Technical Delivery Manager

About Us: ClearRoute is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We help enterprises reliably bring high-impact digital products to market faster, cheaper, and safer, working with technology leaders facing complex business challenges. We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We’re not just making better software. We’re making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problem solving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for ClearRoute, our customers and most importantly our team. This is an opportunity for you to build the organisation from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains. Role: At ClearRoute, the Technical Delivery Manager is the operational backbone of an engagement: running governance, managing risk, coordinating delivery teams, and keeping clients and ClearRoute aligned. Unlike a pure project manager, we are looking for a Technical Delivery Manager who is engineering-literate and leads delivery in an engineering-first way, holding the team to strong Agile and engineering-excellence practices. Key Responsibilities: Establish and run the Delivery Playbook governance structure and cadence (kickoff, planning, execution, closure) Facilitate communication between client and ClearRoute; maintain a clear view of who is working on what and who the stakeholders are Capture delivery data, RAG status, risks and insights for governance reporting (bi-weekly and monthly delivery reviews) Manage engagement risk to protect ClearRoute's interests; identify and decouple dependencies Coordinate workstreams, coach the team, ensure quality of deliverables and adherence to Agile practices Run the Delivery Health Check Toolkit regularly to gauge team health/performance Own engagement closure: sign-off of deliverables, engagement review, case study and IP capture Required Experience: Proven track record managing software delivery engagements end-to-end (on time, on scope, on budget), ideally in a consultancy or client-facing services environment. Strong working knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and modern engineering practices (CI/CD, DORA metrics, quality engineering), with enough technical literacy to challenge and guide engineering teams. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to build trust with senior client stakeholders and economic buyers. Demonstrable risk and dependency management capability, with sound commercial judgement to protect delivery and margin. Experience running delivery governance and reporting — status, RAG, risk logs — and presenting to client and internal leadership. Ability to coach and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and to…