Contract Delivery Consultant

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Job Title:Delivery Consultant

Location:Bristol / Hybrid
Contract:3-month initial engagement (with flexibility to scale)

Role Purpose

To act as a strategic delivery partner for an education client ensuring successful execution of technology modernisation initiatives driving process improvements and embedding best practices across delivery governance stakeholder engagement and agile execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery Leadership & Governance
• Own delivery planning and execution for client workstreams ensuring alignment with roadmap and contractual commitments.
• Lead governance reporting (QBRs sprint reviews) and maintain transparency through metrics (velocity quality audits).
• Apply continuous improvement methodologies to uplift delivery practices and challenge the status quo.
• Stakeholder Management
• Build strong relationships with client stakeholders and internal teams.
• Develop and execute communication strategies tailored to different stakeholder levels (from technical leads to exec sponsors).
• Technical & Process Oversight
• Collaborate with architects and product managers to ensure technical feasibility and roadmap alignment.
• Support QA process improvements including automation strategies
• Team Enablement
• Coach and mentor cross-functional teams (developers BAs QAs) to ensure agile ceremonies and delivery excellence.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple streams and manage risk proactively.
• Commercial & Reporting
• Monitor project costs manage changes and ensure SLA adherence.
• Prepare and present commercial and delivery reports to client leadership.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience indelivery consultingwithin complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding ofagile methodologies governance frameworks and software delivery lifecycle.
• Ability tochallenge technical and process assumptionsand drive improvements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Familiarity withcontractual and commercial management(T&M models work orders).
• Experience ineducation technologyor similar regulated sectors is a plus.

Desirable Certifications

• Agile (Scrum Master SAFe)
• Project Management (PMP PRINCE2)
• ITIL or equivalent service management frameworks

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