Delivery Lead
Posted Today by Jobserve
£75,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
Nottinghamshire, England
Summary: The Delivery Lead role is a 12-month fixed-term contract focused on driving the successful delivery of high-profile technology initiatives within a well-established organization undergoing a significant digital transformation. The position requires an experienced professional to champion agile methodologies and enhance delivery effectiveness across multiple technology squads. The role involves building relationships with stakeholders and ensuring alignment on priorities to deliver business value. This opportunity is ideal for a delivery professional eager to impact customer experience and business operations positively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Champion agile and product led ways of working, helping teams continuously improve delivery effectiveness, collaboration, and delivery maturity.
- Lead delivery across multiple agile, cross functional technology squads, ensuring teams remain aligned on priorities and focused on delivering business value.
- Coordinate activities across Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams, managing dependencies and facilitating effective cross team collaboration.
- Drive predictable delivery across concurrent technology initiatives through effective planning, prioritisation, and delivery oversight.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels including Executives, providing clear communication around progress, risks, challenges, and key decisions.
- Identify, manage, and remove delivery blockers, risks, and dependencies to maintain momentum and ensure successful outcomes.
- Support teams in achieving high performance by fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and a strong delivery culture.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading delivery across multiple concurrent technology initiatives.
- Strong background working within Agile and product led delivery environments.
- Experience coordinating and supporting multiple cross-functional squads.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership and executive teams.
- Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycles and technology transformation programmes.
- Experience managing delivery risks, dependencies, priorities, and competing demands.
- Ability to work effectively with Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, and business stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.
- Comfortable operating in fast paced environments with evolving priorities.
- Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or other agile delivery frameworks.
Salary: £85,000 yearly
City: London
Country: England
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Delivery Lead 12 Month FTC
Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Location: Hybrid working with 1 day per week in London, 1 day per week in the Nottingham area, and 3 days working from home. Travel expenses for the London office are fully covered.
The Opportunity
We are partnering with a well established organisation undergoing a significant technology and digital transformation programme. As part of this journey, they are looking to appoint an experienced Delivery Lead to help drive the successful delivery of several high profile technology initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity to join at a pivotal stage, supporting the evolution of agile and product led ways of working whilst delivering programmes that will have a direct impact on customer experience, digital capability, and business operations.
The organisation is investing heavily in modernising its technology estate, digital services, and customer journeys, creating an exciting environment for a delivery professional who thrives on driving outcomes and enabling high performing teams.
Key Responsibilities
Champion agile and product led ways of working, helping teams continuously improve delivery effectiveness, collaboration, and delivery maturity.
Lead delivery across multiple agile, cross functional technology squads, ensuring teams remain aligned on priorities and focused on delivering business value.
Coordinate activities across Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams, managing dependencies and facilitating effective cross team collaboration.
Drive predictable delivery across concurrent technology initiatives through effective planning, prioritisation, and delivery oversight.
Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels including Executives, providing clear communication around progress, risks, challenges, and key decisions.
Identify, manage, and remove delivery blockers, risks, and dependencies to maintain momentum and ensure successful outcomes.
Support teams in achieving high performance by fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and a strong delivery culture.
Essential Experience
Proven experience leading delivery across multiple concurrent technology initiatives.
Strong background working within Agile and product led delivery environments.
Experience coordinating and supporting multiple cross-functional squads.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership and executive teams.
Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycles and technology transformation programmes.
Experience managing delivery risks, dependencies, priorities, and competing demands.
Ability to work effectively with Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, and business stakeholders.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.
Comfortable operating in fast paced environments with evolving priorities.
Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or other agile delivery frameworks
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will be:
Delivery focused and outcome driven.
A confident communicator who can engage technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Comfortable challenging stakeholders and driving decisions where required.
Collaborative, approachable, and relationship focused.
Adaptable and resilient within evolving environments.
Proactive, organised, and highly accountable.
How to Apply
If you meet the criteria and are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application for consideration.