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Foot Anstey LLP

At Foot Anstey, we're one of the UK's most forward-thinking law firms, built on a foundation of innovation, collaboration, and ambition. We're committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, and society.

**What makes us stand out:**

- An ambitious growth strategy that opens up opportunities for our people to make their mark.
- A client base that spans household names, thriving startups, and ambitious enterprises.
- A culture built on our values of being refreshingly human, entrepreneurial, inclusive and collaborative.
- A strong focus on being a responsible business with a commitment to sustainability and giving back to our communities.
- Comprehensive professional development and training – whatever your role and level we have training that will support you to achieve your goals.

Being refreshingly human starts with how we hire. We believe a diverse mix of perspectives makes us stronger - not just as a business, but in creating a culture where we all feel we truly belong and can thrive. That's why we're committed to removing barriers and creating fair opportunities for everyone.

## Technical Delivery Manager – Software & Data Engineering (FTC)

**Role:** Technical Delivery Manager (9 Month Fixed-Term Contract)
**Team:** Software & Data Engineering
**Location:** Hybrid working from Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth or Southampton
**Working Pattern:** Full-time

### Why this role matters

As Foot Anstey continues to invest in technology, data and digital innovation, the successful delivery of our technical change work has never been more important. This role sits at the heart of that journey, ensuring our engineering teams can deliver high-quality solutions that support our colleagues, enhance client experiences and enable the firm's ambitious growth plans. By bringing together people, priorities and technology, you'll help turn strategy into tangible business outcomes.

### What you'll do

Working closely with our engineering, architecture and business change teams, you'll help create the structure, transparency and momentum needed to successfully deliver a diverse portfolio of technical projects. This is a highly collaborative role where you'll combine delivery leadership, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement to ensure our teams can focus on delivering great outcomes.

In this role, you'll:

- Lead and coordinate technical delivery activity across multiple projects, products and teams, ensuring technical delivery remains aligned to business priorities and strategic objectives.
- Manage dependencies, risks and competing priorities to enable predictable and efficient delivery.
- Work closely with Project Managers to ensure technical delivery and change management activities are aligned.
- Partner with architects and engineers to shape delivery approaches that balance speed, quality, scalability and technical best practice.
- Facilitate technical workshops, planning sessions and discussions, ensuring clear decisions, ownership and next steps.
- Drive delivery planning, forecasting and continuous improvement activities across the team.
- Coach and support teams in Agile ways of working, helping create a culture of accountability, ownership and continuous improvement.
- Monitor and report on delivery performance within projects, using metrics and insights to support decision-making and highlight opportunities for improvement.
- Act as a key link between engineering teams, leadership and business stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the technical delivery lifecycle.

### What we're looking for

We're seeking someone who thrives in a fast-paced technology environment and enjoys bringing people, plans and priorities together to deliver successful outcomes. You'll be a collaborative and credible delivery professional with the confidence to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

You'll bring:

- Experience leading or managing technical delivery within Agile environments.
- A strong understanding of software delivery lifecycles and how applications, systems and cloud platforms work together.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across technical and business teams.
- Experience managing delivery plans, risks, dependencies and competing priorities across multiple initiatives.
- The confidence to facilitate technical discussions and work closely with engineers and architects to overcome delivery challenges.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering value and achieving outcomes.
- Experience using Agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban or hybrid methodologies.
- A collaborative mindset and passion for continuous improvement, helping teams evolve their ways of working and delivery practices.
- The ability to communicate complex information clearly through reporting, documentation and stakeholder updates.
- Resilience, adaptability and a proactive approach to identifying opportunities and resolving challenges.

Experience within the legal sector, or with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Peppermint CX365 or similar enterprise technologies, would be advantageous but is not essential.

### Benefits

- Competitive salary and performance-linked bonus.
- Enhanced parental leave policies.
- Private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives.
- An open, flexible working environment.

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