Senior Delivery Lead

Overview

We are recruiting a Senior Delivery Lead to drive complex transformation at scale and elevate agile delivery across our enterprise. If you are passionate about transformational change, this could be the role for you!

Who We Are

We are a mutual building society, owned by our members with no shareholders. We are the fourth biggest building society in the UK and strive to keep customers at the heart of what we do. You will join the Change Delivery Team, working with a broader network of change professionals to deliver experiences that are faster, simpler, and more connected for customers.

What It’s Like For You

We support hybrid and flexible working where possible, with a newly refurbished head office offering a vibrant and collaborative environment. A range of benefits is available to colleagues including a discretionary bonus, generous annual leave, pension contributions, private medical insurance, volunteering days, employee networks, and wellbeing initiatives.

• Lead the delivery of major tech change initiatives, including platform upgrades, infrastructure transformation, and software development.
• Choose the delivery approach (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) to match delivery needs.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, and Product/Platform Leads to align plans and roadmaps.
• Drive PI Planning, sprint coordination, and dependency management across teams.
• Maintain clear delivery governance, reporting, and visibility of risks and timelines.
• Uplift agile and Dev Ops practices, championing continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Advise technology leaders on delivery risks, resource needs, and implementation planning.
• Facilitate planning workshops and delivery ceremonies to keep teams aligned and moving.
• Promote automation, agility, and a culture of learning across delivery teams.

• A seasoned senior delivery leader with a strong background in technology-focused change and transformation.
• Deep expertise in agile delivery frameworks, Dev Ops principles, and technical delivery orchestration.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale, cross-functional technology initiatives across enterprise environments.
• Skilled in working with Architecture, Engineering, Operations, and Agile Release Trains to drive aligned, predictable delivery.
• Confident leading PI Planning, technical workshops, and key delivery ceremonies.
• Strong problem-solving capability with the ability to navigate integration complexity, legacy modernization, and technical risk.
• High emotional intelligence with a leadership style that influences, guides, and builds strong stakeholder relationships.
• Hands-on familiarity with technology operating models, SDLC, Dev Ops, CI/CD, and release automation.
• Experience managing technical interdependencies, platform migrations, and high-risk transformation programmes.
• Track record of uplifting agile maturity and engineering delivery capability.
• Knowledge of tooling such as Azure Dev Ops or Apptio Target Process to manage backlogs and delivery flow.
• Background in digital transformation, cloud adoption, or infrastructure modernization is highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., SAFe, Scrum, PMP, Agile Coach) are advantageous.