Delivery Lead: Cross-Functional Tech Delivery

Closerstill Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CloserStill Media is seeking a Delivery Lead to move priority technology workstreams from intent to measurable outcomes with pace and transparency. You will lead a small team of Delivery Managers and Business Analysts, coordinating across Technology, Product, Data, Security and Operations.

In this role, you will establish delivery governance, produce concise status reporting for technology leadership, and drive a disciplined, value‑oriented delivery system across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience leading complex technology delivery across multiple functions and dependencies.
• Proven people leadership experience, including leading Delivery Managers, Project Managers and/or Business Analysts.
• Strong command of delivery planning, governance, risk and issue management, dependency management, financial awareness and senior‑level reporting.
• Demonstrable experience of business analysis and requirements management, including translating ambiguous needs into clear, testable outcomes and acceptance criteria.
• A track record of influencing senior stakeholders, facilitating difficult conversations and securing timely decisions.
• Ability to interpret delivery data, test assumptions and communicate a balanced, candid view of progress and forecast confidence.
• Sound understanding of the technology delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, testing, security, data, release, service transition and adoption.
• Familiar with agile ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate end-to-end delivery of priority technology workstreams from discovery to benefits review.
• Align tech, product, data, security, operations, finance, procurement and stakeholders on outcomes and milestones.
• Maintain integrated plans that expose cross-team dependencies, constraints, critical paths and resource conflicts.
• Create effective delivery cadences, including planning, stand-ups, reviews, decision forums and retrospectives, tailoring the approach to the work.
• Keep delivery focused on outcomes and value, challenging unclear scope, weak ownership, unrealistic dates and activity not connected to an agreed objective.

Skills

Delivery leadership

People management

Delivery planning

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Data-driven forecasting

Delivery lifecycle

Agile methods

Job description

CloserStill Media is seeking a Delivery Lead to move priority technology workstreams from intent to measurable outcomes with pace and transparency. You will lead a small team of Delivery Managers and Business Analysts, coordinating across Technology, Product, Data, Security and Operations.

In this role, you will establish delivery governance, produce concise status reporting for technology leadership, and drive a disciplined, value‑oriented delivery system across the organisation.