Engineering Delivery Group Lead

REQ ID: 115138
JOB TITLE: Engineering Delivery Group Lead
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING END DATE: 20/04/2023
LOCATION: Gaydon

We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Engineering Delivery is responsible for driving our obsession for the precise execution of our products. We are integrated within the Group Structure of the Programme Product Map to ensure robust delivery using Technical Delivery Plans, Commodity Plans, squad Scrum Masters and obstacle escalation.

This team play a vital role in supporting the roll-out and continual improvement of the Agile Philosophy.

The successful individual in post will have a responsibility for integrating Scrum Masters into Jaguar Land Rover and ensuring their development and performance ensuring that we have the engineering entitlement to deliver the programme cycles to agreed Cost, Quality and Time targets.

Join us and make a difference!

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To act as the prime engineering contact in agile delivery groups, providing technical leadership and driving engineering excellence.
• Managing the performance of the engineering Scrum Masters within the agile group to facilitate cross-functional issue resolution and ensure successful programme delivery.
• Proactively define and deliver technical compliance through defined KPIs, leading to the resolution of risks.
• Maintain overall integrity and coherence of the programme Engineering content, aligned with strategic technical direction.
• Managing communications with stakeholders, steering performance through liaising with functional attribute leaders.
• Report progress of the Engineering workstreams at defined intervals, ensuring that foundation documents (e.g. EBERs) are maintained, and technical output data is appropriately maintained (e.g. AIMs, RMDV).
• Driving continuous technical excellence by capturing best practice from all available benchmark sources.
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Essential:

• IMPACT: Credibility within the product development environment and ability to influence others
• UNITY : Team Player
• INTEGRITY : Previous experience of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling the delivery of engineering content
• GROWTH : Someone who will take on a challenge and get it done
• CUSTOMER LOVE : Total desire to ensure delivery of Modern Luxury

Desirable:

• Experience of delivering engineering content
• Experience of Engineering technical deliverables
• Experience working across various corporate functions
• Experience Of Agile & Scrum
• Experience Of Business Transformation
• Experience of process improvement and Agile thinking
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred

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SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.