Delivery lead

Delivery Lead

Location: London, United Kingdom or Glasgow, Scotland (Hybrid)

Help Build the Future of Global STEM Workforce Solutions

We're reimagining how organisations connect talent, technology, and opportunity.

Our team is building the next-generation AI digital platform, automation, cloud-native architecture, and modern engineering practices. This platform is designed to transform workforce engagement at scale through intelligent workflows, seamless integrations, and data-driven experiences.

As a Delivery Lead
, you'll play a critical role in enabling high-performing cross-functional squads to deliver valuable product outcomes that directly influence customer experience, business growth, and the evolution of our technology ecosystem.

This is a unique opportunity to join a greenfield initiative where you'll shape architecture, influence technical strategy, and help establish engineering standards that will scale for years to come.

What You'll Do

As a Delivery Lead
, you'll work across the entire product delivery lifecycle, from planning and coordination to continuous improvement and delivery optimisation.

You will:

• Enable cross-functional squads to deliver a continuous flow of valuable, high-quality product increments.
• Facilitate planning sessions, daily coordination, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery ceremonies.
• Drive delivery predictability, transparency, and flow through effective management of work-in-progress, dependencies, risks, and impediments.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean delivery principles.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, Designers, Quality Engineers, and Data teams to solve complex delivery challenges.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams and delivery streams while maintaining delivery momentum.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement through effective retrospectives, coaching, and delivery maturity initiatives.
• Support engineering excellence by partnering with teams around CI/CD, automated testing, technical debt management, and quality practices.
• Use delivery metrics and performance data to improve lead times, throughput, predictability, and overall delivery effectiveness.
• Foster collaboration, psychological safety, accountability, and high-performing team behaviours.
• Communicate delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and forecasts to business and technology stakeholders.
• Contribute to the evolution of delivery frameworks, standards, and best practices across the organisation.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Delivery Management, Agile Delivery, Scrum Master, or similar delivery-focused roles.
• Demonstrated experience enabling Product and Technology teams to deliver value in fast-paced environments.
• Strong experience with Agile delivery methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean practices.
• Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, blockers, and stakeholder expectations across multiple teams.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and supporting iterative software delivery.
• Strong understanding of delivery metrics such as lead time, cycle time, throughput, and delivery predictability.
• Experience working closely with Product Managers, Engineering teams, Architects, and business stakeholders.
• Knowledge of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and iterative releases.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Kanban Management Professional (KMP), or equivalent Agile certifications.
• Experience supporting Agile transformations and organisational change initiatives.
• Exposure to product-led operating models and squad-based delivery environments.
• Experience leveraging delivery metrics and flow-based measurements to improve team performance.
• Understanding of engineering practices, Dev Ops culture, and modern software development life cycles.
• Experience coaching teams, leaders, and stakeholders to improve Agile maturity.
• PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe, or other project and programme delivery qualifications.

Delivery Environment

You will work with practices including:

Agile Delivery

• Scrum
• Kanban
• Lean Delivery
• Agile Coaching
• Continuous Improvement

Delivery Management

• Dependency Management
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Delivery Planning
• Roadmap Coordination

Metrics & Performance

• Lead Time
• Cycle Time
• Throughput
• Flow Efficiency
• Delivery Predictability
• Forecasting

Engineering Collaboration

• CI/CD
• Automated Testing
• Release Management
• Technical Debt Management
• Quality Engineering

What Success Looks Like

Within your first year, you will:

• Enable squads to deliver value faster and with greater predictability.
• Improve delivery flow, transparency, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Reduce delivery bottlenecks and dependency-related delays.
• Increase delivery maturity through coaching and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strengthen stakeholder confidence through clear forecasting and meaningful…