Job Description

About the role
We have a new opportunity for a Senior Technical Delivery Manager to join The Guinness Partnership. This is a permanent, full‑time vacancy based in our Oldham office. We offer hybrid working, blending office days with working from home.

The overall purpose of the role is to develop and deliver a rolling programme of technical projects and IT Maintenance activities to ensure that Guinness’s IT Applications and Infrastructure is effectively maintained and upgraded in line with the requirements of the Digital, Data & Technology Strategy, and to mitigate / avoid risk.

What we are looking for
You will be responsible for horizon‑scanning upcoming technology change, shaping business cases, and maintaining a forward‑looking IT/Tech work plan. You will plan and sequence projects, manage resources and third‑party delivery, oversee budgets and project controls, and produce high‑quality technical plans and reporting to ensure the IT estate evolves in line with the Digital, Data & Technology Strategy.
You will also be able to demonstrate these essential skills:

• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing, IaaS, SaaS. Sound foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure, architecture, application upgrades and cloud releases.

• Significant experience of managing and contracting cloud based service providers, data centre providers and telecoms providers.

• Ability to communicate effectively in both technical and non-technical terms, to a varying degree for differing stakeholders.

• Excellent contract management skills.

• Experience of line management and matrix management.

• Experienced in multiple project methodologies and able to determine appropriate use of a methodology.

• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.

• Proficient in use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. DevOps, SharePoint. MS Teams, Asana).

• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Desirable skills:

• Experience of cloud adoption projects.

• Experience of ITIL principles and processes.
  Essential Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level in computing, engineering or science, or equivalent profession experience.

• Professional qualification in Project Management PRINCE2, APM or similar.

If you are interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

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