Technical Project / Delivery Manager
Contract Role | Dublin (Hybrid) | Up to €550 per day
We are seeking an experienced Technical Project / Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex technology initiatives within a large-scale enterprise environment. This is a hands-on delivery role for an experienced project leader who thrives in driving execution, managing stakeholders, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
This opportunity is ideal for someone with a strong background in software delivery, project governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, who enjoys taking ownership and accountability for outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple technology projects through the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery roadmaps.
- Manage project scope, budgets, timelines, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, Architecture, QA, Operations, and business stakeholders.
- Drive project governance activities including status reporting, steering committee updates, and executive communications.
- Own RAID management processes, ensuring proactive identification and mitigation of project risks and issues.
- Ensure delivery teams remain focused on key objectives and are held accountable for commitments.
- Manage project estimation, resource planning, forecasting, and change control processes.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and provide clear, concise reporting on project progress and delivery outcomes.
- Support the adoption of new technologies, platform enhancements, and ongoing application lifecycle initiatives.
- Work within Agile delivery environments while maintaining strong project management discipline and governance.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of experience in Project Management, Technical Project Management, Delivery Management, or Programme Management.
- Proven track record delivering technology projects in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong experience managing projects through the full SDLC.
- Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management across business and technical teams.
- Significant experience in project governance, risk management, issue management, and executive reporting.
- Experience working within highly matrixed organisations.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies including Scrum.
- Experience using project management and delivery tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Proven ability to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Excellent communication, leadership, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within Financial Services, Banking, Investments, Insurance, FinTech, or other regulated industries.
- Exposure to DevOps and platform tooling such as Docker, Dynatrace, Splunk, UDeploy, or similar technologies.
- Vendor and third-party supplier management experience.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience delivering application modernisation, cloud migration, or digital transformation programmes.
What We're Looking For
This is not a project coordination or facilitation role. We are looking for a delivery-focused professional who takes ownership, drives accountability across teams, and is comfortable operating in challenging, fast-paced environments where successful execution is critical.
Contract Details
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Working Model: Hybrid
- Contract Type: Daily Rate Contract
- Rate: Up to €550 per day
- Duration: Initial contract with strong possibility of extension
If you have a proven track record of delivering complex technology programmes and enjoy leading from the front to achieve successful outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.