Delivery Lead
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About the role
About Doherty Associates
Doherty Associates (DA) have delivered IT solutions for over 30 years to world-renowned, international clients, primarily within the professional and financial services sectors. We are a Microsoft Solutions Partner with multiple designations, hold a Tier 1 Microsoft CSP relationship, and operate to ISO27001 & ISO9001 standards.
Our services are built on the Microsoft cloud ecosystem and focused on delivering secure, high-quality, outcome-driven solutions for our clients.
About the role
This is a client-facing role, responsible for a portfolio of enterprise client engagements and accountable for delivery quality, client satisfaction, utilisation and commercial performance.
The Delivery Lead acts as the primary operational interface between the client, PMO, and technical teams, ensuring alignment from strategic planning through to delivery. Working closely with Solutions Architects and Project Managers, you will translate client objectives into structured plans, prioritised roadmaps, and successful outcomes.
The role holds accountability for overall delivery performance across the account, including quality, utilisation, and margin, ensuring integrated and cohesive delivery across all initiatives. It also drives the adoption of mature delivery practices, governance frameworks, and continuous improvement, enabling scalable and consistent delivery.
Responsibilities
End-to-End Delivery Ownership
- Own the end-to-end execution of all projects and programme delivery for enterprise clients
- Ensure delivery is predictable, commercially controlled, and aligned to client priorities
- Maintain a strong focus on long-term value, roadmap delivery, and client satisfaction
Delivery Performance & Execution
- Act as the senior delivery owner, accountable for delivering engagements; on time, budget and to a consistently high standard
Stakeholder & Client Alignment
- Act as the primary operational interface between the client, PMO, and technical teams
- Ensure alignment across all stakeholders from strategic planning through to execution
- Build strong, trusted relationships with client stakeholders
Strategic Translation & Roadmapping
- Work with Solutions Architects to translate client strategy into structured delivery plans
- Working with the client and Solutions Architects develop prioritised roadmaps
- Ensure delivery aligns to agreed business outcomes
Account-Level Delivery Accountability
- Own overall delivery performance across the account, including quality, resource utilisation, and commercial performance
- Ensure integrated, cohesive delivery across all initiatives, avoiding fragmentation and duplication
Delivery Integration & Team Coordination
- Lead and coordinate joined-up delivery across all workstreams, ensuring Project Managers, Solutions Architects, Technical Leads, and account stakeholders operate in a fully aligned and integrated manner to deliver consistent client outcomes
Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement
- Embed mature delivery practices across the account, including governance frameworks, reporting cadence and delivery controls
- Drive continuous improvement to enhance delivery quality, efficiency, and scalability
- Ensure delivery approaches remain repeatable, resilient, and scalable as demand evolves
Client Relationship & Growth Enablement
- Contribute to building a trusted, long-term client relationship
- Ensure delivery excellence supports account growth, strategic influence and long-term commercial success
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Relevant project delivery certification (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, or equivalent)
Leadership Qualities
- Strong sense of accountability for delivery outcomes
- Structured, detail-oriented and disciplined approach
- Ability to operate calmly under pressure and manage competing priorities
- Collaborative approach, fostering alignment across teams
- Focus on continuous improvement and delivery excellence
- Clear communicator with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
What we offer in return
- Basic salary plus bonus
- Sponsored development supported by industry training and certifications
- Microsoft incentives
- Company pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, physical, financial)
- Private medical insurance
- Income protection insurance
- 33 days holidays (including 8 days of bank holidays)
- Day off on your birthday
- Company sick pay
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