Technical Delivery Lead (Product Delivery)

Overview

As Technical Delivery Lead, you will steer the technical delivery of strategic digital initiatives within the Technology team to enable great customer holiday experiences. You will partner with Product Owners, architecture and delivery teams to shape plans, manage progress, and ensure delivery to quality, time and budget. You will lead cross-functional delivery efforts with internal teams and third-party suppliers, promoting agile practices and continuous improvement. This is a high-impact role that links business priorities with technical outcomes, helping scale delivery and drive measurable value.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus scheme
• 7% pension contribution
• private medical insurance
• share options
• life assurance
• discounted flights for you and family/partner? (explicit text mentions discounted flights) – include as is?

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Owners to provide technical guidance and support the delivery of strategic initiatives
• Support technology roadmap planning through estimation, resource planning and delivery input
• Work with architecture teams to evolve solutions through discovery and delivery
• Embed agile ways of working and improve delivery practices across teams and suppliers
• Manage delivery of technical solutions with milestones, quality, budgets and timelines
• Support changes to scope, timelines and costs via delivery processes
• Facilitate planning activities and help teams build delivery roadmaps
• Provide regular updates on delivery progress, risks and outcomes to stakeholders and governance groups
• Lead internal and third-party delivery teams to develop, test and release software
• Identify and manage delivery risks and issues with mitigation plans
• Encourage cross-team collaboration to improve solutions and outcomes
• Support continuous improvement across technology delivery focusing on efficiency, quality and automation

Key requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience delivering digital solutions
• Experience working with third-party technology suppliers
• Track record delivering complex solutions across multiple teams and dependencies
• Experience managing onshore and offshore delivery partners
• Experience managing delivery budgets and using data to support decision-making and transparency
• Strong stakeholder management skills including engagement with senior leaders
• Experience embedding delivery best practices across suppliers and teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build collaborative, motivated teams and strong working relationships
• Strong organisation, planning and time management skills
• Confidence translating complex technical concepts into clear, practical language for non-technical stakeholders

• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership
• Organization and planning
• Adaptability

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