Business Unit: Data Systems, COO
Salary range: £49,600 - £62,000 per annum DOE
Location:  UK Remote with travel to some of our key hubs including Glasgow and Newcastle when required.
Contract type: Permanent

Live to challenge the status quo. Live a life more Virgin

Our team
Data Platforms and Engineering partner with all areas of the bank to deliver data solutions utilising new technologies and strategies that underpin the Bank of the Future. We’re responsible for developing key strategic data platforms that help support and drive both business and regulatory strategic outcomes.

Role Overview
As an Azure Technical Delivery Manager, you will provide leadership, delivery, and management of projects and programmes, specifically via project planning, project financial, MI, and RAID item management and techniques. You will leverage your hands-on knowledge of Azure data services and your experience in delivering projects using Scrum, SAFe Agile, or Waterfall methodologies.

What you’ll be doing

Deliver effective process and governance to ensure quality of deliverables and responsibilities. Minimise and manage risks within agreed policies and procedures. Work with the Data Systems LT to co-ordinate activity across Tribe’s and Squad’s with non-Agile CIO deliveries. Lead and manage projects involving Azure data services such as Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks, Unity Catalog, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Functions, Service Bus, etc. Understand the technical design and the purpose of the project, ensuring alignment with business goals. Communicate effectively with data engineers using technical language as described in the design. Validate the code written by the team, ensuring it meets project requirements and standards. Discuss project terms like risks, dependencies, and other key aspects with project stakeholders and the business community. Ensure adherence and compliance to Data Management Framework. Identify and deliver process and productivity improvements. Effectively manage business unit targets and delivery of change whilst demonstrating commercial awareness.

We you need to have

Experience of managing and delivering medium to large projects (£1m - £2m) of complexity or managing numerous complex streams within a larger program. Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams. Hands-on experience with Azure data services. Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 certification. Experience of management forecasting/analysis and reporting. An understanding in project and program management methodologies, tools, and processes across the project and program lifecycle. Experience and knowledge of Agile development.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

A project management professional accreditation, such as the APM - Association for Project Managers. Knowledge of the bank’s project lifecycle frame.

Red Hot Rewards

Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more. Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​.  20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.  Market-leading pension. Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance. Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. 

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks. 

Advert close date is January 31st 2025