Senior Delivery Lead

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking Senior Delivery Leads to support a Systems Integrator / Consultancy client's large portfolio of work with and end Public Sector client. This role operates at a programme and portfolio level, providing strategic leadership across multiple deliveries, services, and products to ensure consistent, predictable, and high-quality outcomes aligned to client objectives. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid (3 days a week) role that will be based in Telford.

The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping delivery approaches, enforcing governance frameworks, and driving continuous improvement across complex engagements. This is a senior leadership role, suited to someone experienced in overseeing large-scale portfolios and leading recovery of complex or at-risk deliveries.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, ensuring delivery structures, resource strategies, and governance are aligned to both organisational and client priorities while building high-performing delivery teams and future capability. You will also be working closely with Project Managers, who retain overall P&L accountability.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight across portfolios, ensuring coherent delivery governance, standards, and controls
• Act as senior escalation point for critical risks, issues, change control, and cross-delivery dependencies
• Lead recovery of complex, at-risk, or underperforming programmes to restore delivery confidence
• Oversee portfolio financial performance, including forecasting, cost control, and commercial health
• Ensure effective resource allocation, capacity planning, and long-term strategic resourcing
• Build trusted senior client relationships, aligning delivery strategy to client priorities and growth opportunities
• Communicate delivery performance, progress, and risks clearly to executive and senior stakeholders
• Lead, mentor, and develop delivery leaders, driving capability uplift, succession planning, and continuous improvement

Must-Have:

• Proven experience leading large, complex delivery portfolios or programmes
• Strong leadership capability with experience developing senior delivery professionals
• Advanced stakeholder and client management skills at senior level
• Expertise in delivery methodologies (Agile, Lean, and hybrid approaches)
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets and forecasts
• Experience in governance, risk management, and delivery recovery
• Excellent communication, influencing, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated track record in driving continuous improvement at scale

Nice to Have:

• Experience working within a Systems Integrator or consultancy environment
• Exposure to multi-client or enterprise-level delivery environments
• Experience aligning delivery strategy to business growth objectives
• Formal certifications in Agile, programme, or portfolio management (e.g. SAFe, MSP, PMP)

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career.

Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad.

Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field.

Annual leave and workplace pension