Software Delivery Manager – Sustainability
Location: Fully remote within occasional trips to Scotland.
Salary: Circa €70K + bonus + share scheme + private health.
Fun fact for the day: Global shipping contributes 3% of the world’s carbon emissions. That’s the same as the *whole* of Europe’s largest economy, Germany. It’s an industry that relies heavily on the cheapest and dirtiest fossil fuel: crude oil. And use is predicted to rise, fast, unless someone does something about it.
Like so many things, there are obvious solutions staring us in the face, but it takes a brave and bold few to embrace the challenge and attempt to turn the tide.
This company is a purpose-driven endeavour. Honestly they’re looking to change the world. For the past 10 years they’ve been working day and night to develop their (quite frankly astonishing) products and services, and they’re on the cusp of something special.
However, to take that next jump, they need an accomplished software delivery professional to join them and help drive their suite of digital products and services, to complement their engineering-based solutions.
You’d work with the teams of third parties who up until now have developed their software, leading analysis and engagement, and driving delivery. You’ll be regarded as the company chief digital authority, developing strategy and providing insights to the leadership team and high-profile customers.
Your projects will vary, from IoT/hardware control systems through to data-science and SaaS platforms.
You won’t be doing any programming or directly managing engineers (at least for the medium term) but you will have worked in heavily technical environments where you have been responsible for making sure key software projects are specced, resourced and delivered effectively (and to budget).
It’s going to be a multi-faceted role drawing on your technical, project delivery, stakeholder management, commercial and strategic skills, and given the company is still relatively small you will need to love being in the thick of the action and rolling your sleeves up to support the company mission as is required.
You’ll have worked previously a Software Engineering Manager, Delivery Manager or Specialist Software Project Manager, ideally with a technical background that includes some SaaS and/or Data Science experience.
Any previous experience within the shipping industry would be great, along with some previous start-up/scale-up exposure.
You will likely be a passionate supporter of the sustainability movement or at least have a genuine interest in working for a purpose-driven company.
The team are friendly and passionate, and the company are supportive with great benefits including a share scheme and possible bonus, so you’ll bought into any future success.
Longer term, the company are expecting to make several hires in 12-18 months, so there will be an opportunity to help shape this growth and potentially grow a small in-house team.
Although the role is remote, the company would strongly prefer to hire someone who lives in Scotland as they are likely to be opening up a Scotland office soon and quarterly meetings will be help there.
So, do you want to use your skills to help make a significant dent in the climate crisis? Well, what are you waiting for?
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