Delivery Lead

Phoenix; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in the UK seeks a Delivery Lead to oversee strategic change across agile teams in Capital Markets. The role involves ensuring predictable delivery, managing risks, and optimizing team collaboration. Candidates should have proven delivery management experience and a strong grasp of agile methodologies. This permanent role offers a competitive salary of up to £83,000 plus generous benefits including bonus and private medical cover.

Benefits

Up to £83,000 salary

Discretionary bonus

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

Career breaks

Qualifications

• Proven delivery management experience across complex technical portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery planning and tracking across multiple agile teams.
• Provide visibility of progress, risks, and dependencies to senior stakeholders.
• Champion agile practices and continuous improvement across teams.

Skills

Delivery management experience

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Dependency management

Agile tooling (Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps)

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Delivery Lead – Drive Strategic Change Across Capital Markets & Policy Holder Domains

Join our Data and Reporting Platform Delivery team to lead high-impact technical change across multiple agile teams. If you're passionate about enabling delivery at scale, managing complex portfolios, and driving continuous improvement in a regulated environment, this is your opportunity to shape outcomes across our Retirement Solutions and Asset Management business.

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London, Telford or Edinburgh

Hybrid role. All roles are advertised as open to part-time and job-share using the statement below.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Salary and benefits: Up to £83,000 plus discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

Closing Date: 24th October 2025

About The Role

As Delivery Lead, you’ll be accountable for predictable, transparent delivery across 4+ stream-aligned teams spanning Capital Markets and Policy Holder domains. You’ll coordinate delivery planning, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities. Working within the Team Topologies framework, you’ll partner with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and senior stakeholders to optimise delivery flow and embed agile practices at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery planning and tracking across multiple agile teams.
• Provide visibility of progress, risks, and dependencies to senior stakeholders.
• Align delivery outcomes with business objectives and support prioritisation.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and interactions within Team Topologies.
• Facilitate portfolio-level forums and resolve delivery challenges.
• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering Managers to balance scope, timelines, and value.
• Champion agile practices and continuous improvement across teams.
• Ensure compliance with governance, risk, and regulatory standards.
• Report delivery metrics and outcomes to business and technology leadership.
• Build trusted relationships across business, technology, and operations.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven delivery management experience across complex technical portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and delivery frameworks.
• Experience managing dependencies and risks in matrixed environments.
• Familiarity with agile tooling (Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).
• Experience reporting delivery metrics and outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience.

Desirable

• Familiarity with Team Topologies and modern software delivery practices.
• Demonstrable experience in asset management, wealth management or investment banking.
• Knowledge of capital markets and policy holder domains.
• Exposure to data engineering and cloud platforms (Python, AWS, Snowflake).
• Agile and project/programme management certifications (Scrum Master, SAFe, Prince2, PMP).
• Experience scaling delivery practices in growing organisations.

We Hire the Whole You

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience differs from what’s listed but you believe you can bring value, we’d love to hear from you. Adjustments to the recruitment process are available to help you perform at your best.

Apply early – we’re reviewing applications as they come in.

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