Data Delivery Lead

Data Delivery Lead | Contract | Legacy Decommissioning | London (Hybrid) | £595/day A national infrastructure and logistics organisation is decommissioning a significant legacy data estate as part of a wider platform transformation. They need a Data Delivery Lead to own this workstream end to end, managing delivery, suppliers, and stakeholders through to completion. You'll be accountable for the delivery of a defined project with real budget behind it, working directly with data architects and reporting into the Data Delivery Director. If you want a contract where you can point to a clean, ownable outcome on your CV, this is that role. The Role Own end-to-end delivery of a legacy decommissioning project, using Agile methods within an established governance framework Manage a team of 3-6 across technology, business, and supplier resources, including offshore delivery teams Hold suppliers to account against contracted deliverables, timelines, and quality bar Manage project financials and resourcing against a £3-5m combined budget, escalating deviations early Facilitate stakeholder sign-off with data architects and the Release Manager across deployments Provide clear, CIO-visible progress reporting and manage risk proactively, not reactively Coordinate communications across a genuinely mixed technical and business stakeholder group What We're Looking For Proven Agile delivery experience, non-negotiable Hands-on use of Jira and Azure DevOps Strong stakeholder communication skills, comfortable operating with senior/CIO-level visibility Experience managing supplier and offshore delivery resources Cloud platform exposure (GCP, Azure, or AWS) Nice to Have Exposure to AI-assisted or agentic SDLC tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot) A recognised delivery methodology background (Prince2, SAFe, Scrum of Scrums) What's On Offer £595 per day (Umbrella/Inside IR35) Initial contract to end of January, with strong signals of extension to end of March Hybrid working, London office based (Farringdon), genuinely outcome-driven rather than rigid on days in office Single-stage interview process, direct with the hiring team's data architects, no lengthy multi-round loop If you want a contract with real scope, a fast process, and an outcome you can genuinely own, get in touch.