Technology Delivery Lead - Newcastle

Accenture PLC; Newcastle; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Newcastle is seeking a Technology Delivery Lead to drive complex client delivery in a hybrid role, with a Newcastle office presence of at least three days per week. The position requires navigating client needs, coordinating cross-functional teams and translating technical concepts into business outcomes.

The role supports Accenture Technology and involves working in a truly collaborative, fast-paced environment with a focus on high performance and security clearances.

Qualifications

• Manage multiple critical client projects with complex stakeholders.
• Adaptable delivery approach across tasks.
• Deep understanding of delivery approaches and best practice.
• Translate technical concepts into business/operational terms.
• Guide teams to meet objectives.
• Strong service-oriented mindset with client teamwork.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience delivering Agile at scale and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Familiar with modern delivery operating models (DevOps).
• Familiar with Agile delivery tools (e.g. JIRA).

Responsibilities

• Transform leading organisations and communities through scalable delivery.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and deliver value for clients.
• Collaborate with Accenture’s ecosystem to drive outcomes and growth.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile at scale

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Team leadership

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Technology Delivery Lead - Newcastle

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary: Competitive + package (dependent on experience)

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

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement

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.

As a team:

Join Accenture and 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.

Accenture Technology powers our clients to achieve high performance. We combine business and industry insights with innovative technology to drive growth for our clients. We extend our technology and business capabilities through a powerful alliance ecosystem of market leaders and innovators to provide our clients the best specialised skills and tailored solutions.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

In our team you will learn:

• Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.
• You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

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.
• Haveextensive experience working with Agile Delivery tools (e.g. JIRA).
• Have experience working within the Health & Public Sector, with familiarity with GDS principles.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services - creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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