Senior Delivery Lead

Senior Delivery Lead - OTDT

Job Summary

At NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT), we provide a service that is unique, we help our donors do something extraordinary to save or enhance a life in need. You too can join us and play your part in our life-saving organisation.

Join our dedicated team in NHSBT organ donation and transplantation. You’ll be part of a programme team at the forefront of organ transplantation projects, ultimately saving and improving lives.

The establishment of a national Assessment and Recovery Centre (ARC) service will extend equitable access to life-saving products and treatments to everyone that needs them and bridge the gap between shortage of organs available and demand.

You will contribute to life-saving work, where every day promises diversity and excitement managing critical programmes aimed at enhancing organ donation and transplantation services.

As the Senior Delivery Lead, you will be accountable for the effective delivery of complex, high-risk and profile technology products and services within the OTDT product centre. You will be leading organisational delivery management using strong interpersonal and communication skills and able to engage and manage a wide range of senior stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

You will possess a depth and breadth of experience across a range of products and services, throughout the entire product and service delivery lifecycle and will have a large accountability within the product centre as the main point of escalation of any delivery issues. Acting as a leader, coach and mentor for delivery leads and associate delivery leads within the team as well as have a degree of budget accountability associated with their delegated authority.

You Will Be Accountable For

• Leading the delivery management capability within the organisation enabling the product centre plan and deliver all change.
• Ensuring that the capture, priority, approval, scheduling, scope, definition, design and delivery of planned change meets customer needs.
• Driving delivery to support the successful operation and continuous improvement of the service.
• Leading, coaching and providing guidance and standards for delivery leads and supporting product managers.
• Supporting and where required deputising for the Head of Product Centre, lead the delivery of products and services with accountability to the value of c. £2m.
• Establishing standards of agile practices for the agile Delivery Lead and Product Management community, continuously improve the agile methods and tools used by the community.

Extensive experience leading and managing traditional and agile design and delivery teams across the product lifecycle

Expert at building successful delivery teams and understanding team styles and how people work together, maintain, influence and motivate a team, give and receive feedback, facilitating the feedback loop

Knowledge and understanding of health and social care, the NHS and its strategic direction, and relevant political drivers

Act in the capacity of Scrum Master during daily sprints and manage conflicting priorities

Experience of managing resources against and agreed budget

Qualifications And Training

• Educated to Masters level OR equivalent and experience in a similar field
• Recognised qualifications in agile and traditional project and delivery management methodology e.g. Agile Project Management, PRINCE2, Certified Scrum Master OR equivalent experience in agile project management and digital delivery
• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)
  
  
  

About Us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do som

ething extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work – and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

What We Offer

• NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions ‎

We’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.

To learn more, please see our recruitment profile, which provides a summary of the job description and person specification. This can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 15 March 2026.

Interviews are anticipated to be held on the 24th and 25th March 2026 at NHSBT West End Donor Centre and NHSBT Birmingham New Street – subject to confirmation.

For informal enquiries please contact Daniel Madzikanda via email at daniel.madzikanda@nhsbt.nhs.uk