K8 Delivery Manager

At KCS, the Product Delivery Manager is responsible for leading a team of engineers and quality engineers to deliver high quality products according to the set roadmap objectives. The Product Delivery Manager, is responsible for delivering a sub-set of the roadmap objectives for the release and takes accountability for maximising the delivery of the product team and successfully delivering product tasks that align with product goals.

The Delivery Manager at KCS requires a variety of skills and experience in software development as they take on Product Owner, Development Management and Scrum Master responsibilities.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Team Backlog Management:

- Communicates with stakeholders - product managers, project managers, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear and the vision is aligned with business objectives
- Ensures the delivery team stays on track regardless of the agile nature of software development projects
- Manages and refines the backlog for the team in alignment with the Product Manager or Head of Product
- Grooms the backlog on a weekly basis to ensure highest priority items are clearly outlined and defined
- Monitors and track the teams’ progress against the priority backlog items
- Ensures that Epics and Stories meet the definition of ready before the item is prioritised on the backlog
- Evaluate and reviews the definition of done of all items before these items are flagged to go into the release

Delivery Management:

- Leads the execution of delivery objectives against development objectives
- Manages a team of Engineers and QA’s to deliver product roadmap and project milestones
- Works closely with the Head of Delivery to ensure product delivery teams are aligned with product objectives and successfully execute against product roadmap milestones
- Tracks and monitors revenue and value achievement against product and project objectives with a clear understanding of the role Delivery plays in achieving overall business success
- Monitors and tracks delivery quality against the standards set by the Head of Delivery: coding standards, technical specifications, code reviews and code quality metrics.
- Works with Product, Project Leads and the Head of Delivery Lead to understand product scope and assign solution design time to further analyse and break down product requirements
- Pro-actively communicates the impact and risks associated with delivery execution against roadmap objectives
- Actively takes decisions on a daily basis to re-align priorities and focus the team on the right objectives

Agile Team Management:

- Acts as a scrum master for the team by leading and coaching the team in agile methodologies and best practices
- Facilitates collaboration and engagement by using various tools to ensure software is delivered effectively
- Maintains a high-level view, helping teams to understand both organizational and technical dependencies while avoiding chokepoints.
- Creates a culture of accountability and enables teams to meet critical deadlines.
- Hosts daily team meetings to get updates on the progress of the project, address potential roadblocks, and ensure that the project is on track
- Engages with the Head of Delivery, Product and Projects to share updates with product stakeholders about how the project is progressing (or not).
- Takes overall responsibility to ensure that the team is meeting deadlines with the desired outcome

Implements effective tools:

- Implements best practice for the management of code and test cases in collaboration with the Head of Delivery
- Implements techniques such as “pair programming”, code reviews and others
- Implements and advocates practices to reduce development time and improve the architecture and quality of the product.

JIRA management:

- Updates team backlogs, priorities and activities for the team in JIRA
- Ensures that features are decomposed to Epics and Stories
- Ensures that stories and epic statuses are updated with the correct and relevant status
- Defines dashboards and tracking tools in JIRA and are able to give a status update on progress on request

**Key Requirements**:
Experience & Knowledge:

- Experience in running development teams in executing against roadmap objectives or financial targets
- Experience in the software development industry and what it means to deliver software solutions against roadmap objectives
- Proven success in the implementation of agile and scrum methodologies and best practices
- Ability to communicate it in a clear, engaging manner.
- Ability to utilise JIRA to track, monitor and report on team progress

Skills & Qualities:

- Understands the nature of product development and delivery from a product and service based business model
- Have an in-depth understanding of product owner, scrum master and delivery manager responsibilities and is able to utilise this understanding to effectively execute against priorities
- Understands the importance of being two, t