Role: Application Delivery Lead Department: Central IT Location: Minworth Reporting to: Program Manager IT Hours of work: Standard Contract type: Permanent Purpose: The Application Delivery Lead is accountable for the end‑to‑end delivery, quality assurance, and live operational stability of a portfolio of business‑critical applications. The role combines hands‑on business analysis, delivery leadership, and subject‑matter expertise to ensure systems meet operational needs and continue to evolve beyond initial rollout. Main Duties & Responsibilities: * Own the delivery lifecycle for assigned applications, from requirements discovery through development, testing, release, and live operation * Perform hands‑on business analysis, including requirements elicitation, documentation, and acceptance criteria definition * Lead and take accountability for development delivered by internal offshore software teams, ensuring quality, pace, and alignment to agreed priorities * Ensure appropriate unit test coverage through oversight of delivery teams, perform IT‑level functional validation where necessary, and own release readiness including final review and deployment sign‑off. * Work with Product teams to agree priorities, sequencing, and delivery approach for system enhancements * Act as the application subject‑matter expert, supporting the service...