• Job Description

  Req#: 111197

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  We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

  Flexible Working Options

  Hybrid Working, Job Share

  Job Description Summary

  This role provides an opportunity to lead a team of permanent, contractor & partner resource, within the Back Up & Recovery programme, to deliver Enterprise Strategic Technical Products and Processes that will enable the Bank to recover key Infrastructures & Applications and comply with new FCA/PRA Operational Resilience Regulations.
  
  The work we undertake spans all infrastructures & platforms (including Cloud) meaning the subject matter is varied and far reaching, providing access to a vast array of experts and key collaborators at all levels.
  
  There is a great supportive & positive spirit within the programme, with lots of opportunity to influence the scope & direction of the work we do as well as influence stakeholders at all levels. Our primary locations are Leeds & Halifax, but we have colleagues based across the UK.

  Job Description

  JOB TITLE: Technical Delivery Manager
  LOCATION: Leeds / Halifax

  HOURS: Full-Time

  WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of the above offices.
  
  What you'll be doing...

  This vacancy brings a superb opportunity to build your knowledge on the Bank’s Back Up & Restore technologies & processes, work with dynamic Change Leaders / Authorities, and help the Programme to meet the FCA & PRA regulations.
  

  Working in a close-knit team and collaborating with other teams you'll enjoy the success of improving the platform ensuring that the right solutions are found. You'll collaborate using Agile frameworks methodologies, to optimise team development process and give rapid feedback working iteratively.

  You’ll also get involved with…

  • Leading a team of technical experts & engineers to design & deliver solutions which will make the greatest difference and add most value.

  • Lead a product delivery team to manage Cost, Time & Quality objectives.

  • The Technical Delivery Manager community within Operations & Technology Resilience platform.

  • Lead stand ups and reviews, helping the team continually improve their ways of working.

  • Lead production of Agile reporting and progressing product delivery artefacts through to approval.

  • Collaborating with numerous Divisions and Teams to ensure the results meet their needs and embed smoothly into their ‘Business As Usual’ world.

  
  What we’re looking for…

  You’re the sort of confident Technical Delivery Manager we’re after - passionate about delivering change, working with teams across the bank and third parties.

  
  What we need from you:

  • Experienced Management with strong delivery skills and able to challenge technical experts to interpret the subject matter for their own understanding (and can relay this to senior management).

  • Ability to work with the team to prioritise the workload and backlog, collaborating closely with senior colleagues and wider platform teams.

  • Can run an annual budget up to £5M.

  • Can handle issues, risks & dependencies.

  • A broad understanding of the new Operational Resilience Regulations that challenges Banks / Firms to recover Important Business Services (including infrastructures & applications) within Impact Tolerance timescales.

  • Experience of delivery of new infrastructure & applications.

  • Can deal with uncertainty and change. Our subject matter is continually evolving meaning we continually need to commit to upskilling ourselves and evolve our thinking.

  
  What will be desirable:

  • It would be great if you understood LBG’s technical landscape and the underlying infrastructure that our Critical Business Infrastructures, Business Applications and Critical Business Processes reside upon.

  • Some understanding of critical business processes / important business services.

  • Passionate about technology and understands terminology such as data centres, servers, network, back-ups, Cloud Service platforms.

  • Any experience working in fast path agile teams would be beneficial.

  • Appreciation / understanding of test methodologies & approaches

  About working for us
  Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

  We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

  
  We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

  
  We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

  
  We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

  • An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

  • Share schemes including free shares

  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

  • 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

  
  So, if joining us at a critical and exciting time appeals and this role sounds like it could be for you, click apply below!

  
  

  At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

  We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

  We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

• About the company

  For over 250 years we’ve been making a difference to the lives of customers, businesses and communities. Today, we're still driven by our purpose of helping Britain prosper. We're part of an ever-changing industry and are currently on a journey to shape the financial services of the future, whilst supporting our customers’ changing needs. The scale and reach of our Group means we can offer a broad range of opportunities to learn, grow and develop. Our values-led culture and approach to inclusion and diversity means we can all make a real difference together.

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