Delivery Manager (12 month FTC)

Location: Bristol or London, UK (hybrid, three days a week in the office) Level: Delivery Manager C2 Team: Delivery Salary: £55,000 – £70,000 + discretionary bonus Contract: 12 month fixed-term Reporting To: Lead Delivery Manager Please note: This role requires an existing right to work in the UK . We can’t offer visa sponsorship, but we review sponsorship role by role, so keep an eye on our careers site for future opportunities. About Kaluza Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future. Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life. With teams across Europe, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen. What you'll do You’ll be working within our delivery management function. The delivery management organisation’s mission is to: Shepherd: Guide Product and Tech delivery management practices within the teams you are supporting. Simplify: internal reporting & risks to drive action. Standardise: process and practice to drive consistency across Product and Tech. Serve: alongside our Product and Tech partners to drive development forward in the organisation at pace. Be Neutral: provide objective, internally facing data and insights on how things are going to drive action by appropriate owners. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Delivery Manager to lead and ensure the timely and successful delivery of our product and technology roadmaps. The ideal candidate will excel at managing capacity plans, boosting organisational effectiveness, and maintaining clear and transparent reporting. You will partner closely with our Client Delivery team to align deliverables with client expectations and enable our teams to focus on their core strengths. Responsibilities: • Drive Roadmap Delivery Success: • Oversee the execution of Product & Tech roadmaps to ensure timely and successful delivery. • Manage and optimise capacity plans to meet Client deadlines and business goals, ensuring teams are aware of the outcome they are trying to achieve and how to measure it. • Track and report on initiatives milestones and deliverables. • Identify, manage, and resolve dependencies across teams to ensure smooth progress and prevent delays. • Ensure Transparent Reporting: • Maintain clear and transparent reporting mechanisms for delivery status and risks. • Develop and implement effective risk mitigation strategies. • Communicate initiative statuses and risks to stakeholders in a timely manner. • Align with Client Expectations: • Collaborate with the Client Delivery team to ensure deliverables meet client capabilities, support needs, and timelines. • Ensure that client feedback is integrated into the delivery process. • Clarity on Teams’ Effort Distribution: • Provide clear and detailed insights into team contributions to overall business goals. • Ensure that team efforts are aligned with strategic priorities. • Facilitate data-driven decisions by ensuring delivery information reaches the right stakeholders, and maintain a strong effort-to-value ratio in your area. • Boost Organisational Effectiveness: • Establish and refine ways of working to foster a scalable and adaptable Product & Tech organisation. • Implement Agile & Lean processes and tools that enhance efficiency and productivity. • Act as a change driver and promote a culture o