Technology Project Manager

Role:

Senior Digital Delivery Manager

Reporting to:

Head of Portfolio Management

Division:

Minerals

Business Unit:

Divisional Technology

Work location:

Worldwide

Country:

Flexible

Manage Others:

Not initially

Department:

Minerals Digital

Job Profile

Permanent

Business Need / Purpose of Role: 

As digital delivery manager you will facilitate and drive the timely production of digital e-2-e solutions, individual products and entire programs. You will work closely with our digital product owners to prioritise the deliverables from initiation to launch. You will beresponsible for managing cross functional development and engineering teams and drive a culture where the priorities are always to delivery on time and within budget. 

As part of Minerals Digital 2025 defined strategy and vision, the digital delivery manager will be part of Minerals digital PMO team and will be part of the team in developing new process and tools to support this function

This is a senior role within the minerals digital team, reporting to the Head of Portfolio Management.

This person will be responsible to deliver all the key Minerals Digital initiatives and will be working with our Change Manager, Development and Business enablement teams ensure the implementation and launch of each product are delivered within budget and schedule.

Objectives & Measurement

Key Responsibilities and Specific Accountabilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver projects, solutions, products, and entire programs in alignment with the Weir Minerals digital strategy and related roadmaps  
• Working closely with the product owners to define the delivery goals, keep the team on track and ensure aligned priorities 
• Manage and own the scrum process within the defined development resource teams, including user testing, change management and deployment phases
• Actively participate in the agile delivery community by sharing knowledge, bringing in and documenting best practices  
• Build and lead development and engineering team resources including internal Weir resources and external suppliers
• Driving and maintaining high team morale between the product owners and development and engineering teams
• Monitor and manage the operational budget for the program or project and advise product owners and digital management when required
• Provide monthly progress development updates to product owners and digital management 
• Maintaining a continuous improvement culture within the defined resource squad
• Driving deployment planning, execution, and handover of deliverables to the digital operations team

• Interface with business unit product managers, engineering, sales, manufacturing, logistics and services
• Ensure evolution and continuous improvement of standards, guidelines and guardrails and ensuring that solutions and platforms are compliant 
• Identifying and building strong Weir stakeholder relationships at strategic and operational levels. 

Key Accountabilities: 

• Deliver epics and user stories defined by digital product owners based on agreed product release plans and lifecycle 
• Empower development teams to take accountability for their delivery, risks and issues utilizing lean and agile methods
• Ensure delivery of products of high standards and satisfy customers' needs
• Establish and ensure adoption of minerals digital product development best practice and tools

Job Knowledge / Education and Qualifications

Education 

Bachelors or Masters’ degree in engineering, computer science, IS&T (Information Systems & Technology), business essential or equivalent industry experience gained in a similar role and at a similar level. The successful candidate has certificates within agile methodologies, Prince 2 etc. 

Experience

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in program & delivery management or a comparable role with extensive experience in both waterfall and agile delivery of both enterprise level software and digital in similar industry

Ideally, this leader will have a track record in the digital transformation of legacy processes, products, and services, as well as in developing new solutions and accompanying business models. 

S/He enjoys a reputation for developing meaningful partner and stakeholder relationships and is highly collaborative with a proven ability to work in highly matrixed cross-functional teams. 

Practical experience from product and/or software development end to end in large scale development or enterprise systems implementation (e.g., engineer, testing and solution architect) is essential.

Practical experience in change management and adoption of products/technologies is highly recommended.

Experience in any IoT platform in any sector is recommended, IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things) is highly recommended.

Experience in mechanical engineering manufacturing heavy industry is highly recommended.

Experience in program management of >500K USD (US Dollar) budget will be highly regarded.

Communication Skills: 

Given the matrix nature of the role, this leader must bring exceptional influencing skills and the ability to navigate across a global company. To meet tight delivery deadlines, s/he must foster strong relationships with product owners and development teams and be viewed as a strategic product execution partner and trusted advisor. 

Recognizing and developing talent is key, as this leader will continually be forming and leading joint business / technology teams to deliver digital transformation projects

Computer Skills: 

Has a passion for technology and keeping up to date on technology trends. A highly capable technology user of the standard business systems and packages. Knowledge of product management tools (Aha) and managing product backlog using Jira are highly recommended

Work Environment: 

Home / Office based with potential for some international travel (dependent on current travel guidance) and flexibility to work non-standard hours on a regular basis due to the global nature of the role

Core Competencies 

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies.

Visionary Leadership - Displays passion and optimism; gains respect and trust; communicates a compelling vision, motivates and inspires the delivery team to complete the vision set

Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.

Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; understands the business’s strengths & weaknesses; defines objectives and priorities; analyses market and competition; identifies external threats and opportunities; utilizes available information to make effective decisions; adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Drive & Initiative - Focuses on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them, sets ambitious goals for self-and/or others and tackles them with enthusiasm; initiates and generates activity, makes things happen quickly; self-starting, works under own direction; persists despite obstacles, finding appropriate solutions, looks for opportunities to progress work faster; undertakes self-development activities; seeks increased responsibilities.

Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions and alignment to profitability.  Has knowledge of the external marketplace and competition and can identify ways to achieve the departmental and company strategic goals; understands the ‘bigger’ picture.

Resource Management & Budgeting - Ability to manage resources and financials given to deliver defined initiatives within agreed schedule