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Delivery Lead

New Zealand, Auckland · Job Posted March 04, 2026
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Our Delivery discipline sets the standards for governing and delivering complex projects and programmes of work. As a Delivery Lead you will be responsible for leading the delivery of large-scale work, often overseeing other Project Managers, ensuring we meet our objectives within agreed timelines and budgets. You can create clear delivery plans, manage risk, escalations, and dependencies, leading multi-discipline teams to deliver high-quality work. This role is initially 6-month fixed term contract.

Job Responsibility

  • Own and lead programme/s of work by balancing resourcing, budgets, and time constraints, to manage risks and pre-empt issues
  • Govern entire delivery and execution process, to ensure controls are followed, with deliverables and milestones met
  • Develop and write documents, contracts, and input into the design of delivery teams to best meet programme objectives
  • Ensure programs aims and quality standards are met
  • Communicate programme status to various stakeholders
  • Point of escalation (for internal and client stakeholders)
  • Hold a vision of what success looks like for the programme of work
  • Often oversee multiple work streams
  • Ensure a collaborative ‘one team’ approach of both client and agency
  • Lead and inspire, to foster a high-performing team

Requirements

  • Extensive experience delivering end to end large scale projects and technology platforms
  • mobile app and website development
  • A track record of delivering Agile / managing scrum teams
  • Comfortable discussing concepts related to UX, design and technology
  • Rigorous in organisation and management, conscientious, and adept at solving issues at all project levels while supporting colleagues and clients
  • Able to understand and balance the interplay between people, processes and systems
  • Sharp attention to detail and a drive for perfection
  • Demonstrable experience leading and inspiring teams toward success
  • Intuitive and perceptive, with outstanding communications skills: comfortable presenting to a group
  • Excellent analytical and numeracy skills with proficiency in financial modelling
  • Solid business acumen finds a pragmatic balance between best interests of programme and client

What we offer

  • Work in an innovative and inclusive culture
  • Opportunity to collaborate within a creative and technically advanced team
  • Hybrid in-studio/WFH model supports balance, and flexibility
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