delivery driver Cheadle, North West England, England
Job description
Location: Hybrid working, with travel to the Handforth (Cheshire) Support Office
Pets at Home is seeking a skilled and motivated Delivery Lead to join our dynamic Development Team. As a company, we are committed to evolving the way we do business and shaping the future of pet care. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the delivery team, overseeing software development, and facilitating conversations and engagements between the development team and stakeholders to deliver the new Petcare digital platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a software development team, ensuring successful delivery and adherence to Agile processes.
- Facilitate engagements between the software development function and stakeholders across the business and externally.
- Manage the deployment of software into test and production environments with appropriate controls.
- Work with the team to produce and maintain reporting metrics such as velocity and burndowns.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to manage the features backlog and plan future roadmaps.
- Identify and remove impediments and issues that slow down the development team.
Required Experience:
- Proven track record of Software Delivery, preferably in an enterprise-level environment.
- Experience with Enterprise Integration migration/transformations.
- Strong team management skills, with a focus on software development teams.
- In-depth knowledge of SCRUM and other agile lifecycles, such as Kanban.
- Experience delivering software products in an agile software development environment.
- Ability to present to both technical and non-technical audiences in various settings.
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and techniques like TDD.
- Proficiency in working with CI/CD pipelines and establishing good development practices.
Desirable Experience:
Experience working on Greenfield product development.
Understanding of services/micro-services-based architectures and their benefits and drawbacks.
Our Purpose:
Joining our Development team means being part of a purpose-driven organization. At Pets at Home, we're not just focused on selling pet food or treats; we strive to help pets and their owners live happier, healthier lives together. Your contributions will directly impact the well-being of pets and their owners, making a meaningful difference.
If you are ready to shape the future of pet care and make a positive impact, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
Our diversity and inclusion vision is that everyone is welcome and feels part of our group. If you think you’re a good match to what we are looking for, and you share our belief that together ‘we’re better with pets’, we’d like to hear from you, whatever your background or circumstances
