Data Delivery Manager

Contract Delivery Manager – Global Data Strategy

Location: London / Hybrid

Contract: 6 months+

Rate: c£400 per day

Are you an experienced Delivery Manager with a strong background in data initiatives and technical delivery ?

We're looking for a Contract Data Delivery Manager to join a Global Data Strategy function, helping multiple engineering teams deliver high-quality data products, programmes and projects aligned to strategic business objectives.

This is an opportunity to step into a complex data environment and make an immediate impact — bringing teams together, managing dependencies, removing blockers and ensuring strategic data initiatives are delivered successfully.

The Role

You'll work at the intersection of Data, Product, Engineering and Transformation , coordinating delivery across multiple teams and ensuring everyone is aligned around common outcomes.

You'll be responsible for:

• Coordinating delivery across multiple engineering and cross-functional teams
• Delivering data initiatives across programmes, projects and/or data products
• Managing complex dependencies, blockers, risks and competing priorities
• Facilitating cross-team planning, stand‑ups, retrospectives and roadmap sessions
• Building consensus and influencing stakeholders without direct authority
• Partnering with Product Managers and Product Owners on roadmap and release planning
• Translating product and data strategy into clear, actionable delivery plans
• Working with Engineering Managers to improve ways of working and delivery effectiveness
• Tracking delivery health, KPIs and progress against strategic objectives
• Identifying and implementing improvements to delivery processes and workflows
• Driving continuous improvement across the wider Data organisation
• Ensuring technical delivery remains aligned with broader business and product objectives

What we're looking for

We're looking for an experienced Delivery Manager / Technical Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex initiatives within a data and technology environment .

You'll ideally have:

• Proven experience delivering data initiatives , including programmes, projects and/or data products
• Strong experience working with Data, Engineering and Product teams
• Experience managing complex, multi‑team technology and data deliveries
• Strong understanding of data platforms and data engineering environments
• Experience working with Data Lakes
• Databricks experience is a big advantage!
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills
• Experience with Agile, Scrum and Lean delivery practices
• Strong ability to manage dependencies, risks and competing priorities
• Experience influencing and building consensus without direct authorityGood understanding of the software development lifecycle
• A structured, analytical and outcome‑focused approach to delivery
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or Linear
• Experience with OKRs, roadmap planning, strategic transformation or delivery maturity/process improvement would also be highly beneficial.

Why this contract?

You'll be joining a global data organisation and working across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Quality Assurance and Transformation to deliver strategically important data products and initiatives .

You'll have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on delivery performance, ways of working and the successful execution of the data roadmap .

If you're a Delivery Manager with hands‑on experience delivering data programmes, projects or products , understand modern data platforms and Data Lakes , and are comfortable operating across multiple engineering teams, we'd love to hear from you.

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