Delivery Operations Lead: Lean, Data-Driven Software

Travelers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Bonus potential

Pension match

Learning and development

Job summary

Simply Business in London is seeking a Delivery Operations Lead to optimise how we deliver software. You’ll partner with Product and Engineering to implement global practices, reducing waste and accelerating time-to-market while cutting costs.

This role requires both analytical thinking and hands-on engineering experience. You’ll drive end-to-end workflow improvements, standardise tools, and visualise core metrics, enabling leadership to make informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, or Theory of Constraints to software delivery.
• Hands-on data or software engineering experience (2+ years).
• Strong Jira administration and data visualization skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen to overhaul end-to-end workflows and remove bottlenecks.
• Build and maintain dynamic workflow maps to expose blockers and system impacts.
• Standardise and automate tools across Shared Services for discovery and software delivery lifecycles.
• Analyze throughput, lead time, and cycle time to drive data-backed improvements.
• Utilize Jira, BI tools, and developer tooling to visualise process health and quantify impact of changes.
• Empower teams with self-service tooling and data advocacy to promote continuous improvement.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Jira admin

Data viz

Stakeholder comms

Software eng

Tools

Jira

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Simply Business in London is seeking a Delivery Operations Lead to optimise how we deliver software. You’ll partner with Product and Engineering to implement global practices, reducing waste and accelerating time-to-market while cutting costs.

This role requires both analytical thinking and hands-on engineering experience. You’ll drive end-to-end workflow improvements, standardise tools, and visualise core metrics, enabling leadership to make informed decisions.