Job title: Delivery Manager - Software Development
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Information Technology (IT)
Skills: Testing
Pay interval: Hourly
Pay rate: negotiable
Job published: 08-04-2025
Job ID: 50960

Job Description

Delivery Manager working on a critical Test Environments transformation project at a leading Financial Services Company in the Sydney CBD. 

The focus of the project is to improve the stability and availability of the test environments across their 25 platforms within Business and Consumer Banking. 

This role will have a dedicated project team of 16 Software Engineers. 

The project is multi-year initiative, with currently 6 Epics in the Product Backlog. This is an initial 12 months contract, with a good chance of extension or becoming permanent. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Environment Planning & Coordination
  • Define the roadmap and sprint goals for the accelerator initiative
  • Work with architects and infrastructure teams to design scalable, repeatable test environments
  • Align environment provisioning with product and sprint timelines
  • Agile Delivery Leadership
  • Lead Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retros)
  • Manage delivery of backlog items related to test environment improvements
  • Work closely with Product Owner and Scrum Master to prioritize features and technical enablers
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Act as the central point of contact between development, testing, DevOps, and infrastructure teams
  • Communicate progress, risks, and blockers to leadership and stakeholders
  • Process Automation & Optimization
  • Champion automation of environment setup (e.g., Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD integration)
  • Identify and implement ways to reduce environment downtime and setup time
  • Promote self-service models for environment provisioning where possible
  • Issue & Risk Management
  • Proactively manage environment-related risks, including dependencies and delays
  • Facilitate quick resolution of incidents or configuration issues impacting test cycles
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
  • Ensure all environments are well-documented (configs, access, dependencies, data)
  • Build and maintain wikis, runbooks, and environment usage guidelines
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Gather feedback from end users (testers, developers) and incorporate into delivery plans
  • Measure success through metrics like environment uptime, provisioning time, and user satisfaction

Benefits: 

  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
  • Sydney CBD
  • Range of benefits to support your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing

Essential experience:

  • 5+ years of end-to-end software implementation Project Management
  • Technical delivery experience in Banking and Financial Services 
  • Test environment projects are highly desirable
  • Engineering background and have successfully delivered large and complex initiatives with multiple dependencies
  • Strong leadership skills, driving collaboration and accountability across teams.
  • Strong analytical skills to leverage data and metrics for tracking progress and ensuring business outcomes.
  • Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing abilities, with proficiency in managing risks and issues.