Iris

Prepared for your Senior Project Manager Discovery

What stands out

Ownership kept surfacing as the defining characteristic in how Iris describes their work: wants responsibility for outcomes rather than delivery.

That reads directly onto your side, where decision making happens close to delivery teams.

Recommended next step

Meet Iris

Suggested first conversation:

What ownership actually looks like inside your delivery teams.
Which leadership behaviours bring out their best work.
How the work here connects to something they'd care about.

You've not met before.

What we've learned

Ownership

Iris keeps returning to this without being asked: wants responsibility for outcomes rather than delivery.

Heard across separate conversations months apart, described the same way each time.

Leadership

Describes their best managers as coaches rather than reviewers. It has shaped what Iris has moved towards, not just what they say.

Raised unprompted more than once, with different examples behind it.

Mission

When Iris describes work they were proud of, it is nearly always this: repeatedly prioritises meaningful healthcare impact.

Revisited deliberately, and Iris did not soften it.

Why we're confident

This began as a single remark about ownership. It has since reappeared in separate conversations months apart without changing shape.

Ownership, leadership and mission each read the same way from Iris's side and from yours, separately.
We have watched Iris across several Discoveries, not only this one.

Their expectations sit at £97,000.

Worth discussing first

What ownership actually looks like inside your delivery teams.
Which leadership behaviours bring out their best work.
How the work here connects to something they'd care about.
How decisions get made, and where they get written down.
What would make the first year successful here.

Context

Where they are today

Iris is currently a Head of Delivery, based in Bristol, United Kingdom. Their employer is theirs to share once you've both agreed to talk.

Where they've operated

Mostly healthcare and media.

Iris has moved from Portfolio Manager to Head of Delivery over 18 years — widening responsibility rather than lateral moves. Not looking, but would take the right conversation. Status: in your Relationships.