Technology Delivery Lead

Accenture; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Newcastle Upon Tyne is seeking a Technology Delivery Lead to steer complex client projects, align delivery with business goals and drive continuous improvement.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile, DevOps‑enabled environment, translate technical concepts for stakeholders, and report metrics to inform delivery decisions.

This hybrid role requires you to work from the Newcastle office at least three days per week and offers a competitive package dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple client projects with complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Adaptable delivery approach across varied tasks.
• Strong understanding of delivery practices and best‑practice.
• Translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Experience guiding teams to meet objectives.
• Design and implement metrics for delivery improvement.
• Service‑oriented attitude and collaboration with client teams.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Experience delivering Agile at scale and familiarity with Dev Ops.
• Familiar with Agile delivery tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Experience in Health & Public Sector; knowledge of GDS principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery efforts across client engagements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive value, risk management and outcomes.
• Own delivery improvement activities and implement changes to processes.
• Design, implement and monitor metrics that inform delivery decisions.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Strategic communication

Organisational planning

Problem solving

Change management

Team leadership

Agile at scale

GDS awareness

Tools

JIRA

DevOps tooling

Microsoft Excel

Office 365

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Technology Delivery Lead - Newcastle

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary: Competitive + package (dependent on experience)

Hybrid Working: This role will require you to work from our Newcastle, Cobalt Business Park office for a minimum of 3 days per week.

Employment Type: Business & Technology Delivery Team Lead/Consultant, Mid-Level, Full time

Job No.: R00289479

As a Delivery Specialist, you will:

• Help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.
• Be part of a 'Truly Human' environment; Accenture provides an extensive network of over 1,300 trained mental health allies and prioritises mental health at the top of our UKI Inclusion & Diversity Agenda.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• The ability to successfully and competently manage a number of critical client projects - Navigating complex stakeholder landscapes.
• A adaptable approach to work, with an ability to turn your hand to a number of Delivery orientated tasks.
• A deep, broad understanding of Delivery approaches and best practice.
• Understand technical information and concepts and translate them into business/operational-focused information with the instinct to question things.
• Are highly organised and able to plan for short, medium and long-term objectives and have experience of guiding a team to meeting those objectives.
• Are able to design and implement the measurement and reporting of metrics which help to inform delivery improvement activities.
• Are able to identify ways to improve a software delivery and will own the implementation of improvement activities.
• Have a strong service-orientated attitude and have a co-operative and mature approach to working with a client, in a team and as an individual.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Experienced in delivering Agile at scale and managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Aware of modern delivery Operating models (Dev Ops).
• Familiar with Agile delivery tools to provide our clients with clear, concise and dynamic communications.

Set yourself apart:

• Have Agile certifications.
• Have strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the other suite of Microsoft Office products.
• Have extensive experience working with Agile Delivery tools (e.g. JIRA).
• Have experience working within the Health & Public Sector, with familiarity with GDS principles.

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.