Delivery Manager

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Hawkwright employs 2,500 people across engineering hubs in London and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers.

Hawkwright is hiring a Delivery Manager to work remotely from the UK. We're looking for a project manager with enough technical background to follow an architecture discussion and spot when a date is fiction. Remote position. Most of the team is in London, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Track risks, issues, dependencies and decisions in an RAID log.
• Manage project budgets, vendor invoices and change orders.
• Write status reports that say plainly whether the project is on track.
• Build project plans, schedules and work breakdown structures in Smartsheet, MS Project or Jira.
• Control scope changes through a formal change request process.
• Coordinate work across engineering, infrastructure, security and business teams.

Required qualifications:

• 3-5 years managing technical projects in IT, software or infrastructure.
• Experience with both Agile and waterfall delivery.
• Strong budget and vendor management skills.
• Ability to manage several projects at once.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, engineering, business or a related field.

Bonus points:

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Industry background in healthcare, finance or manufacturing.
• Data centre or cloud migration projects.

What you get:

• Healthcare cash plan.
• Workplace pension.
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays.
• Home working allowance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays.
• Employee assistance programme.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hawkwright.