Agile Delivery Manager
- Recruiter
- Costa Coffee
- Location
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Buckinghamshire
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 27 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 05 Jul 2022
- Job Title
- IT Director
- Category
- Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
At Costa Express, we get to play with big machines that make great coffee! The Machine Software team builds the link between device hardware and the consumer experience for over 10,000 machines worldwide. Our work crosses the highly connected, 'always on' domains of IOT, Payments, Telemetry, and Cloud Analytics-all with an international reach. We solve today's challenges to build a bigger capability for tomorrow. And tomorrow is looking bright!
We are looking for an Agile Delivery Manager who is curious, capable and driven to find the optimal route between an idea and working software. As Delivery Lead, you will work alongside our Product, Architecture and Engineering leads to help us build transparency across all that we do and drive continual improvement.
A bit about us...
At the heart of Costa Coffee are our values; we believe in Passion, Warmth, Trust and Courage. We are the No. 1 coffee brand in the UK and as part of the Coca-Cola Company, we're on a journey to be the world's most loved coffee brand. Costa are proud of our collaborative and inclusive workforce, who continually unlock new growth potential. Our Costa Express vision is to be global leaders in intelligent coffee; we are obsessive about growth and have revolutionised the coffee-to-go market thanks to a unique combination of premium coffee, individual customer experience, and our expertly engineered machine technology. We aim to be trend setters, who exceed customer expectations. In a fun and friendly environment, our DNA is to challenge ourselves and be passionate about our legacy.
A bit about the role...
We're looking for an experienced Agile Delivery Manager to join our growing team who can apply a continual improvement ethos to design, guide and track the evolution of our delivery practice. You will frame opportunities within compelling business cases to identify and drive improvement opportunities across Product, Engineering and Test. Effective stakeholder management across the business will enable you to help Product Owners and the Solutions Architect to refine any backlog, understanding the deliverables and any potential blockers. Strong project management skills will enable you to frame larger initiatives, clarify scope and deliverables, manage dependencies and budgets and mitigate risks.
- Monitor and report on near term achievements and plans.
- Help coordinate multiple streams of development.
- Develop fit-for-purpose metrics that support the business to make informed decisions.
- Help manage agile rituals and heartbeat activities along with other members of our team.
- Assist Head of Software Development to monitor past and future spend
A bit about you???
To succeed at Costa, it's important that you embrace our values and enjoy working with diverse and committed colleagues. In addition, we would hope to see the following key skills:
- An authentic passion for engineering, continuous improvement and for getting things done.
- Personable with excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to tailor your messaging to circumstances and audience.
- A strategic thinker with the ability to apply agile and continual improvement principles to evolve software engineering practice that is fit-for-purpose.
- An iterative professional, proceeding with strategic intent, with regular inspection, reassessment and adjustment where required.
- Adept project management to assist in managing complex initiatives, ensuring we have the right level of process in place, to deliver the right outcome on time.
What we can offer...
We're on an exceptional adventure and can offer a truly purpose led career with flexibility to suit your personal needs. In addition, you will benefit from the below:
- BUPA Healthcare
- Costa Pension Scheme
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Annual Bonus Scheme
- 25% staff discount, including bottomless free coffee in the office!
- 25 days Holidays
Location/Travel: Hybrid working with 1-2 days per week attendance to our Loudwater office in High Wycombe.