Delivery Director

As a Delivery Director, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of large-scale, multi-stream programmes and projects, often involving multiple vendors, stakeholders, and governance layers. You will provide strategic oversight, delivery assurance, and leadership across the full lifecycle of transformation initiatives.

You will:

• Lead the delivery of large scale, complex technology implementations across a variety of technology solutions and across a variety of sector such as health, public sector, and financial services.
• Provide strategic direction and oversight across multiple delivery streams, ensuring alignment to business outcomes and governance frameworks.
• Act as a senior advisor to clients, shaping delivery strategy, programme structure, and risk mitigation approaches.
• Build and lead high-performing delivery teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Navigate ambiguity and complexity, resolving delivery challenges and enabling successful outcomes.
• Oversee vendor and contract management, ensuring commercial alignment and performance.
• Engage with executive stakeholders, boards, and steering committees to provide delivery confidence and transparency.
• Drive delivery assurance, programme recovery, and independent health checks where required.
• Contribute to business development, client relationship management, and opportunity shaping.
• Champion delivery excellence across Deloitte, leveraging global assets, accelerators, and best practices.

Your expertise:

• 15+ years of experience in programme and project delivery, with a strong track record of leading large, complex initiatives.
• Have an excellent understand of the Solution Delivery Lifecycle and end to end technology delivery, with deep experience across the component parts
• Deep understanding of delivery governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement at executive levels.
• Proven ability to manage multi-stream programmes with diverse stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Experience in both Agile and Waterfall environments, with the ability to tailor approaches to context.
• Strong commercial acumen, including contract negotiation, vendor management, and financial oversight.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build trust across senior stakeholders.
• Experience in public sector, health, financial services, or regulated industries is highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or MSP are a must.
• Experience in delivery assurance, programme recovery, and strategic advisory is a strong advantage.

Making an impact that matters, together:

We are driven by our desire to create positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and people. Everything we do is with intent - the intent to make a meaningful difference.

Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do. Living these values, including ‘taking care of each other’ and ‘fostering inclusion’, is essential to ensuring everyone feels included at work and able to reach their full potential. For us to succeed and thrive as an organisation, we understand the importance of creating a culture where diverse perspectives matter and where everyone is given an equal opportunity to grow and develop.

How you’ll be rewarded: 

We hold a simple belief – that our people’s hard work should be recognised and rewarded beyond their remuneration. The Deloitte experience is founded on concepts of trust, balance, wellbeing and the importance of personal connection.

We offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements – work in a way that suits you, us and our clients best    
• Subsidised professional qualifications and paid professional memberships
• Subsidised health insurance
• Income protection insurance
• 22 days annual leave
• Social events, social sports teams, and monthly firm drinks
• A focus on wellness and well-being 
• Community focused volunteer days
• A focus on the environment and sustainability
• Plus much more

Does this sound like the sort of role and organisation for you? Then apply now! We’d love to hear from you.

 

We believe the strongest teams are made up of diverse individuals and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that women and individuals from under-represented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all criteria. If you're passionate about this role and believe you have the skills, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience, ideal working hours or qualifications aren't a perfect match.

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