Head of Delivery

Role Summary

Job Title - Head of Delivery (15 month fixed term contract)

Contract Details - May 1st 2025 to July 31st 2026

Salary - £70,000-£80,000 p/a

Industry - Digital Agency

Working Set-Up - Hybrid (heavily remote with occasional travel to Brighton office required - please only apply for this role if you're within a 2 hour commute of Brighton)

Interview process - 3 stage

Start date - 1st May 2025

The Role

Leo Technology are working with a Brighton-based Digital Agency who specialise in providing digital, marketing, research, and design solutions to the medical and pharma industries. As their Head of Delivery gears up for her maternity leave, they're looking to onboard an experienced Delivery Lead to cover her while she's away.

This is a critical temporary hire for the business, and the successful candidate will be responsible for a plethora of tasks, including, but not limited to:

• Management of the delivery department as an organisation lead, creating the department strategy and shaping the function by building efficient processes and introducing new methodologies
• Pipeline resource planning
• Team line management, mentoring and training
• Contractor set up, management and creating/overseeing Works Appendices (as required)
• Working closely with SLT on company and department objectives quarterly
• New business support including prospect meeting attendance (where necessary), providing timelines and costings and inputting into sales materials

For this position, I am looking to speak with people who have aminimum of 5 years' experience in agency-wide resource management who come equipped with a growth mindset. You will be overseeing, managing, and supporting the delivery team of Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and contractors, whilst working effectively with other departments. You will also be the first point of contact for client escalations when it involves anything delivery-focused.

The Person

• Experience working in health and pharmaceutical organisations
• Experience delivering a range of small and large digital products and services (covering web, app, platform etc.) and user research
• Detailed understanding of commercials / financial targets
• Working and detailed knowledge of Jira and Project Management tools
• Prior experience working as a hands-on Project Manager (experienced with timeline creation, client management, scoping, estimating, risk management etc.)
• Ability to work under pressure and multi-task

Interview Process:

• Screening Call with Current Head of Delivery (15 minutes)
• Panel Interview
• Final call with CEO

Important Notice

Both Leo Technology and the companies we partner with are incredibly passionate about building environments where people from all backgrounds and walks of life are embraced. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

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• Seniority Level

  Director

• Industry
  • Technology, Information and Media
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
• Employment Type

  Temporary

• Job Functions
  • Design
  • Information Technology
• Skills
  • Project Management Software
  • Growth Strategies
  • Project Managers
  • Resource Planning
  • Jira
  • Project Delivery
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Digital Marketing
  • End User Research