Delivery Lead

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave for charitable work

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Technology Delivery Lead Specialist to coordinate delivery across Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and London. The role requires working with product owners, project managers, BAs and developers to design and deliver complex technology solutions.

The successful candidate will manage relationships, adapt to client needs, and apply Agile/Waterfall methodologies as appropriate, with a focus on driving Cloud/SaaS delivery and leveraging GenAI tooling to enhance

Qualifications

• Experience working with product owners, project managers, business analysts, SMEs and developers to collaboratively design and deliver solutions.
• Ability to problem solve and manage relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Adaptability to new clients or technologies and changing requirements.
• Experience with Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies and knowing when to apply each.
• 2–3 years in project/programme management, design, development or QA within complex tech delivery.
• Familiar with common delivery tools (JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Excel) and project control.
• Experience using GenAI tools in delivery projects and communicating with clients.
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable design documentation.
• Proven ability to build strong external client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners, PMs, BAs, and developers to design and deliver solutions.
• Lead delivery efforts across programmes and coordinate junior resources.
• Communicate complex concepts to stakeholders with varied technical knowledge.
• Apply appropriate delivery methodology per project and risk manage.
• Drive Cloud or SaaS delivery initiatives and ensure quality across the lifecycle.
• Utilise JIRA, Confluence, Visio, and Excel for planning and reporting.
• Leverage GenAI tools to enhance delivery efficiency and insights.
• Translate business needs into clear design artefacts for teams and clients.

Skills

Stakeholder leadership

Problem solving

Adaptability

Delivery methodologies (Agile/Waterf

Delivery lifecycle roles

JIRA/Confluence/Visio/Excel

GenAI tooling (Copilot, Claude, AWS Q)

Data analysis for design decisions

Requirements to design translation

Client relationship management

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Visio

Excel

MS Project

Job description

Technology Delivery Lead Specialist

Role Location: Birmingham/Manchester/Leeds/London

Salary: Competitive (based on experience)

Level: Accenture will be hiring at Specialist

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement. Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

Technology Delivery Lead Specialist

Role Location: Birmingham/Manchester/Leeds/London

Salary: Competitive (based on experience)

Level: Accenture will be hiring at Specialist

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement. Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

"Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us."

— Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.

Accenture Technology powers our clients to achieve high performance. We combine business and industry insights with innovative technology to drive growth for our clients. We extend our technology and business capabilities through a powerful alliance ecosystem of market leaders and innovators to provide our clients the best specialised skills and tailored solutions.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team you will learn:

How to provide solutions to real world problems across Health and Public Service clients in the UK.

How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.

How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment.

The following skills and experience are essential for this role:

• Experience working with product owners, project managers, business analysts, SMEs and developers to collaboratively design and deliver solutions. Able to articulate solutions to stakeholders with different degrees of technical knowledge. Some experience of leading a team, collaborating with or managing junior resources.
• Demonstrate an ability to problem solve while confidently and effectively manage relationships, communication and delivery upwards across internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an ability to adapt to new clients or technologies.
• Can demonstrate an understanding and practical experience of Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies, understanding the differences between both and would embrace working in the appropriate methodology as needed.
• Experience working in different roles across the delivery lifecycle with at least 2-3 years' experience in either a project/programme management, design, development and or QA roles working as part of a team across the delivery lifecycle complex technology solutions; preferably on Cloud or SaaS systems.
• Experience working with various software delivery and project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Excel, project
• Experience in using Agentic and GenAI tooling such as Copilot, Anthropic Claude and AWS Q in the delivery of projects and programmes
• Experience in analysing data to infer conclusions to inform systems design and informed decision making in project delivery.
• The ability to understand business needs and requirements and can translate into actionable design documentation, supporting the communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Experience in developing strong and collaborative relationships with external clients / customers

Set yourself apart:

• Demonstrable experience in functional and non-functional analysis and design or understanding of the importance of good development discipline.
• Experience of working in the highly regulated industries such as health and public sector, if not then an interest to work with public sector clients and to build your knowledge of delivering solutions for the UK Government, Defense, Security Agencies and Public Safety
• Proven history of working within a complex and diverse delivery environment.
• Understand key software architecture principles, integration design patterns and understanding of designing secure systems.
• Experienced as a subject matter expert in one or more tools and technologies. Able to identify requirements and translate into actionable design documentation.
• Experience working with DevOps tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes).
• It would be advantageous to have multi-cloud experience (including but not limited to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud)
• Have worked in an agile environment.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.