Principal Delivery Consultant (Hiring Immediately) in London

Hybrid from London Office (Liverpool Street) and Client sites

Permanent – Full-Time

We’re an award-winning consultancy known for delivering exceptional products and services through technology. We work closely with organisations to help them accelerate value delivery and create outstanding customer experiences. Our purpose is simple: to empower organisations to make a real difference for people, society, and the planet through technology that’s efficient, user-friendly, and solves problems fast.

At Burendo, we believe that together, we can achieve incredible things.

What sets us apart is how we work. We pride ourselves on having a pragmatic attitude to delivery—we think big, plan practically, adapt quickly, and always focus on results, no matter how complex the challenge. We’re passionate about making great things happen by embracing innovation, challenging the status quo, and fostering collaboration at every step. At Burendo, caring for people is at the heart of what we do. We value partnerships, listen to different viewpoints, and believe in treating everyone fairly. And, we love to share what we learn—using our expertise to help others grow and empowering organisations to succeed in the long term.

As we grow we’re looking to hire an experienced Principal Delivery Consultant on a permanent basis. You’ll be a key member of our consultancy team and will drive significant digital solutions, overseeing a complex portfolio of technical projects.

Because of the seniority of the role, it's important that you have previous consultancy experience.

Requirements

As Principal Delivery Consultant, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the execution of client deliverables in digital and technical teams, working alongside Burendo team members as the senior representative on the account
• Setting the strategic direction for delivery across programmes and portfolios, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and measurable business outcomes.
• Managing timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure successful delivery, while establishing and maintaining robust portfolio reporting that provides clear, data-driven insight to senior stakeholders.
• Providing C-Suite-level advisory support, influencing senior stakeholders and acting as a trusted partner in complex decision-making environments.
• Applying your strong understanding of organisational change, software development lifecycles, cloud architectures, and modern engineering practices to support informed decision-making and effective collaboration with teams.
• Leading and embedding Agile planning and delivery management best practices at a portfolio level, ensuring alignment across programmes while maintaining adaptability and responsiveness to change.
• Driving and supporting broader organisational change initiatives, aligning operating models, governance, and ways of working to enable strategic objectives.
• Creating a culture of continuous improvement, evolving team practices, tools, and delivery approaches to enhance efficiency, predictability, and value realisation.
• Establishing measurable performance indicators and continuously evaluating portfolio health to inform strategic adjustments.
• Championing Agile values and principles, promoting transparency, collaboration, customer focus, and iterative delivery to achieve sustainable, high-performing outcomes.
• Mentoring and developing delivery professionals, building capability and succession within the practice.

Desirable

• 2+ years experience at Principal level
• Demonstrable experience of large scale transformations or deliveries
• Experience of working with multi-million pound budgets
• Agile and waterfall delivery leadership experience
• Experience of working in healthcare, financial services or retail
• Public and private sector experience
• Experience in a Digital, Technology or Consultancy Company

Benefits

• 25 days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)

• An additional day of paid leave for celebrations
• 1 additional day of holiday after 2 years' service (26 days total) and another 2 days after 5 years (28 days total)
• Monthly Wellness Allowance
• Annual Learning and Development Allowance
• Paid time off for Life Events
• Matched Employer Contributed Pension (5%)
• Life assurance based on 4 x your salary
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• A range of optional Salary Sacrifice benefits (inc EV Scheme, Home and Tech, Cycle to Work and Pension)
• Exciting calendar of Burendo social events and activities

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