Senior Delivery Leader: Agile, AI & Value Delivery

Automation Consultants Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Onsite gym & showers

Training budget

Job summary

Automation Consultants Ltd in Reading seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee delivery across consultancy portfolios, ensuring value-driven outcomes within time and budget. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive agile practices, and deploy AI-driven dashboards to monitor program health and velocity.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, budgeting acumen, and a proven track record delivering complex projects on schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field, or equivalent experience.
• 7.5+ years working as a project manager in teams.
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects on time and on budget.
• Excellent writing, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Aptitude for problem solving.
• Knowledge of PMO skills and PMO collaboration experience.
• Solid understanding of Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP) in hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Client & Delivery Alignment: steer high-value outcomes across AC's consulting portfolio.
• Expectation & Roadmap Management: lead story-mapping, sprint planning, and roadmap workshops.
• Risk & Impediment Resolution: identify blockers and manage risks with governance of value-stream metrics.
• Automated Stakeholder Reporting: deploy AI-driven dashboards for real-time program health updates.
• Escalation Path Governance: manage escalation, scope, and change control with lean governance.
• Commercial Strategy & Growth: identify value opportunities with Consultancy leadership and Sales.
• Agentic AI & Workflow Automation: implement autonomous AI agents to streamline reporting.
• Agile Coaching & Enablement: train teams in Scrum, Kanban, Lean for high-performance delivery.

Skills

Project management

Client & delivery alignment

Roadmap planning

Agile methods

Budgeting & finance

Stakeholder communication

PMO knowledge

Problem solving

Escalation & governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical or business field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Atlassian Stack

Job description

Automation Consultants Ltd in Reading seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee delivery across consultancy portfolios, ensuring value-driven outcomes within time and budget. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive agile practices, and deploy AI-driven dashboards to monitor program health and velocity.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, budgeting acumen, and a proven track record delivering complex projects on schedule.