Financial Conduct Authority
Digital Delivery Manager
This job is now closed
Job Description
- Req#: JR0017254
Assist the Senior Delivery Manager in implementing effective delivery management for assigned workstreams/projects within a portfolio of products and services
Build, manage, and develop multidisciplinary teams, ensuring appropriate structure and skills to meet delivery needs
Own and maintain the workstream delivery roadmap, aligning it with business strategies, priorities, and outcomes while supporting backlog, blueprint, and user story development
Oversee workstream architecture, collaborating with technical leads to ensure solutions are flexible, high-performing, and meet business requirements
Ensure effective software methodologies aligned with agile/lean principles and adopt DevSecOps practices with automation, continuous integration, deployment, and operational monitoring
Embed security, reliability, and performance in team skills, development processes, and architecture, while managing governance, dependencies, risks, budgets, and people effectively
This is a key managerial role in the development of a new Leeds Digital Delivery Hub in the FCA and in the wider goal of shaping the culture, ways of working and effectiveness of the digital delivery teams that are being recruited to form the new capability
Beyond the Leeds Digital Delivery Hub the role will give the right candidate the opportunity to be a key member of the team shaping and implementing the future of digital delivery in the organisation as we evolve our Agile, DevOps and user centred delivery capability
Experience of leading and acting as the key point of engagement with business partners
Extensive experience in delivering products and services in a high visibility, complex operating environment
Experience in providing leadership, coaching and expertise in a full range of delivery skillsets, including Agile delivery methodologies, governance, DevSecOps and UCD practices
Identify and adapt delivery methods, encourage experimentation and blend approaches based on context, all while measuring and evaluating outcomes and supporting teams to manage and visualise outputs
Listen to and interpret the needs of technical and non-technical stakeholders, manage expectations, facilitate effective communication, and host challenging discussions with diverse senior stakeholders
Facilitate team delivery flow, manage pace and tempo, and address risks, issues, and dependencies within and outside your immediate team
Identify and question complex or unnecessary processes, coach where required, and guide teams in implementing new processes
Use data to prioritise tasks, manage dependencies, and ensure delivery confidence -remove blockers, plan for challenging situations, and align team capacity with agreed plans
Foster team collaboration, create an empowering work environment, resolve issues, and shape team composition based on needs
Balance technical and business perspectives to manage active and reactive communication effectively while navigating complex discussions
28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
Private healthcare with Bupa
A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
Life assurance
Income protection
This role is graded as: Manager – Regulatory
Advert Closing Date: 9th February 2025
First Round Competency Based Interview: W/C 17th February
Manager Assessment: W/C 24th February
Final Interviews: W/C 10th March
For internal applicants, please contact Sara Holland at Sara.Holland2@fca.org.uk
For external applicants, please contact Asha Gladis at Asha.Gladis@fca.org.uk
Digital Delivery Manager
Division – Data, Technology & InnovationDepartment – Digital Delivery Hub
Salary - National (Leeds) ranging from £67,100 to £90,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA .
Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) is leveraging state-of-the-art data & digital capabilities to deliver innovation in regulation. We utilise data science and intelligence gathering to proactively identify and intervene to prevent harm and protect consumers.
We are currently looking for a Delivery Manager to be part of our exciting new Digital Delivery Hub in Leeds. You will be accountable for the effective delivery and oversight of key products and services delivered through the Digital Delivery Hub and provide delivery leadership to your workstream, acting as the key point of engagement with a number of teams and business partners.
You will support the Senior Delivery Manager in providing leadership, coaching and expertise in a full range of delivery skillsets, including Agile delivery methodologies, governance, DevSecOps and User Centre Design (UCD) practices, ensuring workstreams are set up effectively and managed in a high quality, consistent manner.
What will you be doing?
What will you get from the role?
Which skills are required?
We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)
Minimum
Essential
Our Values & Diversity
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.
Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our manager role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.
Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA - Life at the FCA
Application Support
We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.
Useful Information and Timeline
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact:
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted
About the company
The Financial Conduct Authority is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the UK Government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry.
Notice
Talentify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Talentify provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities, including disabled veterans. Request assistance at accessibility@talentify.io or 407-000-0000.
Federal law requires every new hire to complete Form I-9 and present proof of identity and U.S. work eligibility.
An Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) will score your job-related skills and responses. Bias-audit & data-use details: www.talentify.io/bias-audit-report. NYC applicants may request an alternative process or accommodation at aedt@talentify.io or 407-000-0000.