Senior Technical Programme Manager - 12 month FTC

The Team

The Deliveroo Platforms group is embarking on a transformational project of infrastructure migration which will lay the foundations for a more resilient, secure and cost-effective engineering platform. 

The Platform Adoption team will be at the forefront of this initiative as they onboard teams across engineering onto the capabilities developed by platform teams. We are looking for a Senior Technical Programme Manager to own the delivery of the initiative and work closely with the Platform Adoption team to ensure its rollout is successful. 

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in our London office in Cannon Street. You will report to a Senior Manager of Technical Programme Management.

What you will do:

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, including product managers and software engineers, as needed for the programs.
• Be accountable for delivery of the initiative & work with all dependent teams to ensure timely delivery of the programs. 
• Be the person unblocking the technical teams to ensure that the programs push forward in the right manner.
• Regularly work with the PMs & EMs in the teams associated with to ensure:
• Roadmaps are up to date for reporting and reflect the current state of the initiatives
• Dependencies are managed for cross-functional programs
• Adoption and path towards ways of working maturity within an Agile framework that optimises the programme’s velocity, including using Jira Roadmaps and Hierarchy effectively 
• Own the regular reporting against the initiative at a group level including risk & dependency management. 
• Contribute to the trade-off conversations of the roadmap and the associated triage meetings to determine the priority of the backlog which the tech teams will be working on.
• Be the point of contact inside engineering regarding the initiative.
• Work with the wider TPM community to enable cross-tech planning processes, prioritisation and dependency management.

Requirements:

• Interpersonal skills to build relationships, and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders (technical and non-technical) and across a set of diverse geographically distributed teams
• Ability to manage large-scale projects with dependencies and ensure progress
• Ability to tailor communication and reporting in accordance with the needs and expectations of the audience
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and release management
• Experience operating autonomously and leading large-scale efforts across multiple teams and functions with stakeholders in different disciplines

Good to have:

• An understanding of cloud infrastructure engineering, release engineering and general software engineering workflows and processes 
• Experience working as a project manager, programme manager, product owner or scrum master will be highly relevant

Why Deliveroo

Our mission is to transform the way you shop and eat, bringing the neighbourhood to your door by connecting consumers, restaurants, shops and riders. We are transforming the way the world eats and shops by making access to food and products more convenient and enjoyable. We give people the opportunity to buy what they want, as they want it, when and where they want it.

We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the most rapidly expanding industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, looking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy and ownership, and we are always looking for new ideas.

Workplace & Benefits

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. Benefits differ by country, but we offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, well-being, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances, including time off to support a charitable cause of your choice. Benefits are country-specific, please ask your recruiter for more information.

Diversity

At Deliveroo, we believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest-growing businesses in a rapidly growing industry.

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our hiring process. We recognise that some candidates may require adjustments to apply for a position or fairly participate in the interview process. If you require any adjustments, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will make every effort to provide the necessary adjustments to ensure you have an equitable opportunity to succeed.

Please click here to view our candidate privacy policy.