Senior Delivery Manager x 3

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The opportunity

Digital & Technology at UAL is on an exciting journey, shifting from a technology-first approach, to building the design, development, and delivery of services around our users and their needs, investing in the people and processes enabled by digital and transforming the student and staff experience.

As Senior Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for the overall roadmap, agile delivery, and evolution of products within a key service area (e.g. HR, Academic Registry, Finance, CRM, Teaching & Learning etc.).

You will have a passion for agile methodologies, with a proven track record of successfully implementing agile practices in a complex environment. You will also have excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to deliver to the highest standards.

You will get the opportunity to define, develop and proactively manage delivery capabilities and services, working with key stakeholders and external partners to ensure user needs and requirements are at the heart of product management including changes, features and development they prioritise, using agile methodologies to deliver agreed outcomes, measuring success and tracking progress while maintaining control of time, cost and quality.

About you

Your profile will include:

• Experience of agile delivery across a large, complex enterprise environment, driving large and complex change initiatives through to completion, fully transitioning and embedding change into operational teams.
• Extensive senior level stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and experience of working with external partners/suppliers.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of managing teams, coaching, and mentoring team members, and creating a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Strong budget (£500k+) and risk management.
• Relevant Agile/Product/MSP certifications.

As an employer of choice, the University of the Arts London offers an extensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary package of  £55,421 – £74,744 per annum.
•  A healthy work-life balance for all employees, and much more.
• 34 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full maternity or paternity pay.

For more information and to apply, please visit Hays Recruitment jobs board.

Hays Technology have been retained by the UAL to manage the recruitment for this role. For all enquiries, please contact Joel Mundy on 020 7259 8746 or joel.mundy@hays.com.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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