Data Delivery Manager

Who we are:

You'll be joining the 6th largest IT Service Provider, present in more than 50 countries. From our roots in Japan, NTT DATA's mission is to facilitate business change and technology transformation across many industries for a better future for businesses, people and the community. Some of the projects we have supported include the digitising of The Open golf tournament and applying Formula 1 technology to support medical staff at University Hospitals Leicester.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values of 'Client First', 'Teamwork' and 'Foresight' and we achieve these by putting people first.

What you'll be doing:

This is an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Delivery/Project Manager to oversee Data Engineering projects & programmes across our Data transformation portfolio.

At NTT DATA, you will be part of a new Delivery Management capability within the Data Engineering service line. Reporting into the Data Engineering Delivery Director, you will be responsible for helping shape the definition, development, and execution of our delivery standards and driving engineering excellence.

At our clients, you will lead highly-skilled technical teams in a high-profile position, reporting to senior-level client stakeholders.  You will understand your customers’ and technical colleagues’ needs, as well as the intrinsic challenges in delivering data projects, to run high-performance data engineering projects & programmes.  You will own the team’s overall output, manage relationships with demanding senior stakeholders, and meet challenging timescales.

What you'll need:

• Demonstrated track record of delivering high quality projects & programmes up to medium to large sized accounts.
• Demonstrated experience in successful delivery of complex data related projects end to end.
• Experience in Agile or DataOps delivery, quality practices, techniques and tools at all layers of data engineering
• Ability to communicate clearly to all levels and present to senior leadership.
• Ability to lead, motivate & direct med-large sized engineering delivery teams.
• Ability to help define delivery management core processes and improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated attentiveness to quality and productivity as outcomes.
• Advanced analytical, problem solving, negotiation and organizational skills.
• Experience managing third party relationships in the successful achievement of customer deliveries.
• Ability to manage significant delivery budgets and minimize programme variances.
• Strong ability to lead teams across multiple shores.

...and finally:

Our team believes in hard work. We celebrate each other's success and are always honest with each other to ensure we grow together. We aim to build a strong professional community where each individual can mentor others and be mentored, and can grow professionally through training and support to reach their career goals. Our focus on clients, teamwork and foresight forms our DNA and we are looking for someone who shares and embodies these core values, leading by example.

To support your hard work and dedication, you can expect:

• The support and buy in from the NTT DATA Data Engineering leadership team.
• The opportunity to help expand Data Engineering within new industries and technologies in both Private and Public Sectors, including Insurance, Automotive, Financial, Government and more.
• The option to buy an additional 5 days holiday (on top of the standard 25) within your first month
• Support for training and upskilling
• Industry leading employer pension contributions

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