Lead Technology Delivery Manager

Technology  Delivery Manager 
Up to £65,000 plus excellent benefits, including up to 10% employer pension contributions and an annual incentive scheme (Work Level 5) 
Hybrid (but will be required to travel into our Manchester head office based on delivery planning) You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy
12-month secondment

We’re looking for a Technology Delivery Manager to join our store sell and serve value stream which is part of our Digital, Technology & Data function here at Co-op.

In this role, you’ll work within projects and product setup with store products within Food Operations. You’ll bring teams together to deliver products and services built around the needs of users. We’ll look to you to be confident working in agile environments, helping to shape a culture that’s collaborative, and focused on continuous improvement. Whether you’ve led end-to-end delivery of projects or worked within a product team, you’ll know how to lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams to do their best work.

Why this job matters

You’ll help us to make a real difference in running our value stream in a way that supports communities and member-owners and deliver a world class digital products service.

What you’ll do

•    work closely with product managers to help make their vision a reality through the full product lifecycle
•    deliver a roadmap of change from your product team, as well as working with strategic partners.
•    Provide delivery assurance to key internal partners
•    Understand, champion and adhere to Coop delivery standards
•    Promote agile ways of working, especially the culture and behaviours they embody, to lead a successful product team 
•    Work with Project Managers on end to end delivery
•    Coach, encourage, and motivate your team and look for ways to continuously improve our service

This role would suit people who have

•    Experience in leading the end-to-end delivery of the product lifecycle 
•    The ability to build, lead, and motivate multi-disciplinary teams and facilitate positive team discussions and dynamics 
•    Experience in Software Development Lifecycles and agile frameworks (e.g SCRUM) in the delivery of digital products and services using JIRA
•    Great communication and relationship building skills up to senior level, and 
•    A passion for continuous improvement 
•    The ambition to develop your agile delivery skills

Why Co-op?

At Co-op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We’re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we’re powered by purpose. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive: 
•    coaching, training, and support to help you develop 
•    pension with up to 10% employer contributions 
•    annual incentive scheme 
•    28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service) plus bank holidays 
•    discounts on Co-op products and services

Building an inclusive work environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.

If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

Please be aware that we may close applications for this role early