Technical Delivery Lead

Midrand - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Technical Delivery Lead is the technical and commercial guardrail for the delivery organisation. This role exists to protect revenue ensure billability against agreed scope and guarantee high-quality technical delivery across all software data automation and AI engagements.

You are accountable for ensuring projects are delivered in line with contractual scope technical commitments and delivery timelines with minimal rework credit notes or revenue leakage. You act as the senior technical authority across delivery partnering closely with Project Managers technical leads and engineers to proactively manage risk stabilise delivery and uphold engineering standards.

You are the line manager for technical delivery resources and are responsible for their performance development allocation and technical maturity. You report into the Commercial Operations Team Lead and operate independently from Sales with a mandate to protect delivery outcomes and revenue assurance.

Core Responsibilities:

Delivery Assurance & Revenue Protection

Ensure all projects are delivered in line with agreed scope commercial assumptions and billing milestones

Identify and address risks that could impact billability revenue recognition or delivery timelines

Partner with Project Managers to ensure delivery plans align with technical realities and contractual commitments

Intervene early where scope creep under-delivery or technical ambiguity threatens revenue or customer satisfaction

Support accurate forecasting of delivery progress and revenue by validating technical status and risk

Technical Oversight & Project Stabilisation

Stabilise underperforming or at-risk projects by diagnosing scope gaps architectural weaknesses delivery bottlenecks or skills mismatches

Define and lead technical recovery plans with clear milestones accountability and measurable outcomes

Act as the senior technical escalation point across all delivery engagements

Conduct targeted code architecture and integration reviews on active projects

Ensure solution designs are practical scalable maintainable and aligned to delivery timelines

People & Line Management

Act as line manager for technical delivery resources including engineers technical leads and specialists

Oversee technical performance skills development and career progression within delivery teams

Ensure appropriate technical resourcing and capability alignment across projects

Support performance management mentoring and technical coaching of delivery staff

Work closely with PMs to resolve delivery issues related to individual or team capability

Engineering Standards & Guardrails

Define implement and enforce minimum engineering standards across all projects

Ensure consistent practices for version control branching strategies documentation testing and CI/CD

Ensure all project code resides in approved repositories with visible consistent activity

Monitor repository health and flag risks where activity quality or review discipline declines

Establish technical delivery guardrails that are applied consistently across all engagements

Monitoring Metrics & Early Warning Systems

Define measurable indicators of engineering throughput quality and delivery health

Design and implement centralised visibility into build pipelines repository activity deployment frequency and engineering flow

Use telemetry and delivery metrics to proactively identify projects requiring intervention

Provide leadership with clear factual technical delivery insights and risk assessments

AI in Engineering Productivity

Guide the responsible and effective use of AI-assisted development tools

Ensure AI-generated code meets quality security and maintainability standards

Measure the impact of AI usage on delivery speed rework defect rates and long-term system quality

Ensure AI adoption enhances delivery outcomes rather than creating hidden technical debt

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with Project Managers and client stakeholders to manage technical expectations

Support expectation resets where technical realities differ from initial assumptions

Ensure clear communication of technical risks dependencies and constraints

Protect customer confidence through strong technical leadership and transparency

Skills & Experience Required

10 years experience in software engineering architecture or technical delivery leadership roles

Strong hands-on development background combined with senior technical leadership experience

Proven track record of stabilising or rescuing complex or underperforming delivery engagements

Broad cross-stack knowledge across modern languages frameworks and system architectures

Strong understanding of CI/CD automated testing code review and modern engineering practices

Working knowledge of cloud architecture principles across AWS and Azure

Experience managing and mentoring senior technical professionals

Commercial awareness and ability to balance technical quality with delivery and revenue imperatives

Comfortable using data metrics and telemetry to drive delivery decisions