Senior Delivery Lead

Communicate Finance; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Communicate Finance is seeking a Delivery Lead to enable delivery excellence across multiple software squads, ensuring value is delivered predictably and transparently.

The role partners with product, engineering, QA, and design teams to manage risks, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps, while promoting agile practices, continuous improvement, and strong stakeholder engagement. Hybrid work model offered.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery within agile software development environments.
• Experience coordinating delivery across multiple teams, squads, or workstreams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban and modern software delivery practices.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience managing risks, dependencies and delivery roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery planning, coordination, and execution across multiple agile development teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Software, Tech Leads, QA, Designers, and stakeholders to achieve delivery outcomes.
• Proactively manage risks, blockers, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Facilitate planning, reviews, retrospectives, and governance activities as needed.
• Support release planning and delivery readiness initiatives.
• Drive visibility and accountability through metrics and reporting.
• Partner with teams to improve delivery predictability, efficiency and business value.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and agile excellence.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Risk & dependency mgmt

Cross-functional collaboration

Metrics & reporting

Delivery leadership mindset

Education

IT / CS degree

Tools

Jira

Plandek

Job description

Unlike traditional Project Manager or Scrum Master roles, this position offers genuine influence across technology, product, and delivery functions while providing exposure to modern software development practices, large-scale delivery challenges, and clear career progression opportunities.

For professionals searching for IT jobs, information technology jobs, jobs in IT, developer vacancies, technology leadership opportunities, or agile delivery careers, this role provides the chance to make a measurable impact in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Job Description

As a Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for enabling delivery excellence across multiple software development squads, ensuring teams consistently deliver value in a predictable, sustainable, and transparent manner.

Key responsibilities include

• Leading delivery planning, coordination, and execution across multiple agile development teams.
• Working closely with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Technical Leads, QA Specialists, Designers, and key stakeholders to achieve successful delivery outcomes.
• Proactively managing delivery risks, blockers, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Facilitating planning sessions, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery governance activities where required.
• Supporting release planning and delivery readiness initiatives.
• Driving visibility, accountability, and transparency through meaningful metrics, reporting, and delivery insights.
• Partnering with teams to improve delivery predictability, efficiency, and overall business value.
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and agile excellence.

Why this opportunity stands out

• Work in a mature technology environment where delivery is viewed as a strategic function.
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineering, product, and design teams.
• Influence delivery practices across multiple agile squads.
• Gain exposure to modern software development, release management, and emerging technologies.
• Clear progression into broader leadership and strategic delivery roles.
• Hybrid working environment that supports flexibility and work-life balance.

Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Experience leading delivery within agile software development environments.
• Previous experience coordinating delivery across multiple teams, squads, or workstreams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and modern software delivery practices.
• The confidence and technical credibility to engage with and challenge development teams when required.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience managing risks, dependencies, competing priorities, and delivery roadmaps.

Strong analytical thinking with the ability to leverage delivery metrics and reporting for continuous improvement.

Experience working with tools such as Jira, Plandek, and delivery analytics platforms.

Advantageous experience includes:

Product-led environments.

Release management and deployment exposure.

Portfolio-level planning and governance.

AI-assisted workflows, automation, and emerging technology adoption.

Agency or fast-paced delivery environments.

Qualification

Relevant qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Development, Engineering, Project Delivery, or a related field.

Relevant Agile, Scrum, Delivery, or Project certifications would be beneficial.