Engineering Delivery Lead - Agile | Cloud | DevOps | CI/CD | Jira | Confluence - Knutsfor

Engineering Delivery Lead - Agile | Cloud | DevOps | CI/CD | Jira | Confluence - Knutsford

Are you an experienced Engineering Delivery Lead with a passion for driving large-scale technical transformation and continuous improvement? This is an exciting opportunity to lead the efficient delivery of complex, high-impact projects across a major financial enterprise, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with business strategy.

The Role

As an Engineering Excellence Delivery Lead, you'll oversee the end-to-end delivery of multiple software and infrastructure projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners. You'll champion Agile practices, foster engineering excellence, and drive a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

You'll work closely with software engineers, quality teams, and product managers to deliver secure, high-quality solutions aligned to regulatory and strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex technical projects using Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Manage resources, risks, and change requests across multiple teams and workstreams.

• Partner with engineering and business teams to plan, track, and deliver key capabilities.

• Maintain strong relationships with vendors, ensuring delivery against agreed terms.

• Promote best practices in engineering, risk management, and continuous improvement.

• Stay current with emerging technologies to enhance delivery outcomes and team performance.

What You'll Bring

• Proven track record delivering large-scale software engineering or technical projects.

• Background in software or systems engineering with a strong grasp of Agile delivery.

• Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and business domains.

• Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• A proactive, outcome-focused mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Key Technologies & Practices

Agile | Scrum | Cloud | DevOps | CI/CD | Jira | Confluence | Risk & Controls | Governance | Continuous Improvement