Contract Technical Delivery Lead
Contract | Hybrid | West Yorkshire
We're looking for an experienced Technical Delivery Lead to take ownership of digital delivery, technical assurance and architecture across a range of platforms and business systems.
This is a senior technical leadership role for someone with a strong development or engineering background who can challenge technical decisions, manage delivery partners and get hands-on when required - without being a Full time developer.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the development backlog, sprint planning, requirements, sign-off and delivery timelines.
- Lead internal development teams alongside external development and delivery partners.
- Challenge architectural decisions, technical approaches and scope.
- Manage delivery budgets, vendors and technology suppliers.
- Provide technical assurance across digital and wider business projects.
- Define and oversee Middleware and integration requirements.
- Provide QA and technical sign-off for stories, bugs, features and designs.
About You
You'll have a strong technical background in software development, engineering, architecture or similar, combined with experience leading technical delivery.
You'll be comfortable challenging developers and third-party suppliers, understanding complex integrations and making informed architectural decisions. You should also be confident working with stakeholders and managing delivery from requirements through to implementation.
Experience across digital platforms, APIs, middleware, integrations, architecture and Agile delivery would be highly desirable.
This role would suit a Technical Delivery Lead, Technical Lead, Solutions Architect or senior engineering professional looking to combine technical expertise with delivery ownership.