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