Delivery Principal

Delivery Principal

AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We've been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.

We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. We do this through our regional offices (or 'Clubs') building strong relationships with our partners, so that they are always prioritised by a team within close proximity. 

This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.

About You

We are seeking a highly accomplished and visionary leader to join us as a Delivery Principal (Delivery Lead). This role sits within one of our Clubs (business unit) within the Operations & Leadership team, whilst leading the delivery capability within a squad. 

This pivotal role is responsible for the professional elevation and growth of our internal talent (ANDi's) into industry-leading digital experts. You will achieve this through structured programs of technical instruction, mentorship, performance coaching, and the dissemination of thought leadership.

Beyond internal development, you will establish strategic engagement forums to guide clients on optimal problem-solving methodologies and architectural approaches, extending beyond conventional project delivery.

As a Principal, you will collaborate closely with key internal AND stakeholders within the business development lifecycle, leveraging your expertise to rigorously qualify potential opportunities and ensure the maximisation of strategic and commercial value from new client engagements.

The Delivery Part

As a Delivery Principal, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of AND's engagements. You will be supporting clients and ANDi's with knowledge of  the most suitable delivery practices. As a result, you will need to be able to:

• Exhibit deep experience as a Project Manager, Programme Manager, Delivery Lead or something similar.
• Have strong understanding of a variety of agile delivery methodologies - particularly Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile approaches(e.g. SAFe, LeSS, Nexus)
• Steer multiple squads or teams at the same time in a complex product development environment. We want to know you are comfortable with the scale and context switching that comes with a role like this.
• Experience with managing Product Delivery Teams, working with software engineers, product analysts, UX Designer and other roles involved in Product Delivery. 
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and a methodical, data driven approach to problem solving.
• Have experience working in a customer facing (either internal or external) environment so that you understand the dynamics of supplier-client relationships.
• Be an active member of the AND Digital Interviewing team.
• Contribute and lead in the Tech and Organisation Strategy practice area, aligning your club with AND's best practice.

Inspire Others

• Remain hands on by championing and influencing the delivery direction of engagements. 
• Provide guidance and advice to clients; be able to observe the problems closely and propose applicable solutions 
• Coach, mentor and upskill a team through implementing delivery practices such as scrum and kanban.
• Be hands-on with development teams; you'll understand what good looks like and guide them to visualise the bigger picture.
• Give and receive regular feedback to help the community within your Club to develop and be more effective on client projects.
• Identify opportunities for strengthening our relationship and propositions with clients.

Immerse Yourself

We understand not every Principal has the same path. We would like to hear from you if you enjoy; 

• Being close to the product delivery - either preferring to be generalist across a number of disciplines OR you favour being a deep specialist in one area.
• Being plugged into the industry - either having the ability to speak at events and meet-ups OR prefer writing blogs and thought pieces.
• Being part of a team - either being driven by the opportunity to line manage and career coach OR desire to be a skills coach, unearthing deeper delivery skills in others.
• Being encouraged to think beyond today - either desire to one day get into commercials, proposals and Club management OR desire to one day be a senior advisor on a tech/discipline board, remaining as close to the product delivery as possible.

Joining AND

From the work we deliver, to the way we serve and support our people, we work hard to ensure that there's nowhere quite like AND. But joining a company is a two-way street: the fit has to work on both sides. So before you apply, here's three key things to understand about us:

• We're built for people - like, real humans. Not 'resources' or 'staff'. That means happiness and wellbeing really do matter to us, and we hate unnecessary hierarchy and bureaucracy.
• There's no well-trodden path ahead: AND is growing fast and forging a new trail. That's exciting, and gives us all the autonomy and opportunity we love - but bear in mind it also demands focus, patience and resilience.
• Diversity is a priority. After all, to build great products that a wide variety of different people love to use, we need a wide variety of people to help us build them. So diversity is more than a policy or a word: it's business critical for us.