Delivery Director, Football

• Lead strategic cross-functional initiatives on behalf of the Managing Director, taking ownership from concept through execution and ensuring delivery against agreed business outcomes
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing delivery organisation through coaching, mentoring and clear accountability
• Own the prioritisation, governance and health of the Football delivery portfolio
• Continuously improve delivery governance, tools, methodologies and ways of working to increase organisational effectiveness
• Deliver customer implementations, technology deployments and strategic business initiatives
• Maintain executive ownership of major and business-critical programmes.
• Establish effective delivery governance, reporting, accountability and portfolio management across Football.
• Own delivery planning and pipeline management, ensuring leadership has clear visibility of progress, risks and priorities
• Lead, coach and develop Project Managers, Programme Managers and Technology Delivery Managers, building a high-performing delivery function.
• Own the delivery budget and contribute to the successful commercial delivery of new projects.
• Partner with Commercial during customer discovery, due diligence and bid activities to ensure deliverable, well-planned solutions.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, Operations and Global PMO to ensure new technologies are successfully developed, tested, deployed and transitioned into live operation.
• Represent Delivery within Product Steering, ensuring product roadmaps remain aligned to customer and operational priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, governance, tools and organisational effectiveness.

• Significant leadership experience within sports technology, enterprise technology or similarly complex operational environments.
• Proven track record delivering complex technical programmes at scale.
• Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• First-class problem-solving ability, combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Excellent judgement and decision-making.
• Highly adaptable, proactive and comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate issues, prioritise effectively and drive outcomes.
• Experience leading, developing and motivating high-performing delivery teams.

Demonstrates strong leadership in managing complex technical programmes and delivery teams within sports technology or enterprise technology environments. Excels in strategic planning, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement of delivery processes and governance.

• Leadership Experience
• Complex Programme Delivery
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Delivery Governance

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Delivery Planning
• Budget Management
• Technology Deployment

• Executive Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Decision-Making
• Adaptability
• Coaching

• Sports Technology
• Enterprise Technology
• Operational Environments
• Customer Implementations

• Delivery Governance Tools
• Portfolio Management Tools