Senior Delivery Manager – FTC 12 months

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Role Overview

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will be part of the Delivery Management Function within the Portfolio Team at Financial Times, working alongside a supportive, values-driven team. This is a 12 months contract opportunity where you’ll take the lead on end-to-end delivery of critical initiatives within the Data Platform Transformation programme: an ambitious multi-year initiative to modernise FT’s data infrastructure and capabilities. It brings together cross-functional teams from Engineering, Data, Product and external partners to deliver scalable, future-ready data solutions.

You’ll report into the Principal Programme Manager and will:

• Take ownership of a workstream currently in-flight, seeing it to successful completion.
• Own additional projects from the 2026 roadmap, leading from initiation to closure.
• Provide delivery support to Engineering colleagues to ensure work is estimated, planned, resourced and tracked effectively.
• Act as a key driver of delivery quality and accountability within a complex, high-profile programme.
• Support continuous improvement within our thriving Portfolio community.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Lead project workstreams within Data Platform Transformation programme, ensuring alignment across internal and external teams.
• Quickly get up to speed on the in-flight workstream, take the reins and lead it through to successful completion.
• Take on additional full-lifecycle projects from the 2026 roadmap from shaping through to delivery and closure.
• Build strong relationships with partners in Data, Tech, Product and wider business.
• Apply fit-for-purpose delivery practices (Agile/Lean, traditional and hybrid) suited to each context.
• Drive robust planning, governance and issue management, raising appropriately and proactively problem-solving.
• Manage dependencies and vendors confidently, prompting a culture of delivery partnership.
• Provide clear, actionable updates to partners at all levels, adapting your communication to technical and non-technical audiences.

Contribute to Portfolio Community:

• Champion knowledge-sharing, contributing case studies, lessons learned and examples of practical excellence.
• Support upskilling and capability building by co-delivering training and mentoring less experienced Delivery Managers.
• Facilitate Project Management Drop In sessions, helping others problem-solve in real time.

Culture and Behaviour:

• Lead by example in championing operational excellence, pragmatism and delivery subject area.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful and inclusive culture and encourage a “one team” approach.
• Bring energy and constructive challenge to help your peers and stakeholders set a higher standard.

Requirements

About you – What you will bring:

• A seasoned project manager, with a track record of delivering complex technical projects in a fast paced agile environment.
• Able to navigate technical landscapes with confidence, without needing to be the technical expert.
• A natural planner and risk-spotter, always one step ahead on mitigation and clear trade-offs.
• Confident in leading stakeholders, influencing and building partnerships.
• Experienced in vendor and partner engagement, knowing how to get the best out of 3rd parties.
• A clear, concise communicator who can tell the story of project successes or challenges in a way that resonates.
• A collaborative leader who inspires confidence and holds others to account with care and clarity.

Desirable:

• Previous experience within data-focused initiatives.
• Understanding of cloud-based data infrastructure.

What’s in it for You? Our Benefits

• Annual bonus scheme
• 25 days paid leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Parental Leave policy
• Food Allowance
• Multisport Card
• Both in house and external training programs
• Your own training dedicated budget (for conferences, courses etc.)

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email us and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further Information

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