Technical Delivery Manager (TDM) - OSS
Location: Reading,UK
Start Date - Immediate : Start dates will be subject to customer confirmation and will depend on profile selection, shortlisting, interview completion and onboarding timelines.
Key Skills & Experience
- Strong Technical Delivery and System Integration experience, preferably within Telecom OSS and Network domains.
- Proven Project Management experience using tools such as MS Project (MPP), Pega, Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.
- Experience delivering large-scale technology transformation projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical teams.
- Proven experience managing risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and mitigation plans.
- Experience managing network change control and release management activities.
- Experience working with Cyber Security teams, architects and control functions to ensure delivery compliance and security assurance.
- Experience managing project financials, budget forecasts, actuals tracking and cost governance.
- Strong vendor and supplier management capability.
- Ability to work effectively in complex and ambiguous delivery environments.
- Vodafone experience highly preferred.
- Strong Telecom and OSS domain expertise is a key differentiator.
- PRINCE2, PMP, Agile/Scrum certifications preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple OSS and Network delivery projects end-to-end.
- Own delivery from design through implementation and operational acceptance.
- Ensure delivery is on time, within budget and meets quality expectations.
- Manage scope, dependencies, risks, issues and change requests.
- Drive governance, steering committees and stakeholder reporting.
- Coordinate with Business Sponsors, Architects, SMEs, Engineering and Operations teams.
- Own project budget management, cost tracking, forecasting and financial governance activities.
- Lead engagement with Cyber Security teams to ensure all project deliverables meet security and compliance requirements.
- Support Connectivity and Network implementation activities, including:
- Preparation and management of communication matrices (Comms Matrix).
- Coordination of implementation, rollout and deployment activities.
- Stakeholder communications before, during and after implementation windows.
- Go-live readiness and implementation governance.
- Support release planning, deployment and live implementation activities.
- Drive continuous improvement and best practices across delivery processes.