Applications Delivery Manager

This is a 9 month fixed term contract, with the possibility it may be extended to 12 months.

Purpose of the Role

An exciting remote opportunity has arisen to join our IT Operations team, reporting to our Head of Core Systems, as an Applications Delivery Manager within the insurance market. You will be responsible for delivering Change related workflows for our two main Policy Administration Systems, Acturis and Open GI (OGI), and solution delivery to Ardonagh Advisory business owners and stakeholders. This will include the onboarding, integration and migration of broker acquisitions from source platforms to our strategic Policy Administration Systems, and overseeing the development, migrations and releases on both software platforms.

What you will do

This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all the following and more:

• Lead the Application Delivery workstream of our Integrations programme, across Acturis and OGI, ensuring the successful delivery of all change requests through the SDLC.
• Collaborate with the Head of Core Systems to define and execute the Policy Administration Systems (PAS) migration roadmap and ensure these are aligned with the company's business goals.
• Oversee the progression of migration tasks, ensuring adherence to the development life cycle for the solutions, from requirements gathering and analysis, through design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Manage resource allocation and project task prioritisation to help maximise return on investment and deliver on key business objectives.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with external partners, including vendors and offshore development teams.
• Help to develop, promote and enforce best practices in software engineering, including code quality, security, and scalability.
• Help deliver on the wider strategic goals of the insurance group by implementing reusable and maintainable solutions.

Who we are looking for

This opportunity would suit someone who has experience managing application delivery and development teams and used to working in an Agile delivery framework. Insurance Policy Administration Systems experience would be preferred but is not essential. Key will be managing projects, strong communication skills across all mediums and particularly the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders. You will be/have:

• A leader who can identify, take ownership and resolve issues
• Good working relationships with software houses and clients/partners.
• Technically competent and have the confidence to build credibility amongst senior stakeholders.
• Able to handle multiple workloads.
• Project management skills, adaptability with the ability to foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement whilst responding positively to change.

You will need to be a self-motivated highly organised team player who can use their initiative to get tasks completed, accurately and to tight deadlines. Some travel to sites may be required as per business requirements.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

• Holiday entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
• Award-winning learning & development offering and support to obtain professional qualifications to enhance your knowledge and career prospects
• Pension scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
• 24-hour Employee Assistance support for you and your family’s physical and mental wellbeing
• Corporate perks such as discounted gym memberships, cinema tickets, shopping, Eyecare vouchers, cycle to work and much more
• One day paid volunteering to give back to our communities
• Ardonagh Community Trust (ACT) - raising funds for charity with donation matching in your local community
• The Spotlight Awards, where we celebrate the best of the Ardonagh Group and all the bright talent across our business.

We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.

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Everywhen is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

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Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. 

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