Consultant - Senior Consultant, Delivery Lead, Delivery, Defence & Security

Deloitte LLP; Manchester, Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Delivery Lead, where you will bridge client needs with technical solutions. You will lead diverse teams to tackle complex digital, technology, and cloud challenges, ensuring impactful delivery and client satisfaction. This role requires UK security clearance to DV level and offers hybrid working opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must hold UK security clearance to DV level.
• Experience leading diverse teams in technology and cloud transformations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to solve complex digital and technology problems.
• Manage client relationships and deliver technology solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Communication

Education

Certified Agile

PMP

Prince2 Practitioner

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

Job description

Do you want to be at the heart of some of the biggest and most ambitious programmes undertaken to keep our country safe?

We are proud of the impact we have with our Defence & Security clients, the strength of our relationships, and the variety of our skills and expertise that we bring to help them achieve their mission.

We’re growing our teams across all of Technology and Transformation. If you are cleared to Developed Vetting (DV) levels and want to grow your career in this sector, we are very keen to hear from you.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values.Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, we lead the way,serve with integrity,take care of each other,fosterinclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost.

Connect to your opportunity

As a delivery lead, you are responsible for bridging the gap between our customers' needs and technical solutions. Your primary responsibility is to lead a team that helps clients with their complex digital, technology, cloud and/or analytical problems.

In your role, you will have responsibility for deliverables and client stakeholder relationships and will be delivering digital, technology, cloud transformation, software and/or data solutions for our clients using agile, waterfall or hybrid methodologies. You will often be working in multi-disciplinary teams across a range of subject matters and locations.

Our projects vary greatly and your responsibility as a delivery lead will differ based on the focus of the client engagement and your skillset.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

All applicants must hold UK security clearance to DV level.

We are looking for someone that shares our values and will fit into the culture of our organisation. Some of the values are listed below:

• Lead the way. Someone that is not afraid to make bold choices and respectfully challenge the status quo. Someone that is future focussed, adopts a growth mindset and is committed to creating opportunities for our clients and our people.
• Serve with integrity. Someone that does the right thing – always. Someone who protects the firm’s reputation as their own and never compromises on quality.
• Take care of each other. Someone that is committed to look after one another – so we can all be our best. Someone that takes accountability, engages with empathy and prioritises wellbeing.

In addition, the following skills would be desirable for any successful candidate:

• Leading multi-discipline, diverse and inclusive teams.
• The ability to effectively manage a team, delegate tasks, motivate employees, and oversee complex digital, technology, cloud and/or analytical projects.
• Strong written and verbal skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Problem-solving skills, troubleshooting issues, finding solutions, and making informed decisions at pace.
• Business acumen evidence through an understanding of different industries and business operations with an ability to identify technical solutions to meet business goals.
• Organisational skills – ability to juggle multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and coordinate team efforts.
• Understanding of the procurement lifecycle, requirements gathering, evaluation techniques and negotiation skills.
• The ability to interpret data, identify trends/patterns and derive insights to drive decisions.
• Delivery leadership experience in one or more of:
  • Complex technology / cloud transformations including the ability to define and drive the delivery of project plans including developing of service transition plans.
  • Modern agile software development including Agile Business Analysis, prototyping, APIs, architecture patterns, test automation and DevOps.
  • Executing full lifecycle of AI and Analytics implementations from planning to deployment. , including data modelling, machine learning, statistical analysis, data reporting, and visualisation.
• Focused on accuracy and attention to detail; providing developers and/or data engineers with a clear understanding of specifications/requirements.
• Client care and relationship development; will work to understand business’ structure and objectives. This will include regular meetings, backlog prioritisation with product owners and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Experience leading teams in one or more delivery methods:
  • Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Scrum@Scale
  • Waterfall /hybrid delivery
• Experience of delivery tools such as Atlassian – Jira, Confluence, MSProject.
• Project management skills such as: developing project plans, managing resources, tracking progress, risk management, and meeting deadlines with a proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• One or more recognised delivery certification(s) such as Certified Agile, Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Agile, PMP, Prince2 Practitioner, MSP, or ITIL.

We are specifically looking for candidates with both technical and business focused skills, who can articulate the outcomes and value of their work, and have working experience in some of the following:

• Familiar with the GDS Service Manual.
• Strong foundation across the cybersecurity technology stack.
• Knowledge of common technologies involved in digital delivery such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, SAP.
• Knowledge of regulations and compliance considerations around data management.

Connect to your business -Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Defence and Security

Our Defence and Security teams support clients to make the UK a safer place. From organisation change and project management to engaging with complex technology, we help the businesses and government organisations we work with to deliver the best services possible.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte’s clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.”

-Dan, Technology and Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in Bristol, London or Manchesterwith hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritiseyour wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers.

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