Product Delivery Lead - London, United Kingdom - PA Consulting

PA Consulting

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London, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Company Description

About us
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 3,200 specialists in consumer, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and transport.

Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Europe, and the Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description:

At PA Consulting Group we help some of the largest and most complex organisations from across the globe to adapt and excel by adopting digital thinking and ways of working.

To us, Digital Delivery is much more than a methodology; it's the key to building the right leadership, cultural and organisational structure.

Our business is made up of some of the world's smartest Digital practitioners.

What you'll do

Digital Delivery Leads use their 'head, heart and hand' skills to drive the evolution of delivery practices and ensure excellence in every aspect of our delivery to clients - from strategy to shipping.

You will lead by doing, mentor with generosity and simplify the complex.

You will be responsible for consulting to clients and setting up and running projects and programmes to deliver digital transformation, as part of a highly skilled cross functional team.

You'll be adept at delivering complex digital products and services, breaking down barriers for your team, planning at a high-level and getting into the detail to make things happen as needed.

You will develop strategic, long-term relationships with clients, developing your role as a trusted advisor. You will formulate and articulate delivery strategies and workable, tactical plans.

You will ensure our delivery solutions are robust, risk managed and commercially strong; and in some cases you will act as overall Assignment Manager for a client engagement.

You will be core to decisions that build high performing teams, where people are excited about the work they are undertaking.

This means you are not set in one process or way of thinking but use exactly the right skills to solve our client challenges, though you will be a highly-experienced and proficient Agile delivery practitioner.

You will spend 85% of your time in the work and 15% of your time on new business, capability priorities, mentoring and supporting others, including line management.

About the role

Have a strategic understanding of PA's goals, purpose and vision; and why clients and employees come to PA
Demonstrate understanding of and promote best practice of the PA values and ways of working
Keep up to date with opportunities issues and trends, and have a point of view, sharing your knowledge generously
You are committed to helping build a better PA and able to spot new business opportunities, take an active role in new business development activities

Qualifications:

Key responsibilities, skills and experience

Lead and formulate delivery strategy, be a delivery expert the team can draw on to determine the most appropriate approaches and methodologies
Clearly communicate delivery direction to others and be 'in the work' yourself
Be organised, selfmotivated, ambitious, curious
Have direct line management responsibilities; coach, mentor and train; organise and run interviews, onboarding activities, 121's, performance and development plans
Help evolve and codify our Delivery practice, deliver projects using the appropriate methodology, learning and iterating frequently, and coaching others to do so
Set the bar/example of what great Delivery Management looks like, ensuring quality and attention to detail is embedded throughout our work.

Setting direction

Leading planning and kick off of projects and programmes of work, and collaborating closely with the team to keep focus on working in a rational sequence following an agreed approach, using appropriate methodologies and techniques
Confidently run rhythms and routines, continuously improving them
Spot warning signs and provide decisive responses to significant delivery challenges, escalating as necessary.
Play an active part in new business, coaching the team on possible and recommended approaches; including setting direction for delivery, pitching to present ideas, recommendations and estimates and being heavily involved in developing written responses

Decision making