Delivery Lead

Delivery Lead / Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Business Transformation Programme

Hybrid working with multiple UK locations

Competitive day rates and potentially long-term contracts.

We're looking for experienced Delivery Leads to support a major enterprise transformation programme across multiple business and technology functions.

Working across business-critical portfolios, you will provide structured delivery leadership across multidisciplinary teams comprising technology, operations and business stakeholders.

This role is ideal for experienced Project/ Programme Managers who have moved into Agile delivery and are comfortable blending traditional programme management with modern Agile practices.

You will play a key role in maintaining delivery momentum, managing governance and ensuring complex initiatives remain on track against demanding timelines.

• Lead delivery across complex cross-functional work streams.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams including Engineering, Product, Architecture and Business stakeholders.
• Produce high-quality programme reporting including status updates, delivery plans and RAID logs.
• Own planning, scheduling, governance and financial tracking.
• Manage programme risks, issues, dependencies and critical path activities.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Support PI Planning activities within a scaled Agile environment.
• Coordinate change governance, release planning and implementation activities.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across business and technology.
• Ensure delivery objectives are achieved while maintaining programme governance standards.

• Significant experience as a Senior Project Manager or Delivery Lead within large enterprise organisations.
• Strong background delivering technology-enabled business change.
• Experience operating within Agile delivery environments whilst retaining strong traditional project management disciplines.
• Demonstrable experience leading large cross-functional delivery teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong governance experience including planning, RAID management, financial reporting and programme controls.
• Experience delivering within regulated industries such as Financial Services, Insurance or Wealth Management.
• Comfortable working within fast-paced, evolving delivery environments.

• Banking sector experience.
• Enterprise integration or migration programme experience.
• SAFe or Scrum certification.
• Experience working alongside Information Security and Risk functions.
• Knowledge of change governance and release management processes.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation portfolios.

Please note that candidates from infrastructure backgrounds will not be suitable.