Senior Defence Delivery Lead - NATO Digital Programme

Wlgroup; Corsham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup in Wiltshire is seeking a senior delivery professional to work with the customer's embedded representative, project manager and sponsor to turn the roadmap into delivered outcomes.

You will plan sprints, manage risk, ensure traceability and handover readiness while keeping the delivery honest and on schedule, both on-site and remotely as needed. The role requires defence domain experience and NATO citizenship.

Qualifications

• 10+ years delivering communication and information systems in defence.
• Proven record in project, programme or portfolio management on complex information systems using Agile and PRINCE2.
• Strong risk management to prevent issues.
• Good financial acumen with budget management experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in roadmap meetings with the project manager, the customer's representative and the sponsor.
• Review and update sprint planning for traceability across the sprint-based development period.
• Write the weekly summary of progress, priorities, dependencies and risks.
• Support the Q3 and Q4 2026 sprint and project meetings on site.
• Maintain the project tasking — progress reporting, comments, risk identification and issue tracking.
• Use the project documentation as the repository and planning tool, and establish it where it does not yet exist.
• Support the customer's embedded representative, remotely and in person.
• Run the formal knowledge handover sessions before the contract ends, so the work is continuous and sustainable.

Skills

Project management

Agile

PRINCE2

SAFe

Risk management

Budget management

Requirements capture

Documentation

Security considerations

English fluency

Job description

Wlgroup in Wiltshire is seeking a senior delivery professional to work with the customer's embedded representative, project manager and sponsor to turn the roadmap into delivered outcomes.

You will plan sprints, manage risk, ensure traceability and handover readiness while keeping the delivery honest and on schedule, both on-site and remotely as needed. The role requires defence domain experience and NATO citizenship.