Lead Delivery Consultant

We are a global technology group, headquartered in London.
We deploy experts and frontier technology, like AI, to help organisations thrive through change.

We have over 600 professionals (>75% hands-on technical talent) spread across Europe, North America and Asia, and are backed by Marlin Equity Partners.

We help customers:

Work smarter – Building modern, scalable infrastructure, apps and workflows that actually improve your bottom line.

Engage personally – Creating digital experiences that capture attention, convert sales, and keep customers coming back.

Stay secure – Establishing the security, governance and compliance systems that protect you from threats, fines, and downtime.

We work with some of the world's biggest brands to solve their biggest problems.
From highly regulated financial institutions to fast-moving tech unicorns and global retailers.
Different worlds, same standard: we ship tangible outcomes into production, fast.
Then we work alongside customers to maintain and optimise them long term, upskilling their teams along the way.

At Qodea, we believe in work that leaves a mark. In this Lead Delivery Consultant role you will lead the end-to-end delivery of complex technology and transformation programmes, ranging from infrastructure migrations and data platform builds to multi-workstream custom application delivery, ensuring tangible outcomes are shipped into production quickly and sustainably. You will be accountable for protecting commercial margins, negotiating and managing commercial agreements, establishing scalable delivery templates, processes and governance, and influencing senior client and internal stakeholders to drive decisions and clear blockers.

Working closely with Sales, Finance, technical leaders and delivery teams, you will mentor and develop less experienced project managers, drive continuous improvement across the Project Delivery function, and ensure every project meets Qodea’s high standards for quality, velocity and client impact.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-workstream technology programmes (infrastructure, data platforms, custom applications), ensuring projects are delivered on time, to scope, and within budget.
• Define and embed delivery methodologies, templates, governance and commercial processes (agile/iterative where appropriate) to scale Qodea’s project capabilities and protect target margins.
• Engage, influence and manage senior client stakeholders including C-level executives; set expectations, negotiate priorities, and resolve issues to secure positive outcomes for client and Qodea.
• Partner with Sales and Finance to produce robust Statements of Work, financial plans, resource models and change controls; manage budget impacts and negotiate managed outcomes when required.
• Proactively identify, track and mitigate programme risks and issues; drive decision-making and escalation paths to maintain delivery momentum and project health.
• Provide leadership, coaching and performance management for project delivery teams and junior project managers; support career development, skills gaps and emotional wellbeing within your team.
• Maintain and present clear, executive-level reporting, dashboards and programme portfolios to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability across engagements.
• Lead a Project Delivery Team, ensuring they are accountable for the team performance
• Enhance employee experience (throughout employee lifecycle), with effective team communication.
• Empower team growth by providing guidance, support, development opportunities, and addressing skill gaps.

• Demonstrable experience leading complex, multi-workstream IT projects or programmes that delivered infrastructure migrations, data platforms or custom application solutions.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Agile and Scrum delivery models plus structured approaches such as PRINCE2 and ITIL; able to tailor governance to client context and scale repeatable practices.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and C-level clients, with strong negotiation and conflict‑resolution skills.
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