Delivery Lead - IMS

We have an excellent contract job opportunity for Delivery Lead

Lead the delivery excellence of next‑generation IMS AI products.

As the organisation accelerates the co‑development of IMS AI capabilities with a key operational partner, this role ensures disciplined execution, cross‑business alignment, and a high‑performance delivery culture supporting the rollout of AI‑enabled Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) products.
Contract - 6 months (Potential to extend) Pay - attractive daily rate through Hays associated Umbrella (Inside IR35). Location - Waterside (UB7 0GB)
Hybrid - 3 days per week on-site Travel - frequent business travel

• Drive Delivery Excellence: Oversee delivery execution across IMS product lines, ensuring scope, budget, quality, and timelines are met.
• Strengthen Co‑Development Partnership: Maintain a high‑trust relationship with partner AI and operational leadership teams.
• Embed Agile Ways of Working: Embed Agile practices and continuous improvement, ensuring disciplined use of tools such as Jira and roadmaps.
• Align Group Roadmaps: Maintain alignment of IMS roadmaps across operating companies, including dependencies and rollout plans.
• Enable Scaled Impact: Drive best‑practice sharing and IP flow across the organisation and partner groups to accelerate value realisation.
• Lead Multi‑Disciplinary Teams: Manage delivery teams across multiple products, with clear performance oversight, coaching, and structured delivery rhythms.
• Governance & Control: Ensure delivery teams operate within relevant governance, risk, and control frameworks.
• Communicate with Clarity: Provide structured, concise reporting for executives, programme forums, and cross‑functional groups.

What You Bring

• Delivery Leadership: A proven track record in product, programme, or delivery leadership in complex environments (ideally AI, digital, or transformation programmes).
• Agile Expertise: Deep practical experience embedding Agile delivery at scale.
• Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional stakeholder and relationship‑building skills, particularly across matrix organisations and senior leadership groups.
• Structured Problem‑Solving: Consulting‑level capability to operate in ambiguity, synthesise complex problems, and drive decisions.
• Operational Discipline: Strong reporting discipline with the ability to communicate clearly across executive, engineering, and frontline audiences.

Preferred Background

• Experience in AI, digital transformation, aviation MRO, or large‑scale operational delivery.
• Prior experience in a leading consultancy (Strategy, Delivery, or Digital) desirable.
• Experience working in large‑scale enterprise environments.
• Ability to influence across multiple operating companies and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Intrapreneurial mindset with strong initiative and the ability to create structure where needed.

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