Software Delivery Director

Drive meaningful change and deliver better software outcomes for customers.

This is an opportunity for a proactive and outcome-focused software delivery leader to join a product-led organisation at a pivotal point of transformation.
  
About the role
You’ll report to the Chief Technology Officer and be accountable for ensuring high-quality delivery across a range of digital and software products. The business has ambitious plans to modernise and evolve, and this role is key to turning those ambitions into operational reality.
You’ll act as the connective tissue between product, engineering, and internal stakeholders—aligning strategy to delivery. You’ll use your experience to embed efficient delivery practices, influence stakeholders, and challenge the status quo with a continuous improvement mindset.
  
What you’ll be doing

• Driving efficient, predictable delivery across product teams through structured planning and process optimisation
• Collaborating closely with product managers and engineering leads to ensure delivery stays aligned to customer outcomes
• Championing agile and iterative methodologies to support a culture of delivery excellence
• Supporting cross-team initiatives to improve delivery and operational practices
• Leading change and improvement projects with autonomy and initiative
• Promoting internal collaboration and ensuring open lines of communication across teams

What we’re looking for

• Significant experience in software delivery, product operations, or programme delivery leadership
• Delivery focused mentality, driving a smooth running Engineering machine
• Strong understanding of agile, iterative, or lean software delivery environments
• Experience working in or with a software house is a necessity
• Strong awareness of what good product management and software delivery looks like
• Proactive mindset—able to spot opportunities, drive improvements, and push for change
• Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and bridging technical and non-technical teams
• Private equity backed experience would be beneficial

Why apply?
You’ll be joining a well-established tech organisation delivering specialist solutions to clients across the UK and beyond. This is a real chance to take ownership, shape delivery culture, and see your influence reflected in meaningful customer outcomes.
  
You’ll also benefit from:

• Up to £120,000 salary, depending on experience
• Hybrid working: 2–3 days in the office per week
• Permanent position
• Leicestershire based office

We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.

We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters.