Technical Delivery Director – Vesper Build and Run

Overview

As Technical Delivery Director at Deltatre, you own end-to-end delivery for a portfolio of client programmes, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and quality. You lead six delivery squads (40–45 engineers) and mentor senior engineers, prioritising delivery outcomes over hands-on coding. You balance client engagement with governance, escalation management, and cross-functional collaboration to scale delivery capabilities. This role offers high-impact work shaping OTT streaming experiences for major brands with a strong delivery and architecture focus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of client programmes, including scoping, forecasts, launches, and ongoing delivery runs
• Report delivery status across squads and dependencies to stakeholders
• Maintain high delivery standards (Definition of Ready/Done, code contribution processes)
• Lead six delivery squads, set priorities, remove blockers, and manage capacity
• Forecast and mitigate key-person risk; justify additional squad capacity
• Mentor engineers, review outputs, and model strong engineering discipline
• Govern governance practices across Delivery Directors and Project Managers and liaise with Product Management
• Build and maintain technical relationships with clients and handle escalations proactively

Key requirements

• 10+ years in software engineering with a solid foundation in Java, React Native, or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Delivery accountability for large-scale programmes, ideally OTT/streaming or media tech
• Experience leading through other technical/delivery leaders and developing them
• Solution architecture experience across digital platforms
• Senior client-facing credibility with fixed-date escalation management
• Commercial mindset: margin, fixed-price vs T&M, supplier mix
• Ability to work with a technical-authority peer while maintaining boundaries
• Agile delivery experience adapted to fixed-date commitments
• Strong documentation and auditable decision records

• client-facing credibility
• leadership and mentoring
• stakeholder management
• Java
• React Native
• JavaScript/TypeScript

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