Eden Smith Group
Data Delivery Manager
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Role Requirements
- Must be able to commute near to Southampton OR Nottingham a few times per month
- Must be UK Citizen or hold Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) status
- Base Salary - £60,000-£70,000 + 17% Bonus + Car Allowance + Enhanced AL + Medical Cover + More
The Role
We're looking for an experienced Data Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of data and analytics initiatives across a modern, cloud-based data environment.
You'll work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to ensure high-quality data products and services are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to business priorities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in Agile environments and enjoys driving collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery Management
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple data and analytics projects.
- Manage delivery plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to define project scope, priorities, and delivery objectives.
- Monitor project progress, proactively identifying and mitigating delivery risks.
- Manage dependencies across multiple teams to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Adapt delivery plans where priorities or requirements change.
- Provide regular reporting and updates to stakeholders on project progress, risks, and capacity.
- Track delivery metrics to improve planning, forecasting, and overall delivery performance.
- Balance planned work with changing business priorities and unplanned requests.
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Agile Delivery
- Champion Agile ways of working and continuous improvement.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
- Work with Product Owners and technical teams to refine and prioritize delivery backlogs.
- Foster a collaborative, transparent, and delivery-focused culture.
Quality & Governance
- Ensure appropriate governance and delivery standards are maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support testing activities including functional, regression, user acceptance, performance, and end-to-end testing.
- Ensure projects comply with relevant security, governance, and data protection standards.
- Maintain delivery documentation, reporting, and project governance.
Technical Knowledge
- You'll have a good understanding of modern data platforms and cloud technologies, including:
- High-level understanding of data platform architecture and integration.
- Experience working alongside technical teams and solution architects.
- Familiarity with cloud-based data technologies such as:
- Databricks
- Azure Data Factory
- Power BI
- Understanding of data warehousing and data modelling concepts.
- Awareness of data governance, security, and compliance principles.
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Skills & Attributes
- You'll be someone who:
- Takes ownership and drives delivery outcomes.
- Builds strong relationships with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Communicates confidently with audiences at all levels.
- Is organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Leads with a collaborative approach while holding teams accountable.
- Remains calm under pressure and adapts well to changing priorities.
- Thinks critically, solves problems, and continuously looks for ways to improve delivery.
Experience Required
Essential
- 2+ years' experience delivering data, analytics, or technology projects.
- Proven experience managing projects within Agile delivery environments.
- Experience delivering medium to large-scale projects or multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working across cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
- Knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
Desirable
- Experience delivering projects within Azure or other cloud data platforms.
- Delivery or project management certification, such as:
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- Scrum Certification
- APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ)
- PMI CAPM or Agile Fundamentals
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