Lead Technical Delivery Manager

Lead Technical Delivery Manager – Power Platform
Up to £64,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester city centre (hybrid working)

Please be aware Co-op does not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity

We’re looking for a Lead Technical Delivery Manager to join us in Manchester to lead a team responsible for the successful delivery of solutions using Microsoft’s Power Platform suite. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way – splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

As a Lead Technical Delivery Manager at Co-op you’ll be responsible for making sure we effectively utilise Power Platform tools to meet our business objectives and drive innovation. We’ll look to you to work with colleagues across our wider Digital Technology & Data function to shape and promote our service; making sure it’s supportable and fit for purpose, as well as managing your team’s capacity and workload.

What you’ll do

• Lead, coach, and mentor colleagues in your team (including Power Platform Developers, Analysts, and Administrators) and support them in their development
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of high-quality Power Platform solutions
• Monitor project progress, and identify and mitigate potential risks
• Define and maintain service level agreements (SLAs); making sure that Power Platform solutions meet our performance and reliability standards
• Build and manage positive relationships with internal and external partners
• Share regular project updates and status reports with the relevant colleagues

This role would suit people who have

• Experience in a Technical Delivery Manager role
• Experience delivering technical projects and managing cross-functional teams successfully
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate challenges and develop proactive solutions
• Good communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife – an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.