Defence Delivery Lead: Digital Transformation Programs

Kainos; Budock Water; Presencial; GBP 110 000 - 140 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Kainos is seeking a Principal Delivery Manager to lead complex digital transformation programmes within our Defence sector. You will align multiple multidisciplinary teams and suppliers to deliver measurable outcomes, balancing client priorities with Kainos commercial goals.

You will partner with Directors and C-level stakeholders to shape delivery strategy, manage capacity, and drive account growth while fostering an inclusive, high-performing delivery culture across the sector.

Qualificações

• Significant experience delivering complex digital programmes within a consultancy, professional services or comparable environment.
• Digital delivery experience and stakeholder management in a complex environment.
• Proven experience leading large-scale digital transformation programmes across multiple teams and suppliers.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• A strong track record of delivering successful outcomes while balancing customer needs, commercial objectives, and delivery performance.
• Experience establishing programme governance and managing risks, issues and assurance within complex delivery environments.
• Experience building trusted relationships and influencing senior stakeholders, including Director and/or C-level decision makers.
• Experience leading, developing and coaching high-performing teams, including line management responsibility.
• Excellent communication, influencing and decision-making skills, with the ability to operate effectively in complex stakeholder environments.
• Flexibility to work on customer sites and travel when required.
• Active SC clearance (lived in the UK continuously for 5 years, background checks).

Responsabilidades

• Lead complex, high-value digital programmes across multiple teams, workstreams and suppliers, ensuring delivery is aligned to strategic goals and achieves measurable outcomes for customers and end users.
• Define the critical success factors for each programme, going beyond time, budget and scope to include long-term impact, client satisfaction and continuous improvement.
• Provide senior delivery leadership in fast-moving and challenging environments, making reasoned decisions that balance client priorities, Kainos commercial interests and the impact on our people.
• Create clarity across programmes by setting direction, aligning plans and ensuring dependencies, risks and delivery challenges are actively managed.

Conhecimentos

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Programme governance

Team development

Risk management

Business development

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Kainos is seeking a Principal Delivery Manager to lead complex digital transformation programmes within our Defence sector. You will align multiple multidisciplinary teams and suppliers to deliver measurable outcomes, balancing client priorities with Kainos commercial goals.

You will partner with Directors and C-level stakeholders to shape delivery strategy, manage capacity, and drive account growth while fostering an inclusive, high-performing delivery culture across the sector.