Delivery Manager

Think of our headquarters as a career destination on the Cape Town beachfront - a breathtaking expanse of white sand and surf, against the backdrop of the world-famous Table Mountain.Surrounded by shops and a buzzing outdoor community that use the beach for world class events and leisure activities, our headquarters facilitates the perfect life balanced away from home as facilitates include a gym, rooftop pool and breathtaking ocean views.It's where we build, imagine and inventOur clients and our employees, are our partners. We have built a strong legacy on our collective expertise. Together, we push the boundaries of gaming design and development, aiming at all times to provide advanced solutions to complex operational challenges.We specialize in servicing and solving complex operational challenges for large online gaming clients. At our core, we are expert problem-solvers and we work hard to deliver gaming software of the highest quality, every time, for every client. Our team doesn't just do work, they create magic. At Wonderlabz innovation meets creativity.

**Job Specification**:

- We know a job description can often deter an applicant who does not believe they match 100% of our requirements. If you are interested in this position and have relevant experience then we would still love to hear from you._

This is an exciting opportunity for working in a growing business and for you to be one of the key drivers behind our biggest and most important programmes and software development initiatives. We are looking for someone who is a self-motivated, passionate team player. You will be reporting to Head of Group Delivery and will work closely with our PMO, Product, Dev and QA teams, business stakeholders and our numerous suppliers.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Major projects delivery
- Plan and see through delivery of software as part of corporate programmes and projects in close cooperation with our programme management team
- Review product roadmap and timelines, and ensure that the delivery team is well aware of the commitments made
- Coordination of efforts between Developers, Testers, UX Designers and Product Owners
- Dependency management
- Removal of bottlenecks and impediments to progress
- Facilitation of scrum ceremonies such as virtual project team stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog grooming, product demos

**A key target for you is the successful delivery of work within the agreed timelines**
- Continuous improvement and change management
- Own the consolidated metrics and dashboards
- Identify delivery risks and problems and drive change to effect better development progress
- Work closely with product, development, QA and other tech teams to continuously improve the SDLC (process and tools)

**Day-to-day support**
- Release management
- Environments coordination
- UAT support
- Create, Update and Maintain JIRA Projects, Dashboards, Plans

**Key Skills/Experience**
- Strong Experience in Agile or Lean software development
- Ideally Online Gaming domain experience, ECommerce or FinTec domain experience acceptable
- Kaizen - proven track record of continuous improvement in the delivery area
- Jira Cloud (complex queries, boards, plans, dashboards)
- Confluence Cloud

**The Person**
- Strong leadership skills, must be able to motivate and lead a virtual team effectively
- Strong influencer and negotiation skills
- Self-Motivated and the ability to working in a changing environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to work effectively with key stakeholders, technical and non-technical staff
- Good presentation skills - Ability to present to peers, partners and suppliers

**Benefits**:

- Medical aid
- Flexi hours (with the exception of core hours)
- Unlimited coffee in our brand new office made with love by our barista
- 21 days annual leave
- Annual bonus