Delivery Director

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day. Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.

Job Details

Overview

The Delivery Director is accountable for the delivery of large-scale programmes of work involving multiple teams, both across the organisation and with external partners and vendors!

Key Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

Full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of complex projects and programmes within agreed scope, budget, resources, and timing

Proactively manage risk, change and performance, both programme and operational, and lead changes where appropriate

Manage and allocate resources for assigned projects/programmes including internal, contractors, and supplier resources

Build long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, negotiate to resolve conflict and build consensus, manage expectations and facilitate open communication between all parties

Effectively communicate to colleagues within the Engineering teams, Operations and Product Management domains as well as to senior stakeholders, business leaders, technology CIOs, and key partners across the business

Ensure effective project monitoring, control processes, risk management, and quality processes are employed and maintained

Work with leadership to define, collect and track appropriate metrics that help guide successful outcomes, avoiding vanity metrics and focussing on actionable data

Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of the role, both within programmes, personally and as part of the Technology Leadership team

Manage objectives and key results on behalf of the Technology leadership team, ensuring these are SMART and in accordance with agreed strategy and company goals

Capabilities and Experience

General Experience

Significant experience in programme management for technology programmes and projects

Experience of budget planning and management

Strong delivery experience across large scale, complex organisations

Strong leadership and a clear track record of delivering outstanding performance

Significant experience in stakeholder management

An ability to work effectively in a matrix organisation is essential

Experience establishing programme governance

Skills (Expertise needed to perform the key responsibilities)

Skilled in programme management and planning methodologies, tools and processes and technology programme delivery

Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)

Ability to manage all aspects of programmes, including providing overall guidance and direction and overseeing financial management activities

Excellent time-management and decision-making skills and the ability to work across several initiatives concurrently

Strong finance and analytical background to manage large scale programme accounting

Ability to document and communicate progress against plans, taking corrective action as necessary

Ability to negotiate activities and changes to commitments/requirements with internal and external teams

Ability to review programme outputs for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards

Ability to review in-flight and planned programmes to find opportunities for re-use and process improvement

Relationship management skills, ability to build and create a strong internal network across levels and fields in Kantar

Professional knowledge and accreditation in project and programme management disciplines an advantage

Strong people management skills an advantage

Drive and enthusiasm

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Country

Portugal

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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