Senior Delivery Lead

lseg; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LSEG is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead for the World Check One team based in Nottingham/London within Risk Intelligence Engineering. You will orchestrate delivery across several Agile teams and drive planning, execution, and alignment with strategic roadmaps.

You will coach teams in Scrum or Kanban, manage dependencies, engage senior stakeholders, and implement metrics for continuous improvement. The role requires strong communication, ambiguity tolerance, and a servant leadership style to

Qualifications

• Senior delivery lead or scrum master in Agile software environments.
• Experience across multiple teams or programs.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban and scaling approaches.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive delivery across multiple Agile teams and roadmaps.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and planning; coach teams in Scrum or Kanban.
• Coordinate inter-team dependencies and resource planning.
• Engage senior stakeholders with clear risk and status updates.
• Establish delivery metrics, reporting and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify risks and blockers and implement mitigations.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile coaching

Cross-team coordination

Stakeholder management

Delivery metrics

Risk management

JIRA Confluence Asana

CSM SAFe certification

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Asana

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to join the World Check One team, part of the Nottingham/London-based Risk Intelligence Engineering organisation. Reporting to a Delivery Manager, this role is pivotal in driving delivery excellence across multiple Agile teams and workstreams. You will lead planning and execution of complex delivery initiatives, ensuring delivery alignment with strategic objectives, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance. You will be responsible for orchestrating Agile delivery across one or several teams, and influencing stakeholders across engineering, product, and operations. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping delivery practices, mentoring teams, and ensuring successful outcomes across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

• Strategic Delivery Leadership : Own and drive delivery across multiple Agile teams, ensuring alignment with strategic product and technology roadmaps
• Agile Execution & Coaching : Lead Agile ceremonies and delivery planning, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across teams. Champion Agile best practices and coach delivery teams in scrum or kanban practices
• Cross-Team Coordination : Manage inter-team dependencies, risks, and resource planning across multiple workstreams. Facilitate collaboration between engineering, product, and service teams
• Stakeholder Engagement : Act as a key point of contact for senior stakeholders (Delivery Managers, Product Managers and Engineering Managers), providing clear, concise updates on delivery status, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Delivery Excellence : Establish and maintain high-quality delivery metrics, reporting frameworks, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Risk & Issue Management : Proactively identify and resolve delivery risks, blockers, and impediments. Raise critical issues with actionable recommendations

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Proven experience in a senior delivery lead or scrum master role within Agile software development environments, ideally across multiple teams or programs
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Scaling approaches) and project delivery governance.
• Experience managing complex dependencies, resource planning, and cross-functional collaboration
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Proficiency in delivery tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Asana, and reporting dashboards.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist, or equivalent Agile certification preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, drive outcomes, and foster team accountability.
• A personal style that embraces servant leadership, teamwork, cares deeply about the work and teams, and shares openly and honestly with all.
• The right candidate will enjoy working autonomously and is able to constructively challenge the status quo.

ABOUT US

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It's how we've contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services - and our open-access model - we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity. LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.

OUR PEOPLE

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential. We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder - which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth,