Delivery Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery Accountability – manage the end-to-end delivery of projects or workstreams, ensuring alignment to agreed scope, timelines, quality standards, and commercial commitments.
• Scope, Risk & Issue Management – actively manage scope, risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely mitigation and appropriate escalation.
• Planning & Execution – develop and maintain delivery plans, coordinating cross‑functional teams to ensure successful execution.
• Governance & Reporting – maintain delivery governance, including tracking progress, reporting status, and supporting steering and stakeholder forums.
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement – work directly with client stakeholders to ensure alignment, manage expectations, and communicate progress clearly and consistently.
• Commercial Awareness – manage delivery within agreed budgets and constraints, monitoring cost, effort, and delivery efficiency.
• Cross‑Team Coordination – collaborate across multiple teams and disciplines to ensure alignment and effective delivery.
• Problem Solving & Escalation Management – identify and resolve delivery challenges, contributing to decisions and driving outcomes across teams.
• Support to Sales & Growth – contribute to business development activities through delivery excellence and input into solution feasibility and estimates.

Skills and Experience

• Experience delivering technology or transformation projects within a consulting or client‑facing environment.
• Strong understanding of project delivery disciplines (planning, estimation, risk management, scope control).
• Experience working within defined commercial constraints (budget, scope, timelines).
• Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders and contribute to delivery decisions.
• Working knowledge of delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid).
• Familiarity with delivery tools such as Azure DevOps or Microsoft Project.
• Strong communication, problem‑solving, and organisational skills.
• Experience working across cross‑functional or distributed teams.
• Desirable: Experience within Microsoft technology ecosystems.
• Desirable: Relevant certifications (e.g. Agile, PRINCE2, PMP).