Azure Delivery Lead / Consultant

Go Fractional; Wellington; On-site; NZD 166,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Go Fractional is seeking an experienced Delivery Lead/Consultant to join on a contract through to June 2027 in Wellington. You will coordinate delivery across application and technology initiatives, working with customers, Product Owners, and delivery teams to keep work planned and on track.

The role requires active NZDF security clearance and strong capability in governance, reporting, and managing multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in contract Delivery Lead or similar in technology.
• Strong Azure DevOps experience for work management and backlog.
• Experience managing change/service requests in ITIL-like settings.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Understanding of Agile delivery and governance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of application and tech initiatives against timeframes.
• Manage delivery backlogs, work items, user stories, and plans in Azure DevOps.
• Oversee change and service requests, ensuring approval and closure.
• Act as liaison between customers, delivery teams, and technical stakeholders.
• Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, milestones; escalate as needed.
• Provide regular status reporting on delivery progress and metrics.
• Support sprint planning and resource coordination.
• Ensure delivery governance and change management processes.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to support outcomes.
• Assist with project completion activities and handovers.

Skills

Contract Delivery Lead experience

Stakeholder coordination

Facilitation of meetings

Communication and reporting

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Lead / Consultant to join us on a contract through to June 2027. In this role, you'll play a key part in coordinating the successful delivery of application and technology initiatives, working closely with customers, Product Owners, technical specialists, and delivery teams to ensure work is planned, tracked, and delivered effectively.

Acting as the central point of coordination across multiple stakeholders, you'll help manage delivery activities, change processes, service requests, and project reporting while ensuring governance and operational requirements are met. This is an opportunity for a contractor who enjoys bringing structure, driving momentum, and keeping complex delivery programmes on track.

This role is based in Wellington and requires an active NZDF security clearance.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate the delivery of application and technology initiatives, ensuring work is planned, tracked, and delivered against agreed timeframes.
• Manage delivery backlogs, work items, user stories, and delivery plans using Azure DevOps.
• Oversee change requests and service requests, ensuring they are progressed, approved, implemented, and closed in a timely manner.
• Act as the key liaison between customers, delivery teams, and technical stakeholders to maintain clear communication and alignment.
• Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, and milestones, escalating where required to support successful outcomes.
• Provide regular status reporting on delivery progress, change activity, and key project metrics.
• Support sprint planning, prioritisation activities, and resource coordination across delivery teams.
• Ensure delivery governance, change management, and operational processes are consistently followed.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and stakeholder discussions to support delivery outcomes.
• Assist with project completion activities, service transitions, financial administration, and operational handovers.

What You'll Bring

Essential

• Proven experience in a contract Delivery Lead, Project Coordinator, Service Delivery, or similar role within a technology environment.
• Strong experience using Azure DevOps for work management, delivery tracking, and backlog management.
• Experience managing change requests and service requests within an IT service management environment.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and maintain strong working relationships with customers and technical teams.
• Experience facilitating meetings, workshops, and customer-facing engagements.
• Strong communication, reporting, and organisational skills.
• Good understanding of technical change management processes and delivery governance.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies and service management practices.
• Broad understanding of technology infrastructure projects and associated dependencies.
• Knowledge of financial administration and project reporting processes.

Desirable

• ITIL Foundation knowledge or certification.
• Experience supporting the deployment of enterprise network solutions or similar technology environments.
• Project Management, Agile, or Scrum certification.
• A qualification in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Understanding of networking, network security, and cloud networking concepts and services.