Senior Delivery Lead

Senior Delivery Lead

Location: Telford (Hybrid – ideally 2 days per week onsite, minimum 1 day per week) Rate: 550 per day (Inside IR35) Contract Length: 6 Months Clearance: BPSS Required (SC Desirable) Start Date: ASAP

Our Government Public Sector client is seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Lead (SFIA Level 5) to support a large-scale Agile software engineering programme.

This role is ideal for a delivery professional with a strong background in leading complex software development initiatives, managing multiple Agile teams, and driving successful delivery outcomes within fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across Agile software engineering teams.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams, dependencies, risks, and delivery plans.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Manage RAID logs, governance activities, and stakeholder reporting.
• Remove blockers and drive continuous improvement across delivery processes.
• Build strong relationships with technical teams, business stakeholders, and programme leadership.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience operating at SFIA Level 5 as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager, or similar.
• Strong track record delivering Agile software engineering projects and programmes.
• Experience managing multiple Agile teams and concurrent delivery workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Confluence.
• Demonstrable experience managing risks, dependencies, governance, and delivery reporting.
• Excellent planning, leadership, and organisational skills.

Desirable Experience

• Public sector or government programme delivery experience.
• Experience working alongside Java engineering teams.
• Understanding of cloud-native environments, APIs, microservices, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Active SC Clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance.