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Hiscox

Technical Delivery Manager

Hiscox

. Support the product vision and roadmap while owning a prioritised, delivery-ready backlog .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeLisbon • PortugalMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in Agile delivery management, backlog prioritization, and user story development while ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical execution. Capable of leading multidisciplinary teams through complex delivery processes, managing risks, and facilitating effective communication across stakeholders.

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Agile Delivery ManagementBacklog ManagementUser Story DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementRisk Management

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Hard Skills
Backlog ManagementUser Story DevelopmentAcceptance Criteria DefinitionAgile DeliveryDependency ManagementRisk ManagementRelease ReadinessData GovernanceTechnical CredibilityDelivery Planning
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationFacilitation SkillsJudgementOutcome FocusCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
JiraConfluenceDocumentation ToolsCollaboration Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Scrum CertificationAgile Delivery Accreditation
Industry Keywords
Product DevelopmentData QualitySupplier ManagementBAU OperationsComplex Organisation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Support the product vision and roadmap while owning a prioritised, delivery-ready backlog
  • Translate business problems into well-defined epics and user stories with context, acceptance criteria, dependencies and outcomes
  • Maintain traceability from request through delivery, acceptance and realised value
  • Lead end-to-end delivery planning and coordination across multidisciplinary teams
  • Manage milestones, capacity, dependencies, risks, issues, blockers and scope changes
  • Provide clear progress and decision information
  • Coordinate technical discovery, design assurance, testing and release readiness
  • Ensure architecture, security, data governance, non-functional requirements, operational controls and residual risks are addressed
  • Connect business priorities with technical execution
  • Facilitate decisions and manage delivery partners
  • Support transition into BAU
  • Promote accountable, collaborative and continuously improving ways of working

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven experience as a Delivery Manager or in a comparable role supporting Product development
  • Strong backlog management, user-story and acceptance-criteria capability
  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery, estimation, planning, dependency and risk management, testing, release readiness and transition into live service
  • Working understanding of architecture, integrations, environments, security, data governance and non-functional requirements
  • Technical credibility to identify constraints and explain delivery trade-offs
  • Strong judgement and outcome focus
  • Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills across business, technical and senior audiences
  • Ability to lead complex delivery through ambiguity, remove blockers and maintain momentum without compromising quality
  • Demonstrable experience leading delivery in a complex organisation
  • Experience with accountability for backlog, planning and end-to-end coordination from discovery through release and support
  • Track record of influencing across organisational boundaries, resolving complex dependencies and balancing value, risk, technical sustainability and operational readiness
  • Product experience, Scrum, Agile delivery, project delivery or similar accreditation
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence or similar documentation and collaboration tools
  • Knowledge of data platforms, reporting and analytics products, governance, data quality, supplier management or BAU product operations

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Hybrid working model
  • Flexible work-life balance
  • Independence and flexibility
  • Structure and sociability through hybrid working
  • Inclusive culture
  • Diversity-focused workplace