Lead Delivery Manager

This is a thrilling opportunity to become part of a large dynamic, and collaborative delivery team that is committed to delivering sustainable, customer focused value. You will work alongside a diverse team to deliver cutting-edge digital products and services that will enhance the lives of our citizens, businesses, and colleagues.

What we are about
We are the Digital and Technology Services Delivery Team responsible for delivering innovative digital products and solutions. We are focused on delivering value and benefits to our internal customers to support them with achieving their strategic priorities and making a positive change to the lives of citizens and colleagues. Our team has played a crucial role in delivering high-profile initiatives such as the Commonwealth Games, Clean Air Zone and our in-house developed Birmingham Guardian app for field workers. With our new low-code development tool, we have even more potential to create great innovative solutions.

What you will do
This role will offer you the opportunity to be part of a a multi-disciplinary team working with our exciting new Product and Platforms team to help shape and deliver products and new digital services.

As a Lead Delivery Manager you'll:

• · Lead on the delivery of complex products and services that are delivered by multiple teams and have high technical or political risk.


• · Manage dependencies, risks and issues of varying complexity, potentially planning and feeding into larger programmes and portfolios


• · Create business 'value realisation' cases to support approval at Cabinet level


• · Work within multidisciplinary teams to scope, plan, forecast and estimate Product & project delivery


• · Act as servant-leader to your teams, ensuring they have what they need to work towards the delivery of sustained value to our citizens and businesses


• · Use a range of tools and processes to communicate plans and progress of value delivery to a range of stakeholders


• · Have an in-depth knowledge of Agile and other methodologies


• · Be responsible for understanding, managing and communicating to complex stakeholder groups, balancing priorities


• · Be able to take an holistic view of all value streams


• · Support and coach delivery managers in all aspects of Agile delivery


• · Build successful delivery teams by creating an environment of engagement, continuous learning and improvement
  
  You will have the opportunity to help us transform as a truly digital user-centred organisation helping our colleagues to deliver value and benefits through digital products and solutions


• · Have a passion for delivering sustained value to customers


• · Able to help shape and influence digital transformations


• · A sound communicator with excellent interpersonal skills


• · Passionate and knowledgeable of working in an agile environment as part of multidisciplinary teams


• · Able to coach and lead teams and stakeholders in Agile methodologies


• · Be an advocate for new ways of working and constantly innovate.


• · Able to solve and unblock issues between teams or departments


• · Experience of managing complex budgets


• · Experience of resolving high risk commercial management issues
  
  Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.


There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.


• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.


• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.


• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.


• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.


We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

We will support you with:

• · An environment that values innovation, autonomy, and transparency


• · An engaged and supportive leadership team with a clear vision


• · Training and development opportunities to help you progress and be the best you can be


• · An inclusive workplace committed to reflecting the public we serve


• · A benefits package designed to promote a great work/life balance, including flexible working and a generous pension scheme


Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim., In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.