Delivery Lead (Change & Transformation)

Delivery Lead (Change & Transformation) | Circa £700 P/D (Inside IR35) | 6 Month Contract | Fully Remote | Financial Services

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Delivery Transformation Lead to drive transformational change and evolve delivery capabilities across a complex business environment.

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for leading a team of Project Managers, modernising delivery practices, and embedding high-performing ways of working that enable successful business change. You will play a pivotal role in connecting strategic objectives with effective execution, ensuring programmes and projects deliver measurable business value.

This opportunity is ideal for a passionate delivery leader who enjoys building capability, influencing senior stakeholders, and leading teams through transformational change.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Delivery Transformation

• Drive the evolution and modernisation of project delivery practices.
• Champion agile principles, Value Stream and Feature Team approaches, and innovative ways of working.
• Develop and embed delivery frameworks, methodologies, tools, and governance standards.
• Ensure delivery approaches are tailored to the complexity and nature of change initiatives.

Build and Develop a High-Performing Team

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Project Managers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence.
• Ensure the team has the skills, behaviours, and mindset required to deliver successful outcomes.
• Create development opportunities that support both individual and team growth.

Strategic Delivery Leadership

• Align change delivery activity with organisational strategy and business objectives.
• Translate strategic ambition into successful delivery outcomes and benefits realisation.
• Oversee resource planning and allocation across multiple projects and programmes.
• Drive delivery performance through effective governance, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Management & Governance

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Influence and engage senior leaders to support successful change delivery.
• Provide clear and transparent reporting on progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Ensure appropriate risk management and mitigation strategies are in place across delivery portfolios.

Continuous Improvement

• Promote a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Embed best practice project and programme management approaches.
• Drive lessons learned activities and ensure continual enhancement of delivery capability.
• Support the adoption of modern delivery methodologies and practices across the wider business.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Proven experience building, leading, and transforming Project Management or Delivery functions.
• A successful track record in senior change, transformation, or delivery leadership roles.
• Experience working within Agile environments, including Product and Value Stream delivery models.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive and leadership levels.
• Experience implementing project governance, assurance frameworks, and delivery standards.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Experience applying a range of delivery methodologies including Agile, Lean, PRINCE2, and APM.
• Experience operating within a regulated environment.
• A passion for developing people and creating high-performing teams.
• A strong commitment to continuous improvement and evolving delivery best practice.

Key Competencies

We are looking for someone who is:

• An inspiring and credible leader.
• Skilled at leading teams through organisational change.
• Strategic in thinking but pragmatic in execution.
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Highly influential and able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused.
• Commercially aware and outcome-driven.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Passionate about delivery excellence and transformation.

Qualifications

• PRINCE2 and/or APM accreditation would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Equivalent project or programme management qualifications and practical experience will also be considered.

Delivery Lead (Change & Transformation) | Circa £700 P/D (Inside IR35) | 6 Month Contract | Fully Remote | Financial Services