Job reference 325564
Data Delivery Lead, L4B01
Basic Salary plus Car allowance plus Healthcare, annual bonus potential with 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years service
Permanent, Full time
London Farringdon x3 days a week
For a full job description, please click on the following link:Job Descriptions
DATA DELIVERY LEAD
We are seeking a strategic and delivery focused Data Lead to drive the execution of our enterprise data strategy and lead the delivery of data solutions across critical transformation programmes. This role is central to embedding scalable, future-ready data capabilities and fostering a culture where data is treated as a strategic asset.
As a data lead, you will champion data-driven decision-making across the organisation building strong cross-functional relationships, leading diverse delivery teams, and ensuring that our data assets are governed, trusted, and aligned to business needs.
In your role as Data Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for coordinating the end-to-end delivery of data workstreams, managing stakeholders across both business and technology, and ensuring timely execution against agreed scope. Your leadership will be instrumental in accelerating data delivery, streamlining processes, reducing complexity, and enabling faster, more effective innovation and outcomes.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
This is a high impact role suited for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and stakeholder engagement and is passionate about driving meaningful change through data.
• Accountable for execution of the project management process to ensure delivery, in line with RMG policies and methods (Agile or Waterfall) including project control, risk management, change management, issue resolution, progress reporting, documentation, administration and QA
• Management of suppliers from the approved panel, to deliver the specified requirements within RMG policies & methods; including due diligence on supplier capabilities relative to requirements
• Provision of accurate project costing, including supplier quotes & tenders, required as input to the Business Case and define the benefits. Continuous review of the project finances and resources through the duration of the project
• Managing suppliers and project team to deliver the project within the Business Case, to the required time, cost & quality, continuously reviewing and ensuring these align to the original business case objectives, and escalate where there is a deviation
• Facilitating signoff by key stakeholders working with the Release Manager across our product deployments
• Plan and monitor projects using best practice and agree plans and roadmaps with business stakeholders, including management of supplier deliverables and adherence to contract obligations
• Responsible for overall progress & use of resources. Initiate corrective action when necessary. Manage risks & contingency, escalating major risks & proposing possible solutions to Business Partners and Programme managers where necessary
• Manage project scope and change control and escalate issues where necessary, including changes to benefits realisation
• Co-ordinate communication as agreed in the Communication Plan
• Works collaboratively with development team and holds them to account on delivery commitments. Leverages resources to improve capacity for project work. Can perform key Systems Integrator role. Supports the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables
KEY SKILLS
Experience and Qualifications required for this specific role
• Ideally you should have experience in many of the following areas:
• Has sufficient credibility and gravitas, and ability to work with and relate to a highly demanding internal client base and complex external supplier base. Appreciation of how the architecture, policies and governance are applied to delivery of the programme.
• Ability to develop and maintain internal partner relationships, with sound understanding of working with 3rd parties, with excellent people management skills, able to manage upwards and influence in a complex environment
• Strong technical awareness to manage programmes with a high degree of technology content and able to operate across a range of technologies and business areas. Ability to probe into application, infrastructure and all solution components
• In-depth understanding of business, with a desire to contribute in a collaborative, team based environment beyond their direct remit
• Demonstrable experience of delivering Projects of full life cycle large technology integration projects from concept through to operational use
• Experience of working with collaboration tools such as Jira, GCP DevOPS and Confluence
• Experience of going through the transformation from Waterfall to Agile delivery methodologies
• A recognised project and programme management methodology, e.g. Prince 2, Scrum of Scrums, Kanban, SAFe
NEXT STEPS
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.
For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/
Closing Date: 25th June Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
Job Enquiries: nana.akande@royalmail.com
Recruitment Enquiries: Abi.chodosh@royalmail.com
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Terms of appointment are detailed within the advert and voluntary transfer terms will apply (unless stated otherwise).
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