Technology Delivery Manager

Compare the Market

Technology Delivery Manager leading operational excellence in delivery at Compare the Market. Responsible for Agile principles, workflows, and high-performing teams driving business value.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Accountable for end-to-end delivery performance at the Mission level, ensuring outcomes are achieved to agreed timelines, quality standards and strategic priorities.
Drive operational discipline by embedding delivery metrics into decision-making and ensuring clear visibility of progress, risk and value delivered.
Lead Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and stakeholder reviews).
Identify, resolve and prevent delivery blockers and optimise workflows to accelerate delivery speed and reduce waste working in collaboration with Portfolio Managers.
Champion delivery excellence through consistent performance monitoring, root cause analysis and implementation of improvements.
Ensure cross-team coordination, managing dependencies with Product and Engineering teams.
Own dependency management and proactively manage risks, escalating when necessary to ensure delivery is not impacted.
Work with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to resolve technical and business dependencies.
Ensure realistic scoping of work, avoiding overcommitment while maintaining delivery momentum.
Act as the accountable owner for delivery outcomes, dependency management, risks and data-driven reporting. Align with Product Managers to prioritise effectively and enable informed decision-making.
Partner closely with Delivery Enablement, Engineering Managers, and Product Leaders to ensure Mission delivery directly contributes to pillar-level strategy and organisational objectives, driving both short-term wins and long-term capability uplift.
Champion and scale Agile ways of working, embedding practices that increase adaptability, collaboration, and speed to value. Use delivery performance metrics (e.g., predictability, cycle time, throughput) to inform strategy, identify improvement opportunities, and track measurable gains in delivery efficiency and quality.
Lead high-impact retrospectives and performance reviews that result in clear, measurable improvement actions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Expert Level (Must-Have) – Delivery Management in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), Risk dependency management at the mission level. Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills. Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Business and Operations).
Good Level (Preferred) – Agile process optimization & continuous improvement. Data-driven decision-making using delivery metrics (e.g., cycle time, predictability). Ability to manage technical dependencies without owning technical decisions).
Basic Level (Nice-to-Have) – Understanding of engineering best practices (CI/CD, DevOps, automation, AI-Augmented workflows). Familiarity with software development lifecycles and system architecture (but not responsible).

Benefits

Comp & perks

We believe diverse teams make better decisions, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels empowered to grow, contribute, and thrive.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Delivery ManagementAgileScrumKanbanSAFeRisk ManagementDependency ManagementData-driven Decision-makingProcess OptimizationContinuous Improvement

Soft Skills

FacilitationStakeholder ManagementCollaborationPerformance MonitoringRoot Cause AnalysisCommunicationProblem SolvingAdaptabilityLeadershipOrganizational Skills