• Job Description

  Req#: R-157552

  Posting End Date:

  October 10, 2024

  Join John Lewis or Waitrose today

  If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us.

  That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.

  Job Summary:

  Job Description:

  At a glance

  • Hybrid Working - This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and the London / Bracknell Head Office.

  • Our Delivery & Operations team currently works from the office 2 - 3 days a week to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings, but again the frequency is dependent on the business needs.

  • Salary range - The salary range for this role is set at £57,600 - £92,400

  • Contract type - This position is a permanent position.

  About the role

  The Delivery Lead will work within one or more multi skilled agile delivery teams taking new products from idea through to implementation in support of our Business Strategy.

  The Delivery Lead has advanced skills in lean and agile techniques and will deliver continuous improvement. They will have experience in designing and implementing systems of work on a number of teams and projects.

  The Delivery Lead will ensure that there is focus on delivering value to the customers in support of our Business goals and will act as an immediate escalation point to unblock issues and impediments.

  You will have both depth and breadth in your skills. The depth will be in your core skills. The breadth means that you have sufficient capability in other skills to allow the team to deliver greater value.

  You will also focus on developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships, demonstrating effective influencing skills.

  What you’ll do

  • Embrace Agile working principles by demonstrating a flexible approach to working, joining missions as needed and / supporting colleagues to secure the success of the mission.

  • SAFe Portfolio Agile proven background and experience of rolling these capabilities out and developing others in SAFe

  • Optimise cost of delivery by effectively using Partners and 3rd Parties

  • Ensure all teams / services have clear OKRs

  • Own the ways of working in capabilities and encourage safe experimentation in build and run

  • Implement architectural and business commerce strategy across your area

  • Excellent facilitator that enables conversations and workshops that have the right outcomes to support our Business Strategy

  • Inspire and motivate teams focused on creation of value to the Partnership. You are able to work closely with other Delivery Leads to deliver initiative outcomes for the Business

  • Has a toolkit of methods and techniques that can be used to collaboratively discuss and resolve issues.

  • Mitigate business risks while protecting throughput and business value

  • Assure operability delivery of your area

  • Background working in a triumvirate of Product, Engineering and Delivery

  • Operate within communities and share good practice across the JLIT Delivery Teams

  • Well respected as a servant/leader of teams

  • Respected across the organisation for coaching and collaboration

  • Utilise innovative methodologies and strategies to optimise value and flow to the Partnership

  • Works with 3rd Parties to build lasting mutually beneficial relationships where Delivery professional services are required

  • Develops and builds comprehensive delivery teams and thriving communities. Actively and demonstrably collaborates across the complex delivery landscape for shared growth and customer value.

  What you’ll have (Essential Skills)

  • Proven history of Agile Portfolio Delivery and will deliver continuous improvement

  • Ability to thrive in a complex dynamic IT environment, adept at managing ambiguity

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Financial Management, including Budgeting & Cost Control

  • Good Communication & Influencing Skills, both written & verbal

  • People & Task Management

  • Deep understanding & experience of Retail IT initiatives involving cross-functional expertise

  • Significant experience of agile ways of working including, Scrum and Kanban

  • Certification in SAFe agile and proven history implementing and effectively delivering using these skills

  • Proven track record working in an triumvirate Product Owner, Engineering and Delivery

  • Can plan effectively and is heavily outcome focused

  • Strong stakeholder management skills

  • Management of a team and background in developing team and wider team in SAFe agile methodologies

  • Has worked in a matrix management environment

  • Demonstrates integrity by effectively doing the right thing in the face of mounting pressure

  • Demonstrates a high level of personal accountability

  • Demonstrates a history of developing teams define elegant solutions for complex and potentially high value Business opportunities

  • Has consistently worked in a DevOps/Continuous Delivery.

  What else you could bring (Desirable Skills)

  • Other types of Agile and Continuous Delivery Methodology

  Additional Information

  • The application form consists of a CV upload, followed by application questions. Please visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/how-to-apply/journey/ to understand more about application and hiring process.

  • Internal applicants please copy paste this link on to the browser for job outline - https://bit.ly/JLDLPL6

  • We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.

  Benefits :

  ? - Hybrid Working.

  ⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our market leading Equal Parenthood Leave Policy

  ?️ - Depending on your Partnership job level, if you work full time you’ll get between 22 and 30 days holiday a year, plus bank holiday entitlement

  ? - The Partnership has a Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions, up to an agreed level, will be matched by the Partnership. In addition, after a qualifying period of service you may receive an additional Partnership contribution.

  ? - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete Probation. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount

  ? - Simple cycle to work support scheme

  ? - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them

  ? - Learn more about our Benefits structure, visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/

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  Pay:

  £57,600.00 - £92,400.00 Annual

  
  Scheduled Weekly hours:

  35

  
  Worker Type:

  Permanent Partner

  
  Job Level:

  Partnership Level 6

  
  Hours of Work:

  35

  At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself.

  Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers.

  We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. ? ?

  We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.

  Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here.

  We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

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