Software Delivery Manager

Cedar
Manchester, UK
8 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Software Applications Software as a Service Issue Tracking Systems Integrated Development Environments Scrum Methodology Systems Development Life Cycle Release Management Software Engineering Cloud Platform System Documentation System Atlassian Tools

Job description

The business are looking for a delivery-focused individual to own the operational cadence and administrative backbone of their end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

In this role, you will manage projects from business case and ideation through engineering build, commercial handover, and post-deployment monitoring. You will act as the operational connective tissue across our Product, Technology, and Engineering teams - keeping delivery honest, visible, and unblocked - from governance and reporting through to release management, freeing engineering leadership to focus on technical direction., Delivery Management & SDLC Oversight

  • End-to-End Ownership: Track delivery across the entire SDLC-from initial ideation and business case through to technical build, post-release monitoring, and commercial handover.
  • Roadmap Accuracy: Maintain a dynamic, accurate view of current delivery progress and upcoming engineering plans for leadership and wider business visibility.
  • Team Commitments & Flow: Partner with engineering and product teams to help them meet commitments, clear blockers, and streamline cross-functional communication.
  • Agile Operational Support: Provide hands-on administrative support for Scrum/Kanban frameworks, ensuring ticket hygiene, sprint ceremonies, and backlog prioritisation run smoothly.
  • Release & Incident Coordination: Oversee release management schedules and support operational incident response workflows to ensure smooth rollouts and quick resolutions.

Governance, Compliance & Financial Ops

  • QMS & SDLC Compliance: Support internal governance by ensuring processes align with Quality Management Systems (QMS) and relevant regulatory frameworks, escalate when they do not
  • Operational Reporting: Own and maintain the engineering Risk Register, delivery metrics, capacity/utilisation tracking, and time-recording reporting.
  • Financial Admin: Manage engineering-related financial reporting, Purchase Orders (POs), and vendor invoice reconciliation.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Project/Delivery Manager in a software development environment, covering the full SDLC
  • Exposure to cloud environments, modern software applications, or SaaS product delivery
  • Experience interacting with stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional teams with competing priorities and dependencies
  • Experience using Agile delivery approaches such as Scrum or Kanban
  • Ability to maintain accurate project plans, roadmaps, risks, actions and delivery reports
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience working with project management, issue tracking and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence

Advantageous:

  • Experience in a regulated or clinical-safety environment (e.g. NHS, DCB0129/0160, healthtech)
  • Experience with governance/QMS reporting (risk registers, audits, compliance documentation)

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