Delivery Lead

The role

You will provide strategic consulting and engagement leadership to grow strategic accounts. You will own the end-to-end success of complex data and AI transformation projects from solution design to business value realisation.

What you will do

• Drive strategic alignment of technical delivery roadmaps to client strategy
• Become an expert in a core vertical such as Telecommunications, Agency, Media & Entertainment, or Financial Services & Insurance
• Define large transformation programmes including operating models and change management
• Own account health, renewals, upselling, stakeholder management, and RAID management
• Lead execution of large, complex data and AI transformation programmes
• Focus on maximizing ROI by linking technical deliverables to business outcomes
• Apply and improve delivery methodologies like Agile, hybrid, or Waterfall
• Take financial ownership of the P&L for accounts, including budget, forecasting, and resource burn
• Manage communications and expectations at the executive and C-suite levels
• Design and implement project governance systems

Required qualifications

• Multiple years of experience within a consulting firm, Big Four, Technical Consultancy or software vendor focused on complex enterprise transformation
• Experience managing large-scale data and/or AI transformation programs
• Proven expertise in the pre-sales and commercial process, including SOW creation and deal structuring
• Exceptional senior and executive stakeholder management experience
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and experience with financial management, forecasting, and P&L tracking
• Deep understanding of Agile and hybrid ways of working
• Agile Project Management, Prince2, or Scrum certification
• Experience with JIRA or similar ITS software
• A natural, engaging, and highly effective communicator and negotiator

Nice to have

• Prior experience in a start-up / scale-up environment
• Prior experience in managing multiple Project Managers
• Any Cloud Certifications!
• Salesforce or other CRM tool experience related to opportunity tracking and forecasting

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private health insurance (Vitality Health) and Smart Health Services
• 40% gym membership discounts (Nuffield Health, Virgin Active, Pure Gym)
• WFH allowance
• Access to platforms like Udemy
• Pension with 3% employer contributions raising 1% per year of service to a max of 10% after probation
• Life Insurance (3 x base salary)
• Income Protection (up to 75% of base salary, up to 2 years)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme

About the company

Datatonic is Google Cloud's premier partner in AI and Data Transformation. They provide strategic consulting and technical execution for data solutions in the cloud.