Overview
The Delivery Lead will play a pivotal role in providing strategic oversight and leadership for a major public sector organisation's complex portfolio of digital programmes. This position involves collaborating with and supporting senior Delivery Managers while focusing on improving delivery performance and governance across multiple workstreams. The contractor will engage with various stakeholders to enhance delivery capabilities and ensure effective project execution.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic delivery leadership and assurance across multiple programmes and delivery teams.
- Coach, mentor and support senior Delivery Managers to improve delivery capabilities.
- Strengthen portfolio governance, delivery standards, reporting and ways of working.
- Identify delivery risks, challenges, and opportunities for improvement across the portfolio.
- Drive improvements in delivery performance, visibility, and reporting through Jira dashboards.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to support portfolio priorities and delivery planning.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a Delivery Lead, Head of Delivery, or Portfolio Delivery leadership role.
- Experience overseeing multiple workstreams and supporting several Delivery Managers simultaneously.
- Strong background in digital/technology delivery, preferably in public sector environments.
- Ability to influence, challenge, and coach senior delivery professionals without direct line management.
- Strong understanding of delivery governance, assurance, Agile delivery, and portfolio-level reporting.
- Must be available to start immediately or within a maximum of one week.