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CTS & CloudM • Manchester, United Kingdom

Agile Delivery Manager

Employment type:  Full time

1–2 days/week at home

A little flex time

Job Description

Agile Delivery Lead

 

Why CTS and Google Cloud?

If you want to work for an award winning (most recently Google Cloud Public Sector partner of the year) and Europe's best and largest dedicated Google Cloud partner, then CTS is for you. We are trusted by many well-known businesses and governments around the world, and as a result have appeared in Deloitte’s UK Tech Fast 50, Sunday Times Top Track 100 to name a few.

We only work with Google technologies and as a result we have built a reputation for being the best at what we do. As we say...CTS is Google. Done Right.

Google is the fastest growing cloud provider and is the market leader in ML and Data technologies, harnessing their experience in running their multi-billion dollar tech business. At CTS we work with Google to help our customers grow and innovate by utilising these technologies.

CTS is investing heavily in our people and team to continue to drive successful Google Cloud adoption and joining the business now is an exciting time for anyone who is keen to advance their career.

 

Role Overview:

We are looking for an Agile Delivery Lead to become a key member of our Google Cloud Delivery team here at CTS. We are looking for someone who has a passion for getting things done and a drive to deliver great services to our customers.

Your mission as a member of the Google Cloud Delivery team is to ensure that our customers experience world class delivery execution, utilising cutting edge cloud technology … which is no easy feat, but for the right individual this would be a challenging and highly rewarding role.

At CTS we are proud of our inclusive and progressive culture, and there are plenty of opportunities to progress and develop your career.

Over the coming years we want to become the number one dedicated Global Partner for Google Cloud. To get there we’re building talented teams ready to change the world using Google technologies. So if you’re passionate, curious and keen to get stuck in - Get in touch and join us for the ride!

 

What you'll do:

  • Demonstrate the ability to thrive in a fast paced, creative technology environment whilst maintaining a customer centric approach. You and your team will help own and drive our commercial success.
  • Deliver and manage the whole project life cycle of a project based on CTS delivery methodologies, creating great Agile working environments to enable delivery of value early and incrementally to our customers. 
  • Identify and highlight process improvements and champion change within the cloud delivery team to encourage innovation and efficiencies. 
  • Be responsible for and take ownership for the financial success of the projects you deliver, by successfully managing the budgets and margin of your project.

 

What you'll need:

  • You’ll have experience in both the consulting industry and a minimum of 5 years project or programme management 
  • A strong customer focus and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders (CIO/CTO and Heads of levels) ensuring that you communicate the benefits of your projects. 
  • The ability to understand and build trust with people whilst using your leadership skills to inspire them to deliver change successfully
  • A passion for Agile, and its methodologies, but also be able to evidence knowledge and experience of industry recognised project management methodologies. 
  • A working knowledge of Cloud Technologies (GCP, AWS or Azure) and you are able to collaborate with technical specialists and take ownership of solutions.
  • Strategic thinking and problem solving skills.

 

Desirable Skills:

  • Agile Scrum Master and Product Owner Certifications
  • Cloud Technology Certifications e.g. Google Cloud Architect - Associate/ Professional

 

What you’ll get:

In addition to the competitive salary, you’ll get private health insurance and company contributed pensions as standard.

We have a multitude of other benefits, including a market leading parental leave policies, health & wellbeing initiatives and access to a discounts and rewards programme (including discounted gym membership)

You’ll be invited to the bi-annual international company ‘kick off’ conferences, which are a great chance to meet your colleagues that you don’t see everyday. 

 

Location:

This role would be primarily remote based, with some occasional travel to customer sites and to our office locations in the UK (Manchester, London, Edinburgh) and Netherlands (Utrecht).

 

So what’s next?

Contact us directly at careers@cts.co for more info.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory
Enhanced paternity leave – 5 weeks to be taken within first 2 years (not more than 2 weeks in any 6month period)
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory
Shared parental leave
Work from anywhere scheme – work overseas for up to 3 months in any 12 month period.
Unlimited annual leave
Enhanced sick pay – 10 paid sick days per annum
Pregnancy loss leave
Teambuilding days
Teambuilding holidays
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Open to part time work for some roles
Enhanced sick days
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Mental health platform access
Gym membership
Compassionate leave
Birthday off
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Life assurance
Matched pension contribution
Volunteer days
Personal development days
Personal development budgets
Company wide holidays/offsites
L&D budget
Financial coaching
Charity donation scheme
Lunch and learns
Employee assistance programme
Skilled worker visas
Employee discounts
Core benefits such as Company Contributed Pensions and Private Health Insurance with a fully comprehensive mental health support package, plus dental and optical reimbursements.
Opportunities to be involved with our DEI and Environmental Boards who strive to pave the way not just in our company but in our industry, making a real difference.
Investment in you - We'll pay for certifications, and give you paid time off to study or attend interesting events.
Location
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Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours
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Benefits
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Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
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Working at CTS & CloudM

Company employees

290

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

65:35:0

Office locations

Manchester (Head Office), London, Edinburgh and Utrecht

Hiring Countries

Netherlands
United Kingdom

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