Delivery Lead

Delivery Lead

Location: London or Edinburgh

Working pattern: Hybrid working

Start date: ASAP

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: £38,000 - £46,000 (+ £3,300 London Weighting)

Level: Senior

The Opportunity

A leading international organisation specialising in education, cultural relations and global collaboration is looking for an experienced Delivery Lead to support digital product and project delivery.

You will take responsibility for the health, flow and continuous improvement of multidisciplinary teams, helping them deliver valuable products and services at a sustainable pace. You will remove blockers, improve ways of working and use live delivery data to provide clear visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and release forecasts.

The role suits an Agile delivery professional who combines servant leadership with practical knowledge of Agile, Lean and traditional project management approaches.

The Role

You will be accountable for the performance, motivation and continuous improvement of multidisciplinary product and project teams. You will manage delivery flow, facilitate effective ceremonies and create an environment in which teams can increasingly self-organise.

Working with senior stakeholders, technical colleagues, third-party suppliers and globally distributed teams, you will replace manual status reporting with transparent practices and accurate live performance information.

Key Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end delivery flow for assigned digital products and projects

Identify and resolve blockers, risks, dependencies and recurring delivery issues

Facilitate Scrum, Kanban and Lean ceremonies to maintain alignment and momentum

Establish predictable and sustainable delivery cadences and reduce lead and cycle times

Coach multidisciplinary teams to self-organise and improve their delivery capability

Apply Agile, Lean or traditional project management methods according to the delivery context

Maintain delivery plans, sprint backlogs, risk logs and issue logs where required

Use real-time dashboards and delivery metrics to show flow, velocity, throughput, bottlenecks and forecasts

Communicate plans, risks and dependencies clearly to senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences

Build collaborative relationships with product owners, sponsors, programme teams, PMO colleagues and technical teams

Manage third-party suppliers and integrate external partners into the team's delivery approach

Resolve conflict constructively and support inclusive, motivated and high-performing teams

Analyse delivery requirements with sponsors and stakeholders and support the planning, implementation and evaluation of activity

Manage changes to plans or specifications when priorities, risks or delivery circumstances change

Coordinate dependencies with upstream and downstream teams so required work is available at the right time

Partner with programme, PMO and commercial colleagues to maintain delivery pace and supplier accountability

Essential Experience

Strong experience managing digital or technology product and project delivery

Demonstrable experience delivering in Agile environments using Scrum, Kanban or Lean

Understanding of iterative development, incremental delivery and Waterfall approaches

Experience leading complex multidisciplinary teams with multiple stakeholders and dependencies

Experience applying servant leadership and coaching teams towards greater self-organisation

Strong knowledge of Kanban metrics, including lead time, cycle time and throughput

Experience using delivery data to identify bottlenecks and improve team performance

Experience managing senior stakeholders, programme teams, PMOs and third-party suppliers

Experience with Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Planner or similar tools

Strong conflict resolution, influencing and communication skills

Ability to translate technical information for non-technical stakeholders

Fluency in English

Desirable Experience

Experience leading remote or globally distributed teams

Experience within a complex international organisation

Experience delivering infrastructure, digital product or technology rollout initiatives

Experience helping teams improve Agile maturity or change delivery approach

Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean Six Sigma, cloud or equivalent professional certification

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience

Experience producing and maintaining delivery plans, sprint backlogs, risk logs, issue logs and release forecasts

Ability to influence and motivate colleagues using formal and informal negotiation techniques

Important Information

Applicants must be a UK resident

Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK

No visa sponsorship is available for this role

This position is offered on a hybrid basis, with no fully remote option

A regular physical presence in the office is required for the success of the role

The exact hybrid working pattern may vary depending on the selected office location

Salt contact: Robert Sprigens -

The full job description will be discussed during a telephone call if the candidate is interested and considered suitable for the role.

Rates depend on experience and client requirements