Delivery Lead

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: March 29, 2027
Work Set Up: Hybrid, 3 days per week in the Sheffield office
Clearance Required: BPSS eligibility required
Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Delivery Lead to oversee the successful delivery of complex business and technology initiatives within a fast-paced enterprise environment. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional teams, manage delivery roadmaps, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
This role requires a strong blend of leadership, stakeholder management, governance, and delivery expertise. The Delivery Lead will serve as the key point of coordination between business stakeholders, technology teams, third-party suppliers, and senior leadership to ensure alignment of objectives and successful execution of strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple projects and workstreams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, roadmaps, milestones, and dependencies across complex programmes.
• Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, ensuring appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented.
• Facilitate collaboration between business, technology, architecture, infrastructure, security, and operational teams.
• Drive effective governance and reporting processes, providing clear and accurate updates to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery teams adhere to agreed methodologies, standards, and best practices.
• Monitor project performance through key metrics and KPIs, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Manage resource allocation and capacity planning to ensure optimal utilisation of project teams.
• Support financial management activities, including budget tracking, forecasting, and cost control.
• Coordinate with external vendors and third-party suppliers to ensure successful delivery of contracted services.
• Lead project and programme steering meetings, workshops, and executive governance forums.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across delivery teams.
• Ensure compliance with organisational policies, governance frameworks, risk requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Demonstrate proven experience as a Delivery Lead, Programme Delivery Manager, Senior Project Manager, or in a similar role within a large enterprise environment.
• Possess a strong understanding of project and programme delivery methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches.
• Bring demonstrable experience managing large-scale technology and business transformation initiatives.
• Exhibit excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior executives.
• Show experience managing complex delivery dependencies across multiple teams and functions.
• Apply strong governance, risk management, and reporting expertise.
• Demonstrate experience overseeing project budgets, forecasting, financial tracking, and resource management.
• Communicate effectively and bring exceptional presentation and leadership skills.
• Manage competing priorities effectively in a dynamic and fast-changing environment.
• Apply strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organisational skills.
• Bring financial services or banking sector experience, which is highly desirable.
• Offer experience delivering regulatory, risk, cybersecurity, data, or digital transformation programmes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of technology platforms, cloud services, infrastructure, and enterprise applications.
• Show familiarity with IT service management and operational frameworks.
• Bring experience working within highly regulated environments.
• Hold relevant certifications such as Agile, Scrum Master, SAFe, PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, or equivalent, where applicable.

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.
HelloKindred is committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and role-related requirements.
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.