Delivery Manager Solihull, England
Job description
“The Wise mission is to improve self-employment, for both the individual and the companies that engage them, through technology and services.”
Wise are currently going through a rapid period of growth and restructuring our ‘ways of working’ in the business so we’re looking for an innovative Delivery Manager to help assist our Head of Delivery in the rollout of this and keep track of all resources within the company to help teams deliver our exciting roadmap.
They will be:
Responsible for keeping track and monitoring the workload of all resources in-house (front & back end development, UX, design, QA etc.) aligning with the company’s roadmap goals
Assisting the Head of Delivery in ensuring the Wise ‘way of working’ is being used consistently across teams.
Sits between the Development & Product team to aid delivery of work going through the business.
Ensure the correct processes are being followed throughout the lifecycle of a project
Assisting with JIRA management and ensuring proper use
Working closely with the QA team to ensure the quality of sprints.
Coordinating & facilitating internal communication and effective collaboration
Helping refine backlogs with POs and devs to ensure increments of work are planned correctly
Monitor increments of work and use JIRA to report on performance to feedback into teams where improvements can be made and lessons learned.
Resolve conflicts and issues that may occur in delivery
Work to get the most out of the various resource teams to increase productivity and maximise efficiency
Monitor velocity, burn down and other methods of reporting to ensure sprint efficiency.
Aid Product Owners in the requirements gathering process to ensure bodies of worked are spec’d out well.
We Improve Self Employment.
How do we do it? With world-class products and unrivalled service. We are changing the game, giving the self-employment industry tech they’ve never had, benefits they could never access, and bullet-proof protection. Over 250 companies use Wise, and in 2021 we have experienced a 250% growth in users, and we’re just getting started. Make a Wise choice and join a super ambitious team with a rewarding culture and exciting product roadmap.
Our Culture.
Everyone in the Wise team is involved in our company’s vision and success. Building the best products means we need the best team, we’re really proud of the team we’ve built so far and want to continue that growth. We’re looking for passionate and collaborative self-starters that like to get things done and know how to have fun while doing so. In return, our team is rewarded, recognised, and celebrated!
Sounds great right? However, I bet you’re thinking “but what skills do I need for this role!?”
Quite simply, we want to work with people who can overcome complex problems by making them look easy.
We’re passionate about investing in people and below are some of the attributes you may already have:
Outstanding organisational skills
Experience managing the workload/capacity of internal teams and reporting this back in a top level view to the leadership team
Experience with both Agile & Waterfall methodologies
Experience working with JIRA and other management tools
Familiarity with software development
Knowledge of Scrum techniques and artefacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
It would also be beneficial if you had any experience with:
Prior experience on a scrum team
Coordinating sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
Good knowledge of other Agile and Lean frameworks
Experience creating and monitoring reports within JIRA for capacity management
Able to take a continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating, managing uncertainty, metrics and measurements, contingency planning and roadmapping
Salary & benefits.
Basic salary - £55,000 - £60,000 per annum
Company bonus (discretionary) - up to 10% of your annual salary
5 weeks (25 days) annual leave + bank holidays
Flexible working hours and a hybrid work environment
Monthly socials and team lunches
Gym membership contribution up to £50
Bottom line.
We’re offering an amazing opportunity to work in a rapidly growing company that is going through a period of positive change to scale up processes and resource teams to cope with Product roadmap demands. We’re looking for enthusiastic, mission-driven people who fit our values and are passionate about what we do. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match the job description.
If you would like to find out more about the role and the Wise mission - we’d love to hear from you!
