The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead complex business and technology transformation initiatives within a major retail organisation's Finance Technology portfolio.
You will take primary responsibility for driving delivery across two significant programmes: Core Commercial Transformation (CCT) Release 2.2 and the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
Both programmes involve multiple business and technology teams, complex dependencies, competing priorities and critical delivery milestones. You will bring structure and clarity to the delivery landscape, establish integrated plans, drive progress across teams, proactively manage risks and dependencies, and ensure issues and decisions are surfaced and resolved promptly.
Core Commercial Transformation (CCT) Release 2.2
The programme focuses on Stock Valuation and transitioning key Finance capabilities into SAP. It involves significant cross-domain dependencies across:
- Upstream systems and integrations.
- SAP and downstream Finance/reporting platforms.
- Existing CCT releases.
- Legacy-system decommissioning.
Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)
A major regulatory transformation requiring coordinated finance-system changes across Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics, Retail, Data and third-party providers.
Finance delivery includes complex processes involving:
- Supplier invoicing and deposits.
- Reconciliation and reporting.
- Sales and redemption data.
Essential Skills & Experience: We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:
- Strong experience delivering large-scale business and technology change within complex enterprise environments, ideally across Finance and SAP transformation programmes.
- Hands-on experience with Jira delivery planning and dependency management.
- The ability to operate effectively where scope and design are still evolving, bringing structure to ambiguity, challenging assumptions and translating discovery outcomes into executable delivery plans.
- An understanding of end-to-end integration and data-heavy delivery. Deep technical expertise is not essential, but you must be comfortable working with architects and engineers across integrations, data flows, SAP/ERP, Legacy platforms, controls, reconciliation and end-to-end testing.
- Clear and transparent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across business, technology and third-party partners.
- A strong sense of ownership, with the ability to drive delivery and keep teams aligned against priorities, plans and commitments.
- Confidence in challenging risks, assumptions and blockers whilst maintaining a constructive and pragmatic approach.
- The ability to think ahead, anticipate dependencies and risks, and balance strategic outcomes with day-to-day delivery.
- The ability to work independently with minimal onboarding and quickly establish yourself within a complex programme landscape.
- Contract: Initially 12 months, with potential to extend.
- Working Arrangement: Predominantly remote, with occasional travel to Coventry or London.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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Reasonable Adjustments
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