Delivery Manager

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. 

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do: 

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business 
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK 
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW 
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW 

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. 

Overview

Our teams focus on enabling customers to leverage technology in ways that improve their performance, efficiency, and customer experience, ultimately helping them achieve a competitive edge in the market. We deliver this value by developing strategies, roadmaps, and technology transformations aligned with our customers' goals and needs.

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of technology projects while building strong client relationships and ensuring high-performing, engaged teams. The successful candidate will combine strong project management expertise with a customer-centric approach and a passion for delivery excellence.

Responsibilities

• Establish, build, and mature relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery teams are collaborative, engaged, and focused on achieving successful outcomes.
• Deliver projects that exceed customer expectations and drive customer satisfaction.
• Manage project delivery to agreed timelines, budgets, scope, and quality standards.
• Develop a strong understanding of clients' businesses, applications, processes, and users.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and project deliverables.
• Communicate technical concepts and issues effectively to business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify, raise, manage, and drive resolution of project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Facilitate project meetings, workshops, steering groups, and governance forums.
• Manage and support a small Service Delivery team, ensuring effective service delivery, team engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Produce and maintain project documentation, status reporting, RAID logs, project plans, and governance materials.
• Manage project budgets, commercial considerations, scope, resource planning, and delivery forecasts.
• Promote best practices across delivery, project governance, and stakeholder management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven technical project management experience with the ability to manage projects across a variety of technologies.
• Experience delivering Software Development projects.
• Experience leading and developing teams, ensuring effective delivery and strong team cohesion.
• Experience managing or supporting a small Service Delivery team.
• Experience working within Agile environments and delivering Agile projects.
• PRINCE2 and/or PMP certification is desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools; exposure to Jira and Confluence would be advantageous.
• Exposure to or hands-on experience in both SDLC and non-SDLC projects, including emerging technologies.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance, risk management, SDLC, and Agile delivery practices.
• Ability to adapt delivery approaches and best practices to suit project, customer, and organisational requirements.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Leadership and Team Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication and Influencing Skills
• Planning and Organisation
• Risk and Issue Management
• Commercial Awareness
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Continuous Improvement
• Agile Delivery Mindset

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. 

• Salary Range: €75,000 - €90,000
• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits 
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.  
• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat 
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards. 
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. 
• And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more. 

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer 

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at [email protected]. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially. 



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