Delivery Director

Permanent employee, Full-time · Winning From Anywhere (UK)

Who we're looking for

The Delivery Director is a senior leadership role accountable for driving delivery excellence across the organisation. This position leads the Project Management Office (PMO), resource scheduling, and delivery governance functions. The successful candidate will ensure projects are delivered to high standards of quality, predictability, and financial performance while maturing the PMO into a scalable, repeatable, and value-adding function.

What you'll be delivering

PMO Leadership & Development

Grow, stabilise, and mature the PMO, creating a centre of excellence for project delivery.
Define, implement, and maintain standardised delivery processes, frameworks, and governance models across all accounts.
Collaborate with technical Practices to design and embed repeatable, standardised delivery plans for packaged service offerings.
Introduce and enforce repeatable methodologies, promoting continuous improvement.
Oversee project financial and scope management to ensure predictable outcomes.
Drive adoption of quality assurance practices including health checks, risk management, and audits.
Lead PMO hiring strategies to expand and scale the delivery organisation.

Resource Scheduling & Delivery Governance

Manage the resource scheduling and allocation function for optimal utilisation.
Partner with department leads to forecast demand and align staffing plans.
Establish capacity planning models and maintain visibility of bottlenecks and requirements.

Commercial & Pre-Sales Support

Partner with Sales and Commercial teams to ensure projects are scoped, deliverable, and profitable.
Participate in bid reviews, solution shaping, and proposal development.
Contribute to statements of work, estimates, and engagement governance.

Talent Development & PMO Apprenticeship Programme

Lead the creation of a PMO Apprentice Scheme to recruit and develop junior delivery talent.
Work with People & Culture to design training materials and mentoring structures.
Promote continuous learning and capability development across the delivery organisation.

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

Act as senior delivery authority, reporting PMO performance and project health to the executive team.
Build strong internal and client relationships to ensure alignment and successful outcomes.
Champion a customer-centric, delivery-first culture.

We think you'll be successful in this role if you have some of the following

Proven experience leading PMO or Delivery functions in a technology-led environment.
Extensive experience delivering complex technical and business change programmes for enterprise customers, ideally with global systems integrators (GSIs).
Demonstrated experience creating, transforming, or optimising PMO operations.
Strong understanding of project and programme management methodologies.
Excellent financial acumen and project forecasting skills.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Experience in building high-performing teams and developing early-career talent.
Experience supporting sales cycles and shaping commercial propositions.

What we'll offer in return

In addition to a competitive salary, there are a number of benefits and perks we offer to say thank you for being a part of our journey:

To be part of a Top 100 Best large Companies to work for
Flexibility over where you work with our Winning from Anywhere® approach 
25 days holiday 
Home working allowance paid monthly 
Winning from Anywhere® allowance to help your set up at home 
24/7 GP at hand 
Immediate 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme 
We’ll support you when you’re not well with our Company sick pay scheme 
4x base salary life assurance
Private health insurance
Enhanced parental pay and leave, supporting you with those precious life moments 
Access to the Perkbox platform to help make your money go further 
Cyclescheme 
Electric car scheme
And many more!

Disability Confident

Transparity have a proactive attitude when it comes to looking after the wellbeing and inclusion of all our employees. We promote equal opportunities through our recruitment process and a positive, inclusive culture across the business which we are proud of. We are diverse in our approach to recruitment and recognise that talent comes in all different forms. The diversity in our team is what helps our business work so well.
To find out more about our disability commitment please contact People & Culture or ask during the interview.

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About us

We do Microsoft Cloud and we're dedicated to delivering Transformation, Partnership, and Clarity.

But what truly differentiates us is our firm commitment to our culture. It's the foundation of our success, enabling us to attract and retain outstanding talent.

Our ethos is clear: we're here to be part of the solution, not the problem. Ethics and integrity are the driving forces behind everything we do at Transparity. We recognise our role as a business and have aligned ourselves with the UN Sustainability Goals, striving to create a better and more sustainable future for all. From environmental sustainability to fostering diversity, promoting digital skills, supporting apprenticeships, driving innovation, and giving back to our community, we're dedicated to making a positive impact.

And we're proud to say we're a carbon-neutral organisation.

As the leading Microsoft partner in the UK, we boast an unparalleled understanding of Microsoft's Cloud solutions. With 6 Microsoft Partner Solution Designations, 16 Advanced Specialisations, a team of 200 onshore Microsoft Experts, Azure Expert MSP status, inclusion in the MISA inner circle, and MXDR certification for our 24x7 SOC, we're equipped to drive digital transformation outcomes on the world's most trusted and comprehensive cloud platform.

Do you want to join our journey? Are you our next member of #TeamTransparity?

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