The Bank of England is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the British people.

Work for an organisation steeped in history with a front row seat for the digitalisation of the financial sector, and the rise of rise of fintech and regtech. A core organisational strength, with our people at our centre, Technology enable the Bank of England to deliver its mission by providing a hugely diverse set of technical solutions and platforms. From supporting critical systems which underpin the UK economy, to evolving data analytics, reinventing our online presence, and introducing a fully digital workplace. Be part of a team that’s constantly evolving, just like our industry.

We take pride in our people, with backgrounds and experiences as diverse as the solutions they provide. You’ll enjoy flexible working opportunities, a strong sense of community and well-being, and a collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK. All of which add up to make the Bank a hugely rewarding place to work.

Department Description

The Technology division manages and supports all aspect of technology delivery across the Bank, from maintaining critical systems that underpin the UK economy, to providing big data analytics, implementing comprehensive cyber security programmes, and introducing innovative solutions in support of a digital workplace.

Technology’s key objective is to support all other areas of the Bank in achieving our collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. This is achieved through the delivery of appropriate, high performing, resilient solutions and information services across the organisation and externally.

The Delivery Manager role sits within the Delivery team in the Finance Systems Solutions (FSS) domain. The Finance Systems Solutions (FSS) domain is responsible for delivering and continuously improving a portfolio of technology services that support the running of the Banks critical banking and financial processes. The services provided are vitally important to the bank discharging its core mission and must be changed and operated in a way that ensures availability, performance, data integrity and a high level of security.

Summary of Role

The Delivery Manager will be responsible for the delivery of project work, or a work package within a programme (led by Lead Delivery Manager) related to systems where Finance Systems Solutions (FSS) have been identified as the lead Domain. This will also include the co-ordination and delivery of dependent changes being made by other Domains.

There will also be times where the Delivery Manager will act as a Project Manager on minor projects that are run from within the Domain.

The Delivery Manager role will cover all aspects of delivery from initial discovery/feasibility through to delivery into live, ensuring project objectives are met within timescales, cost and quality constraints and in accordance with the agreed standards and methods.

The Finance Systems Solutions (FSS) Delivery Manager will report directly to the Finance Systems Solutions (FSS) Delivery Lead. The Delivery Manager will also be an active participant of the delivery management community focused to developing agile ways of working within the domain.

Key responsibilities:

• Act as servant leader to squads to remove impediments to ensure teams are focused on delivery
• Delivering projects that FSS are involved in on time and to cost whilst following the appropriate framework
• Building and maintain stakeholder relationships with various domains and business users
• Actively participating and promoting Agile ways of working/framework
• Matrix manage people or teams that have been assigned to delivery teams
• Providing input to objectives, appraisals and development plans for indirect reports performing FSS Project work
• Acting as Project Manager on FSS minor projects including securing funding as well as overall responsibility of appropriate frameworks

Essential Skills/ Competencies

• Experienced in the full systems/software development life cycle, including selection of the appropriate methodology to deliver successfully through each stage
• Proven track record of planning and delivering major, minor and small change using appropriate delivery management methodology, learning and iterating your approach in order to react to evolving challenges
• Proven to be adept at identifying and securing resource supply
• Previous experience project/programme budgetary and financial management
• Proven track record of working well under pressure with clear, logical thinking in challenging situations
• Strong customer focus and an excellent ability to manage customer relationships; working with the team to understand technical solutions and effectively communicate this to a wider audience
• Positive leadership, employee engagement and motivation
• Proven track record of being able to work on multiple in-flight projects at the same time, ensuring all are completed to a high standard
• Good working knowledge of Jira & Confluence or similar packages

Technical Skills and Requirements

• Knowledge of Agile and other industry wide initiatives that promote quality and process improvement.
• Experience of working with/matrix managing an Application Development, Application Support or Infrastructure Delivery teams
• Experience in resource and workload management
• Experience in budget control
• Experience of managing third parties and outsourced services
• Industry awareness to identify improvement opportunities and implement them across the services and processes incorporated within the domain
• General knowledge of all areas of IT Application and Infrastructure.
• Desirable - Good working knowledge of the mission of the Bank of England and the part Technology plays.

If you dont meet all the above criteria please apply- we will be happy to review your application and assess your skills/ experience

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.

Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme. You can find more information on what this means here. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

This specific role offers a base salary of circa £47,220 - £59,850 per annum (depending on skills and experience) on a full-time basis. We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.

In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• A non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/95th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/50th) or decrease (to 1/120th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• A 7% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits. (Note that from April 2023 and for the Benefits year 2023/24, this will increase to 8%)
• 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank’s Privacy Notice at Privacy and the Bank of England | Bank of England.

The Application Process

Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

The closing date for applications is 09/07/2023

The assessment process will comprise of two stage

Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.