Head of Delivery Chapter

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The Head of Delivery Chapter is the functional leader for delivery across Kingfisher responsible for developing the skills of all Project and Programme practitioners and embedding bestpractice methodologies and ways of working. The role leads a large multidisciplinary Delivery Chapter across Banner and Group portfolios in multiple geographies managing resources and demand to meet their needs and ensuring alignment to overall strategy. It drives collaboration across the Technology Operating Model and continually improves delivery practice. Success will be measured through improved delivery quality and predictability uplift in capability maturity effective resource utilisation and increased adoption of best practice across Banners and Group.

• Vision and Strategy: Creates and delivers the strategic and operational roadmap for the Delivery Chapter in line with Tech objectives. Leads key change initiatives to evolve delivery practices strengthen continuous improvement and drive a modern adaptive delivery culture
• Delivery Standards: Accountable for the quality of the project and programme discipline defining and embedding standards and ensuring delivery governance is consistently applied to support effective risk management reporting and decisionmaking
• Capability: Sets the Chapters capability strategy addressing gaps through upskilling reskilling or recruitment. Builds the mindsets and behaviours needed for high performance and fosters a strong professional community through learning pathways and knowledge sharing
• Performance & Talent Management: Ensures robust performance management for Chapter members including clear goals regular feedback and development planning. Leads talent management and succession planning creating development pathways within and across Chapters and supporting colleagues to realise their potential
• Coach and Advisor: Provides expert coaching and guidance to Chapter members staying close enough to the teams to remain connected to real project and programme delivery practice while remaining far enough removed to empower practitioners to solve problems independently
• People Allocation: Supports QBR people planning and prioritisation in collaboration with Performance and Portfolio teams to optimise allocation across Group and Banners including thirdparty resources underpinning successful delivery across Kingfisher Technology
• Build collaborative relationships: Accountable for driving effective communication and engagement across Banner and Group teams ensuring resource changes or quality issues are managed collaboratively. Works closely with Product Engineering Architecture and Strategy & Planning to ensure cohesive delivery across the Technology Operating Model
• Budgeting: Manages Chapter-related budgets (e.g. learning and development)
• Leadership: Acts as a key member of the Kingfisher Technology Leadership Group contributing to the overall strategic direction cultural leadership and the ongoing evolution of the Technology Operating Model ensuring demonstrable impact and value of the Delivery Chapter

• Experience of shaping motivating and driving improvement and change within a large complex matrix and fast-moving environment with working knowledge of improvement methodologies

• Practitioner level within Project Programme delivery methodologies (e.g. Prince2 waterfall Agile Scrum etc.)

• Broad understanding of the IT industry markets trends emerging technologies and their implications for retail organisations

• Strong financial management knowledge knowing how to balance cost versus value and manage costs accordingly.

• Talented people leader coaching mentoring facilitation and teaching whilst developing a pipeline of future talent

How We Work
We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.

We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you dont meet 100% of the requirements.

What We Offer
An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas support experimentation and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion
Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. Were committed to ensuring all colleagues future colleagues and applicants are treated equally regardless of age gender marital or civil partnership status ethnicity culture religion belief political opinion disability gender identity gender expression or sexual orientation.

Interested Great apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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