Technical Delivery Director

ARC IT Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ARC IT Recruitment is partnering with a leading financial services firm in London to hire a Technical Delivery Director - Microsoft Applications. This hybrid role combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery oversight.

You will own end-to-end delivery across three concurrent initiatives: Integration, Power Platform development, and AI & Data, coordinating with business and IT stakeholders to prioritise and govern work.

Qualifications

• Proven senior/director delivery leadership experience.
• Ownership of development team outputs and delivery.
• Strong background in Agile/ Scrum Master practices.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft stack: Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Integration Services.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of technology delivery across three concurrent initiatives: Integration, Power Platform development, and AI & Data.
• Accountability for the delivery output of the development team.
• Facilitate planning and review cycles with Product and Technical leads to prioritise work and ensure delivery-readiness.
• Provide delivery assurance: complete, tested, and fit for release with governance standards.
• Oversee delivery performance from external partners and escalate issues.
• Produce clear delivery reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery flow, quality and predictability.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile practices

Scrum Master

Dynamics 365

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Integration

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power Platform

Job description

Technical Delivery Director - Microsoft Applications

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits

Our client, a leading financial services company, is looking for a senior delivery leader who can bring genuine command and structure to a fast-evolving, multi-stream technology agenda.

In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of technology delivery across concurrent initiatives across Microsoft platforms, working closely with business and IT stakeholders.

What You'll Be Doing

• You will take ownership of technology delivery end-to-end across three concurrent initiatives Integration, Power Platform development, and AI & Data
• Taking direct accountability for the development team's delivery output
• Facilitating planning and review cycles, working with Product and Technical leads to keep work appropriately prioritised and delivery-ready
• Providing delivery assurance -ensuring work is complete, tested and fit for release, and that delivery artefacts meet internal and regulatory standards
• Overseeing delivery performance from external partners, escalating issues promptly and constructively
• Producing clear, accurate delivery reporting for senior business and governance stakeholders
• Driving continuous improvement in delivery flow, quality and predictability across the function

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience operating at senior / director delivery leadership level, with genuine multi-stream leadership across development teams
• Direct experience taking ownership of a development team's output and driving it to delivery
• Strong grounding in Agile/iterative delivery practices; Scrum Master background or equivalent highly relevant
• Working knowledge of the core Microsoft stack: Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Integration Services
• Experience working across both internal delivery teams and external/third-party partners
• Comfortable operating in a regulated, complex environment with high standards for delivery assurance and governance
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the gravitas to operate credibly at Director level across a distributed, international organisation