Delivery Principal (Delivery Lead)
Who We Are:
AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.
We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them.
This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.
Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.
What you’ll bring to the table:
Club Practice Group:
This role sits within one of our Clubs (local business units) in a senior team called a Practice Group. This group will inspire and develop our ANDi’s to grow into exceptional digital experts, through teaching, mentoring, coaching and thought leadership, whilst also delivering remarkable outcomes for our clients. Finally, as a Principal, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with AND stakeholders in the business development process, applying your skills to qualify the potential and maximise the value of new engagements.
The Delivery Part:
You will be leading and shaping delivery of AND’s client engagements using the most suitable delivery practices to achieve successful outcomes. As a result, you will need to be able to:
- Has worked in multiple delivery leadership roles and is able to exhibit deep experience as a Project Manager, Programme Manager, Delivery Lead or something similar.
- Have strong understanding and experience of a variety of agile delivery and project management methodologies - for example Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile approaches.
- Steer multiple squads or teams in a complex product development environment. We want to know you are comfortable with the scale and context switching that comes with a role like this.
- Experience in mobilisation and managing Delivery Teams, working with Software Engineers, Product Analysts, UX Designers and other roles involved in delivering digital Products.
- Demonstrate strong analytical skills and a methodical, data driven approach to problem solving.
- Have experience working in a customer facing (either internal or external) environment so that you understand the dynamics of supplier-client relationships.
- Identify opportunities to provide further value to clients within existing engagements, working with clients and your Club to establish successful delivery teams and delivery structures.
- Fluent in Dutch Speaking
Inspire Others:
- Remain hands on by championing and influencing the delivery direction of engagements being led by yourself or the Club.
- Provide delivery guidance and advice to clients; be able to observe the problems closely and propose applicable solutions.
- Coach, mentor and develop high performing teams through implementing delivery methods and adopting the behaviours associated with high performance.
- Give and encourage regular feedback to drive the professional development of ANDis within your Club.
- Lead, develop and support the Delivery community in your Club and within AND. Develop an authentic voice and become involved in the AND Delivery Chapters.
Why join AND Digital?
We have three values: wonder, share, and delight. These values inform how we work with clients, and our culture: what it feels like to work for AND. We believe collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun can drive innovation by creating a better environment for problem-solving.
By joining AND, we’ll provide:
- Opportunities to work on projects with big clients and the chance to produce meaningful work that makes a difference to people’s lives.
- A “Blended Working” model, meaning you will be able to work in a range of locations from; your home, in your clubhouse, on a client, as well as just a change of scenery.
- A dedicated career scrum team, designed to help you reach your career goals and develop the skills you need to be your best self.
- An annual budget for training and upskilling, including allocated days off so you don’t have to study in your own free time.
- Monthly and quarterly team socials - on us - ranging from after work drinks, to driving experience days with your fellow club members.
- A safe environment for you to be yourself and challenge yourself.
At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.
We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.
