Digital Delivery Lead

COREcruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

COREcruitment seeks an experienced Digital Delivery Lead to own delivery of customer-facing digital products. You will lead an in-house software engineering team and partner with Product Owners and technology stakeholders to turn business priorities into realistic delivery plans and high-quality software.

The role blends strong Agile delivery, people leadership and a solid understanding of software engineering.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading, coaching and mentoring in-house software engineering/technology teams.
• Strong experience delivering software and digital products within an Agile environment.
• Experience creating technology roadmaps, release plans, delivery plans and estimates.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to challenge requirements and priorities.
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies and competing delivery priorities.
• A good understanding of the software development lifecycle, from development and testing through to deployment and production support.
• Experience balancing new feature development with BAU/support and technical debt.
• Experience managing third‑party technology or SaaS suppliers.
• A strong focus on software quality, continuous improvement and delivering measurable business and customer value.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing, multidisciplinary software engineering team
• Driving iterative software delivery using Agile methodologies
• Working with Product Owners to translate business requirements and roadmaps into achievable delivery and release plans
• Managing delivery against engineering capacity, capability, priorities and dependencies
• Ensuring appropriate standards across quality, performance, security, maintainability, resilience and operability
• Balancing new product/features with production support, platform maintenance, refactoring and technical debt
• Managing dependencies across technology and business teams
• Driving continuous improvement across engineering delivery and team performance
• Managing relationships with third‑party SaaS suppliers, including associated budgets
• Supporting the recruitment, onboarding, development and retention of engineering talent

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Software engineering

Delivery planning

Team development

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Digital Delivery Lead to join a large, fast-paced organisation and take ownership of the delivery of customer-facing digital products and services.

You will lead and develop an in-house software engineering team, working closely with Product Owners and wider technology stakeholders to turn business priorities into realistic delivery plans and high-quality software.

This role needs someone who combines strong Agile delivery experience with people leadership and a solid understanding of software engineering. You will be comfortable challenging priorities, managing competing demands and balancing new feature delivery with maintaining existing platforms and addressing technical debt.

The role

• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing, multidisciplinary software engineering team
• Driving iterative software delivery using Agile methodologies
• Working with Product Owners to translate business requirements and roadmaps into achievable delivery and release plans
• Managing delivery against engineering capacity, capability, priorities and dependencies
• Ensuring appropriate standards across quality, performance, security, maintainability, resilience and operability
• Balancing new product/features with production support, platform maintenance, refactoring and technical debt
• Managing dependencies across technology and business teams
• Driving continuous improvement across engineering delivery and team performance
• Managing relationships with third‑party SaaS suppliers, including associated budgets
• Supporting the recruitment, onboarding, development and retention of engineering talent

Experience required

• Proven experience leading, coaching and mentoring in-house software engineering/technology teams
• Strong experience delivering software and digital products within an Agile environment
• Experience creating technology roadmaps, release plans, delivery plans and estimates
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to challenge requirements and priorities
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies and competing delivery priorities
• A good understanding of the software development lifecycle, from development and testing through to deployment and production support
• Experience balancing new feature development with BAU/support and technical debt
• Experience managing third‑party technology or SaaS suppliers
• A strong focus on software quality, continuous improvement and delivering measurable business and customer value

This would suit an established Digital Delivery Lead, Technical Delivery Lead, Engineering Delivery Lead or Software Delivery Manager who enjoys leading engineering teams while remaining close to the delivery of digital products