Technology Delivery Lead

Summary

Join nXscale as a Technology Delivery Manager and become a strategic partner between business and technology, fostering collaboration across departments to ensure IT solutions meet internal and external customer needs. Lead end-to-end delivery of portfolio solutions, manage project scope and risks, and oversee backlogs and sprint planning. Collaborate with business teams to capture and interpret requirements, evaluate business cases, and prioritize initiatives. Define and align technology interactions with external customers, ensuring seamless delivery and managing customer satisfaction. Build and lead high-performing teams, promoting a growth mindset and continuous improvement. Oversee commercial agreements with vendors, safeguarding nXscale's interests. This role requires strong commercial focus, driving revenue generation and cost efficiency through technology.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in a technology-related discipline, ideally supported by a Bachelor’s or College Degree in IT, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven track record in leading large-scale, complex programmes—preferably within the Financial Services sector—across global time zones using various delivery methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile (e.g., Scrum, DSDM, ASD), and Architecture-Driven Agile
• Extensive experience in managing broad technology implementations involving both modern and legacy systems, including hands-on exposure to cloud technologies
• Demonstrated capability in preparing, managing, and monitoring budgets with a focus on cost-efficiency and delivering value for money
• Strong background in building, leading, and mentoring high-performing teams within matrix organizations, including effective management of internal staff and external vendors or delivery partners
• Solid understanding of business analysis, systems design and development, and IT Service Management (ITSM) practices
• Strong planning, organizational, communication, and presentation skills
• Customer-centric mindset with a focus on service excellence
• Proven ability to engage and sustain effective collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, across all levels of the organization
• Adaptable communication style with the ability to tailor messaging and delivery methods to fit various audiences and contexts
• Skilled in translating complex problems into actionable solutions, clearly outlining associated risks and opportunities
• Strong decision-making ability with the capacity to rapidly assess priorities, risks, constraints, and key information in dynamic situations
• Competence in root cause analysis and structured problem-solving
• Systems-thinking approach, ensuring alignment across organizational structure, people, and processes
• Proficient in developing business cases and options papers, and experienced in negotiating IT contracts
• Experienced in budgeting and forecasting, both in project delivery and long-term capability building

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the Head of Technology and indirectly to the Head of PM Practice
• Lead end-to-end delivery of portfolio solutions—from initiation to BAU handover—using Architecture-Driven-Agile methodology and Solution Planning Framework
• Own and validate all estimates and inputs that form the basis of the solution delivery plan
• Identify, onboard, and manage the appropriate delivery expertise and resources
• Control project scope and drive timely decision-making across solution design and delivery phases
• Proactively manage project RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), blockers, and escalations
• Oversee delivery backlogs and sprint planning using WTW's adopted DevOps tools
• Ensure timely and accurate progress reporting and represent delivery status in governance and steering committees
• Maintain alignment of key milestones across Technology teams and assess the impact of any scope, budget, or resource changes
• Collaborate with the Head of Service Management to ensure seamless service transition for all project deliveries
• Monitor strategic and operational changes to ensure continued alignment between the Technology portfolio and business priorities
• Track and report on overall portfolio health, generate insights, and identify risks and performance challenges
• Provide thought leadership in release planning, deployment strategy, and delivery excellence
• Collaborate with Business Solutions teams to capture, interpret, and enhance business requirements for both new and existing technology products and services, including ongoing change requests
• Evaluate business cases and assist in prioritizing initiatives based on strategic value, impact, and feasibility
• Ensure that technology services and resources are adequately scaled to meet both current and anticipated demand within the organization
• Partner with Technology Functional Leads to continuously monitor and assess technical components, identifying capacity gaps, performance issues, and emerging resource needs
• Define and align technology interactions with external customers to ensure effective and seamless technology delivery that meets both customer expectations and business objectives
• Map and understand customer journeys to help visualize and deliver outcomes aligned with business goals
• Collaborate with internal user communities to capture and address their collaboration needs in line with the broader technology vision
• Foster trust and engagement through continuous monitoring, analysis, and proactive management of customer satisfaction
• Escalate customer-related concerns or experience issues to leadership when necessary to ensure timely resolution
• Build, lead, and inspire high-performing, matrix-managed teams while promoting a growth mindset and commitment to quality
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, inclusion, collaboration, and delivery excellence across teams
• Set and clearly communicate goals, targets, and objectives to align efforts and drive performance
• Stay informed on emerging and leading technologies to shape technology roadmaps that improve system capabilities, mitigate cyber/resilience risks, and reduce technical debt
• Encourage innovation by leveraging subject matter expertise to enhance tools, practices, and team processes
• Challenge inefficient organizational processes that add unnecessary complexity or create delivery delays
• Lead and cultivate the Technical Delivery community of practice to share knowledge and drive best practices
• Use subject matter knowledge across multiple domains to evaluate complex issues and implement strategic, long-term solutions
• Oversee, manage, and continuously monitor all commercial agreements with vendors and delivery partners, ensuring that WTW’s interests are safeguarded and that contractual terms remain relevant, compliant, and favorable throughout the entire contract lifecycle