metal, VM and orchestrated deployments Skills using Automation tools such as Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt/Fabric A desire to dig deep to troubleshoot, debug and decouple the layers that comprise distributed systems Exposure to at least some distributed data stores eg Cassandra, CockroachDB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch, Kafka, ArangoDB, Aerospike, MinIO, Pulsar, Redis, Hadoop, Scylla SQL administration proficiency, using Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes Networking experience (DNS, VLANs) Experience with load balancers (HAProxy) CI/CD pipelines, using Jenkins, Monitoring and Infra skills (Splunk, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Prometheus) Scripting, ideally using Bash or Python The role offers a clear opportunity to develop a career path as the business continues to expand and should not be overlooked. Please get in touch with me to have a confidential discussion or contact (see below)
Reed Talent Solutions are proud to be supporting NHS Digital with recruitment. We are currently supporting the search for a talented Delivery Managers to join their growing teams in either Leeds or London. NHS Digital is the national information and technology provider for the health and care system. Our growing team of 2,700+ information analysis, technology and project management experts create, deliver and manage the crucial digital systems, services, products and standards upon which health and care professionals depend, working in partnership with both national and local organisations. Our Delivery Managers: are responsible for managing the delivery (including documentation, assurance and deployment) of digital products, services or initiatives. ensure our delivery teams are adopting and applying the most appropriate lean and agile techniques. identify and resolve risks, issues, dependencies and other blockers to successful delivery. We're growing and are looking for Delivery Managers to join a number of our directorates and have a range of roles which include: Product Development designs and delivers new applications to help citizens, patients and clinicians including the NHS website, NHS App, NHS login and Digital Urgent and Emergency Care. Delivery Manager for NHS App - Supporting 16 million users accessing healthcare services on their smartphone or tablet. Help us continue to inform people about their health and care, manage their health and access new digital healthcare tools Delivery Manager for Streaming and Redirection - Delivering the Streaming and redirection product which helps support the streaming and re-direction of patients arriving at Emergency Departments (EDs) Delivery Managers for the Product Portfolio team in Digital Urgent and Emergency Care - to help deliver strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and ensure a coherent approach between product areas Delivery Manager for PODAC (Digital Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry, Ambulance and Community Care) - Leading the development of IT systems to support NHS services within these sectors. This will include working with existing NHS products and services within PODAC settings, as well as developing, testing and implementing bespoke standards and products Delivery Manager for the NHS e-Referral Service - Supporting delivery of the service that helps patients to choose their first hospital or clinic appointment with a specialist Delivery Manager in Primary Care Technology - Delivering better GP systems, using shared, open standards, to help unlock the potential of digital technology across the NHS Data Services is the data custodian for the health and care system, has primary responsibility for driving data quality, linking data across the system and providing reliable statistics and insights. Delivery Managers for Data Services Alliance - Working with a Product Manager to support a delivery squad within the Alliance using agile delivery approaches - ensuring products are delivered on time, blockers are removed and teams remain focussed and motivated As a Delivery Manager you will: be responsible for the delivery of products and services by multi-disciplinary user-centred or software delivery teams work closely with a Product Manager, ensuring the vision, objectives and outcomes of the team are clearly defined, well-articulated, and understood by all members of your team contribute to the on-going development of NHS Digital's Digital Services Delivery Professional Group, and the community of Delivery Management specialists lead a highly effective team, supporting them to ensure they are collaborating well and motivated. Encouraging and facilitating continuous improvements across the team, focussed on what is key for the delivery of digital products and services utilise a range of agile practices and techniques including Scrum and Kanban use clear, open and transparent frameworks with your delivery team (such as Kanban, Lean or Scrum) About The Candidate Some of the skills and experience we're looking for: experience of effectively applying agile principles to manage the delivery of digital products or services by a multi-disciplinary user-centred development team experience coaching and leading high performing teams, identifying the best methods for delivery and encouraging continuous improvement experience planning resource, scheduling and sequencing activity to optimise flow and critical paths to delivery experience tracking, managing, removing, minimising or escalating risks, issues and dependencies and understanding how they impact the work of the team experience of planning and transitioning between stages of a product life cycle experience evaluating, managing and visualizing outcomes by measuring individual behaviours, team behaviours, engagement and business value within a delivery team - using techniques such as sprint reviews/demos, team retrospectives and health surveys and dojo activities Our work matters. You matter. What we offer you: we're moving to a hybrid working approach which offers you an informal, flexible way of blending home and office working flexible working opportunities - we value and respect the diversity of our employees, and applications from prospective candidates who require flexible working arrangements are welcomed; these include part-time hours, job sharing, flexible hours and part-remote set ups 27 days annual leave increasing to 33 days with service ability to buy and sell annual leave a generous pension (with our contribution equal to 20.6% of your earnings) NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gym, mobile phones, and insurance employee benefit schemes including our Season Ticket Loan, Car Lease and Bike to Work schemes Don't worry if you don't meet all the criteria we've suggested - knowledge and experience you've gained in other ways might make us think about the role differently. Go ahead and apply.
07/10/2021
Full time
Reed Talent Solutions are proud to be supporting NHS Digital with recruitment. We are currently supporting the search for a talented Delivery Managers to join their growing teams in either Leeds or London. NHS Digital is the national information and technology provider for the health and care system. Our growing team of 2,700+ information analysis, technology and project management experts create, deliver and manage the crucial digital systems, services, products and standards upon which health and care professionals depend, working in partnership with both national and local organisations. Our Delivery Managers: are responsible for managing the delivery (including documentation, assurance and deployment) of digital products, services or initiatives. ensure our delivery teams are adopting and applying the most appropriate lean and agile techniques. identify and resolve risks, issues, dependencies and other blockers to successful delivery. We're growing and are looking for Delivery Managers to join a number of our directorates and have a range of roles which include: Product Development designs and delivers new applications to help citizens, patients and clinicians including the NHS website, NHS App, NHS login and Digital Urgent and Emergency Care. Delivery Manager for NHS App - Supporting 16 million users accessing healthcare services on their smartphone or tablet. Help us continue to inform people about their health and care, manage their health and access new digital healthcare tools Delivery Manager for Streaming and Redirection - Delivering the Streaming and redirection product which helps support the streaming and re-direction of patients arriving at Emergency Departments (EDs) Delivery Managers for the Product Portfolio team in Digital Urgent and Emergency Care - to help deliver strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and ensure a coherent approach between product areas Delivery Manager for PODAC (Digital Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry, Ambulance and Community Care) - Leading the development of IT systems to support NHS services within these sectors. This will include working with existing NHS products and services within PODAC settings, as well as developing, testing and implementing bespoke standards and products Delivery Manager for the NHS e-Referral Service - Supporting delivery of the service that helps patients to choose their first hospital or clinic appointment with a specialist Delivery Manager in Primary Care Technology - Delivering better GP systems, using shared, open standards, to help unlock the potential of digital technology across the NHS Data Services is the data custodian for the health and care system, has primary responsibility for driving data quality, linking data across the system and providing reliable statistics and insights. Delivery Managers for Data Services Alliance - Working with a Product Manager to support a delivery squad within the Alliance using agile delivery approaches - ensuring products are delivered on time, blockers are removed and teams remain focussed and motivated As a Delivery Manager you will: be responsible for the delivery of products and services by multi-disciplinary user-centred or software delivery teams work closely with a Product Manager, ensuring the vision, objectives and outcomes of the team are clearly defined, well-articulated, and understood by all members of your team contribute to the on-going development of NHS Digital's Digital Services Delivery Professional Group, and the community of Delivery Management specialists lead a highly effective team, supporting them to ensure they are collaborating well and motivated. Encouraging and facilitating continuous improvements across the team, focussed on what is key for the delivery of digital products and services utilise a range of agile practices and techniques including Scrum and Kanban use clear, open and transparent frameworks with your delivery team (such as Kanban, Lean or Scrum) About The Candidate Some of the skills and experience we're looking for: experience of effectively applying agile principles to manage the delivery of digital products or services by a multi-disciplinary user-centred development team experience coaching and leading high performing teams, identifying the best methods for delivery and encouraging continuous improvement experience planning resource, scheduling and sequencing activity to optimise flow and critical paths to delivery experience tracking, managing, removing, minimising or escalating risks, issues and dependencies and understanding how they impact the work of the team experience of planning and transitioning between stages of a product life cycle experience evaluating, managing and visualizing outcomes by measuring individual behaviours, team behaviours, engagement and business value within a delivery team - using techniques such as sprint reviews/demos, team retrospectives and health surveys and dojo activities Our work matters. You matter. What we offer you: we're moving to a hybrid working approach which offers you an informal, flexible way of blending home and office working flexible working opportunities - we value and respect the diversity of our employees, and applications from prospective candidates who require flexible working arrangements are welcomed; these include part-time hours, job sharing, flexible hours and part-remote set ups 27 days annual leave increasing to 33 days with service ability to buy and sell annual leave a generous pension (with our contribution equal to 20.6% of your earnings) NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gym, mobile phones, and insurance employee benefit schemes including our Season Ticket Loan, Car Lease and Bike to Work schemes Don't worry if you don't meet all the criteria we've suggested - knowledge and experience you've gained in other ways might make us think about the role differently. Go ahead and apply.
