As a Delivery Lead for Core Networks Common Capabaility (CNCC) , you play a pivotal role in turning strategic vision into operational reality. You are the driving force behind the successful delivery of complex, platform, technical and cross-functional programmes that underpin the Global Fabric critical products and services. By owning the Naas and network platform delivery—from roadmap planning and POAP execution to risk management and capability launch—you ensure that business outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality.
Your leadership enables seamless collaboration across product, platform, and infrastructure teams, while your expertise in Agile and Scaled Agile practices ensures delivery is adaptive, transparent, and value-driven. With direct influence on stakeholder engagement, team performance, and best in class network performance, this role is essential to shaping the future of the organisation’s technical and operational excellence.

What I’ll be doing – your accountabilities

Strategic Leadership & Programme Oversight
• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-element Software
Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) Network programmes across multiple
suppliers, ensuring alignment with business objectives and successful
transition to operations.
• Drive the roadmap from Program Increment (PI) EPICs through to
features, ensuring initiatives are scoped, prioritised, and delivered on
time.
• Provide oversight and coordination of Scrum Masters (SMs),
ensuring delivery milestones, interdependencies, and risks are
effectively managed.
Operational Execution & Risk Management
• Coordinate and manage inbound & outbound delivery
dependencies, ensuring stakeholder requirements are understood
and delivery is aligned.
• Track and report on delivery metrics such as defects, code quality,
automation and readiness indicators to drive continuous
improvement.
• Manage workstream-level risks, issues, and escalations, ensuring
timely resolution and clear communication across stakeholder
groups.
• Enable alignment and smooth handoffs to Operational teams,
support readiness testing and Infrastructure implementation.
Team Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
• Inspire and coach agile teams, fostering a high-performance culture
and supporting individual development.
• Collaborate across technical, product, and business teams to align
delivery with strategic goals and customer needs.
• Engage with senior stakeholders up to MD level, influencing
programme strategy and delivery through domain expertise.
• Ensure programmes are appropriately scaled and resourced,
balancing delivery ambition with in-life operations.
Communication & Governance
• Provide clear, consistent reporting on delivery progress, risks, and
outcomes across the stakeholder base.
• Act as a trusted delivery partner, setting and managing expectations
with internal and external stakeholders.
• Represent delivery in governance forums, ensuring visibility of
progress, blockers, and strategic alignment.

Skills required for the job:

Must Have
• Strong track record in end-to-end
delivery of complex, large-scale crossfunctional
programmes across
suppliers and business units.
• Understanding of platform and
infrastructure and familiarity with core
architecture, network operations, and
Software engineering.
• Deep understanding of software
delivery principles, Agile (Scrum,
Kanban), and Scaled Agile (SAFe)
frameworks.
• Exposure to delivery tooling (e.g. Jira,
Confluence, Azure DevOps).
• Skilled in managing programme risks,
issues, and escalations with structured
mitigation planning.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and
influence up to MD level.
• Proficient in delivery reporting,
including KPIs and metrics.

Nice to Have
• Ability to shape delivery strategy and influence product roadmaps through domain expertise.
• Proven ability to lead and coach large direct and matrix teams.
• Demonstratable aptitude to working in ambiguity and simple translation of complexity.
• Experience with phsiycal and virtual environments, labs and networks infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of network, testing and quality standards.