Technical Delivery Lead - Core Infra & Apps (FTC)

Foot Anstey; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-linked bonus

Hybrid working

Job summary

Foot Anstey seeks a Technical Delivery Manager for a 9-month fixed-term contract to lead the Core Infrastructure and Applications team across Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, or Southampton in a hybrid role.

You will coordinate delivery, balance priorities, guide technical discussions, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture while ensuring projects stay on track and aligned with business goals.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in delivery management or operational leadership within IT.
• Strong technical background in infrastructure, applications, or technology operations.
• Experience overseeing technical delivery and balancing priorities.
• Ability to review and validate technical solutions and plans.
• Strong organizational and planning skills with workload and resource management.
• Experience using delivery management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of coordination for the Core Infrastructure and Applications team, balancing project delivery alongside day-to-day operational priorities.
• Build and maintain delivery plans, ensuring workloads are realistic, resources are effectively utilised and priorities remain aligned to business needs.
• Facilitate team stand-ups, planning sessions and regular delivery reviews to keep work visible, organised and progressing.
• Maintain oversight of team activity through Azure DevOps and other delivery tools, providing clear reporting on progress, risks and capacity.
• Provide technical oversight across infrastructure and application changes, ensuring work is reviewed and aligned to agreed standards before implementation.
• Support colleagues with troubleshooting, problem-solving and technical decision-making when required.
• Partner closely with stakeholders across Technology and the wider business to understand priorities, manage expectations and communicate progress.
• Proactively identify and remove blockers, helping the team deliver project milestones and operational commitments successfully.
• Monitor team capacity, dependencies and delivery risks, ensuring issues are escalated and addressed at the right time.
• Foster a positive, collaborative and high-performing culture where communication, teamwork and continuous improvement are encouraged.

Skills

Delivery management

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Foot Anstey seeks a Technical Delivery Manager for a 9-month fixed-term contract to lead the Core Infrastructure and Applications team across Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, or Southampton in a hybrid role.

You will coordinate delivery, balance priorities, guide technical discussions, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture while ensuring projects stay on track and aligned with business goals.