Delivery Lead Sydney
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Job Summary
Permanent Job!!
Sydney NSW (Work from Office; local presence required)
About the Role
We are partnering with a digital business solutions firm seeking an experienced IT Delivery Lead to own end-to-end delivery across the Sydney region. You will lead delivery teams drive client relationships ensure quality and timely outcomes and continuously improve delivery practices for complex software cloud and integration programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and be accountable for delivery of multiple digital programs and projects across the Sydney region (software development cloud migration integrations SaaS implementations managed services).
- Act as primary delivery point-of-contact for senior client stakeholders; build and maintain trusted relationships.
- Drive delivery planning: scope estimates resource plans schedules budgets risk/issue registers and change control.
- Manage and coach cross-functional teams (project managers engineers architects QA BA operations) including performance reviews and capacity planning.
- Ensure consistent application of delivery methodologies (Agile/Scrum DevOps CI/CD) and governance frameworks.
- Monitor delivery KPIs (on-time scope quality budget NPS) report status to leadership and escalate appropriately.
- Own delivery risk management and remediation plans; lead post-implementation reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with Sales/Account Management to support proposals statements of work and solution transitioning from pre-sales to delivery.
- Manage vendor and third-party supplier performance and contracts.
- Ensure compliance with security privacy and regulatory requirements relevant to client projects.
- Champion operational excellence automation and efficient processes to maximise value and profitability.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in IT Computer Science Engineering Business or equivalent; relevant certifications (PMP Prince2 Scrum Master SAFe) preferred.
- 7 years experience leading delivery of digital/IT solutions; 3 years in a client-facing delivery leadership role.
- Proven experience managing software development cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) integration and SaaS projects at scale.
- Strong track record delivering in Agile environments and implementing DevOps practices.
- Experience managing teams of 1050 across disciplines and coordinating multiple simultaneous programs.
- Strong commercial acumen: contract management budgeting forecasting margin control.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with senior client and executive audiences.
- Solid risk management governance and quality assurance capability.
Technical & Business Skills
- Familiarity with cloud platforms microservices APIs CI/CD pipelines containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Understanding of enterprise architecture data integration security and compliance (e.g. ISO SOC GDPR/Australian privacy).
- Proficient with delivery tooling (Jira Confluence Azure DevOps MS Project) and reporting dashboards.
- Ability to translate technical trade-offs into business impact and decisions.
Behavioral Competencies
- Client-centric and results-driven.
- Strong leadership mentoring and team-building skills.
- Problem-solver with decisive pragmatic approach.
- Adaptable able to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
Reporting & Stakeholders
- Reports to: Head of Delivery / Regional Director
- Key stakeholders: Clients (CIOs IT Directors) Sales/Account Management Solution Architects Engineering Leads PMO Vendors.
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
