Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Manager to lead and coordinate the end-to-end delivery of cloud engineering programmes on Google Cloud Platform. This role requires a balance of strong technical depth across GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AI/ML tooling, combined with outstanding delivery management skills to ensure projects are delivered on time, on scope, and to a high standard.
Key responsibilities
- Own end-to-end technical delivery of GCP cloud programmes, from initiation through to go-live and hypercare.
- Lead cross-functional delivery teams including cloud engineers, IAM specialists, GKE administrators, and ML engineers.
- Manage programme roadmaps, delivery plans, RAID logs, and stakeholder reporting at executive and working levels.
- Drive Agile/Scrum delivery ceremonies and ensure engineering squads maintain velocity and quality.
- Provide technical oversight across GCP workstreams including IAM governance, GKE platform, Vertex AI, and IaC (Terraform/Ansible).
- Act as escalation point for technical delivery blockers and facilitate resolution with architecture and engineering leads.
- Coordinate release planning, environment management, and change management processes.
- Manage relationships with GCP account teams, third-party vendors, and internal business stakeholders.
- Define and track KPIs and SLAs for cloud delivery programmes and platform operations.
- Embed DevSecOps practices into delivery teams and champion quality gates throughout the SDLC.
- Support pre-sales and solution scoping activities, contributing to technical proposals and effort estimation.
- Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, tooling, and team capability.
Requirements
Skills and Experience
- 6+ years of technology delivery experience, with at least 3 years managing GCP cloud delivery programmes.
- Solid technical background spanning GCP services, Kubernetes/GKE, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams of 8+ engineers in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of GCP IAM, security principles, and compliance requirements in cloud delivery contexts.
- Experience with Agile, Scrum, and SAFe delivery frameworks and associated tooling (Jira, Confluence).
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Understanding of cloud financial management, cost optimisation, and budgetary governance.
- Familiarity with Vertex AI and ML delivery pipelines at an oversight level.
Required Certifications
- Google Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience delivering Vertex AI or data platform programmes.
- Background in managed services, professional services, or systems integration.
- Experience with FinOps practices and GCP cost management tooling.
- Familiarity with GKE platform engineering and container delivery patterns.
Core Skills & Technologies
- GCP Architecture, Technical Delivery, GKE / Kubernetes, Terraform
- Ansible, GCP IAM, Vertex AI, Agile / SAFe
- Stakeholder Mgmt, CI/CD Governance, FinOps, Risk Management
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