Strategic delivery lead

London, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will lead complex strategic programmes end to end, such as market entry, customer onboarding, or re-platforming projects. You will build business cases, delivery plans, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver commercial objectives.

What you will do

Own complex strategic programmes end to end from business case to handover
Build the business case, delivery plan, team and governance
Lead cross-functional delivery across Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Risk, Finance and other teams
Drive decisions and resolve blockers
Manage risks, dependencies, scope, cost and timelines
Lead commercial discussions with customer firms
Run readiness and go/no-go decisions
Close programmes against original business case

Required qualifications

Background in financial services, fintech or another regulated industry
Experience leading large, complex programmes
Experience independently leading complex, high-stakes programmes from start to finish
Ability to create direction and structure where there is no existing playbook
Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across teams
Ability to challenge, hold people to account and make difficult decisions
Understanding of both delivery and the commercial case including cost, value and trade-offs
Strength in cross-functional dependency and risk management

Benefits

Salary reviewed annually
6% employer pension contribution
Life assurance
27 days holiday plus bank holidays
Birthday off
Paid dependant leave
Two volunteering days each year
Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year
Secclbrate recognition programme with extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget
One-month paid sabbatical after eight years
Private medical insurance with AXA Health
Enhanced parental leave

Before you apply

Applications are reviewed as they come in and the role may close once enough candidates are found

About the company

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform building infrastructure for the next generation of investing. It is a B Corp-certified company.