Head of Delivery

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Theodo Group's Story and Success
Since 2009, Theodo Group has been supporting innovative companies in designing, developing, and deploying high-impact digital products. Thanks to our Lean approach and demand for technological excellence, we build tailored solutions that meet our clients' critical challenges.
Our approach is based on three pillars: - Recognised expertise throughout the entire product lifecycle, from discovery to deployment. - A focus on customer value at every decision point. - Recruiting top digital talent and developing them through a culture of continuous improvement.
With over 700 team members and more than €90 million in revenue in 2024, the group operates in Paris, London, and New York, with specialised entities by technology or industry.
Mission
As the Head of Delivery for Theodo UK, you will lead a team of Delivery Managers and Product Managers. Your role consists of the following: - Be directly responsible for enterprise clients - Be responsible for the success of the projects led by your team members - Train the members of your team in the core skills of the job - Be responsible for their career development

Your Responsibilities
1. Ensure the Success of Projects Ensure the proper execution of projects led by you and your team members - plan and organise meetings and workshops, prepare decks for key meetings (i.e. stakeholder meetings, workshops) - be responsible for governance on complex, enterprise projects, negotiating project scope with senior stakeholders, resource and budget planning - improve the governance frameworks currently in place and roll out changes within the relevant teams - create the visual tools to guide the teams priorities and trigger interesting discussions about the development plan - collect and react to the feedback from PO/client team - create a good team dynamic (energy, positivity, recognition, creating and maintaining good relationships with stakeholders) - build a strong relationship with the client's stakeholders implicated in the success of the product - have the ability to deep dive into a sector, researching product market fit and finding a key product differentiator - identify blockers and support complex decision-making - use Lean to maximise the productivity of the team - track and maintain delivery indicators - use visibility tools to de-risk the delivery - track and manage dependencies - track and manage milestones within the project - build and manage a development flow - lead the analysis of pieces shared during the UK Weekly Business Reviews - identify problems as and when they arise - have a problem solving mindset, with the humility to share your analysis with the team and encourage a continuous improvement mindset - coach and challenge the team to use methodology on a daily basis
2. Train and Grow the Product Managers - Share job fundamentals through weekly dojos - Respond to questions and calls for help raised by your team - Support delivery managers during key moments (e.g., framing, negotiation, etc.) - Lead people reviews for your team members - Coach delivery managers in their career paths
3. Contribute to the PM Collective - Participate in weekly meetings and knowledge-sharing rituals with other Group Delivery Managers (we would expect you to travel to the Paris office regularly in order to do this) - Contribute to ongoing training and development within the UK and at group level - Promote Theodo UK's delivery and product culture

What we're looking for - A minimum of 5 years experience as Delivery Manager on complex technical projects, ideally including cloud migration - Experience across agile time & materials projects as well as fixed cost projects - Strong interest in management, training, and coaching. Ideally having managed a team of product managers outside of your own staffed projects before, however we are open on this - Natural leadership, ability to set a clear and ambitious framework - Ability to thrive in a complex tech environment
Why join us? Work in a dynamic, collaborative global team on a mission to change the way companies work Opportunities for career development and growth through close working contact with the CEO and leadership team in both the UK and at group level Competitive salary and benefits such as private healthcare, competitive pension, tech equipment budget, hybrid working environment and more

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