Senior Digital Delivery Manager

Job summary

You will have the opportunity to help shape the future of Data Engineering and Decision Support systems in NHSBT through playing a leading role in our Microsoft Azure Data Platform journey. You will be leading and working with our Data Engineering Team and working with and reporting on progress to a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from board members to technical developers and suppliers. Alongside the day job, you will form part of the Data community of practice, working with and learning from peers across the organisation as we mature our delivery capability. This post requires significant autonomy and initiative as well the ability to inspire a team. The post suits an individual who is confident in their ability to deliver, productive under pressure, takes ownership of deliverables but knows when to ask for approvals or guidance. NHST is full committed to continuous improvement in a bid to keep the price of blood low every £ saved on blood is a £ available for other front-line spending by NHS hospitals. As such, all the work you do will help save and improve lives.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be accountable for the performance of the team and the effective delivery of complex and high-risk technology change to our NHSBT Data Platform as part of the Data product centre. Your responsibilites will include: Leading the team to progress work and deliver to a high standard, ensuring that they are motivated, collaborating and working well. Managing and delivering agile projects or releases, to deliver a specific product, service or transformation via a multi-disciplinary, highly skilled team, including third-party contracted technology providers, to time, cost and quality. Defining project needs and shape these into a planned, iterative schedule to enable resource to be appropriately allocated. Removing obstacles for the Data Engineering team, lead a continual planning process overseeing the delivery of all tasks and assigned releases. Working across the product lifecycle to deliver effective change (discovery to live) actively managing and addressing all risks, issues and dependencies and their associated mitigations. Translating complex customer needs into tangible digital deliverables, plans and tasks balancing cost versus value. Ensuring all products and services meet the Government Digital Service and NHS Service Standards and assessments, with successful handover to live at time, cost and quality. Coaching and mentoring both team members and others to apply the most appropriate agile and lean tools and techniques.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever