Delivery Director, Vesper Build and Run

This role is offered on a UK employment contract. Candidates must be based in UK as we are unable to support remote working from outside the country due to local employment and tax legislation.

This role reports to the SVP, Engineering Delivery. As Delivery Director for the Vesper Build and Run pillar, you will own delivery excellence across a portfolio of business-critical client programs delivered on and around the Vesper streaming platform. You'll be the key delivery contact point for clients, lead technical and project governance teams globally, own senior stakeholder relationships, and take end-to-end oversight of programs from onboarding and build through to launch and run.

Work here is delivered on a shared platform. You will balance the needs of individual clients - launches, migrations, customizations, and live events - against a common Vesper product roadmap, working in lockstep with Product and Engineering so that client commitments and product development stay aligned.

• Program-manage large, strategically important initiatives across the Vesper pillar, including client onboarding, platform migrations, new launches, and feature programs
• Ensure delivery excellence across all accounts in your portfolio, overseeing consistency, quality, and adherence to SLAs
• Own and analyze delivery health, including project budget and workforce costs/gross margin (GM), controlling scope and progress to deliver on time, within scope, and within budget
• Structure projects to respond to changing demands at pace, including the fixed dates set by sports calendars, season starts, and major live events
• Sign off on team plans and confirm that delivery schedules can realistically be met, holding regular Build review meetings to monitor progress and support any deviation from plan
• Provide visibility on capacity, resource planning, and prioritization across accounts as the Vesper team scales
• Manage cross-program dependencies, particularly where multiple clients rely on the same platform capabilities, environments, or releases

• Act as the delivery voice in Vesper roadmap and release planning, ensuring client commitments are visible, sequenced, and realistic against platform capacity
• Partner with Product and Engineering to distinguish core platform capability from client-specific work, and challenge scope that erodes platform consistency
• Ensure release readiness, environment planning, and go-live criteria are agreed and met for each client launch or migration
• Feed delivery learnings, recurring client requests, and technical debt signals back into product and engineering leadership

• Keep internal senior stakeholders updated on progress and consulted on key decisions, including the SVP, Engineering Delivery on all significant risks, particularly those affecting GM
• Ensure project governance enables clear communication and knowledge sharing despite the complexity and scale of the programs, using internal tools for knowledge sharing, document retention, and governance
• Build credibility and maintain clear, consistent communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including tech, product, design, and insights
• Provide regular reporting on progress across your portfolio, highlighting key milestones and risks
• Ensure project teams follow PM best practices and reporting standards, and that project goals stay aligned with company strategy and the Vesper platform strategy

• Act as the escalation point for client concerns and major delivery risks, and support Project Managers in resolving escalations beyond their scope
• Proactively orchestrate…