DU Head
United Kingdom
Job Description
DU Head
Adur District, England

Job Summary

Delivery Lead / Head

 

Job Description:

  • Lead and manage large-scale delivery programs with a minimum portfolio size of €150M+ and a team size of 2000+ professionals.
  • Drive end-to-end delivery across Agile methodologies (SCRUM, Spotify, Kanban, Story Points).
  • Manage diverse delivery models including Fixed Price, Time & Material (T&M), Outcome-based, and Managed Services.
  • Ensure delivery readiness by identifying, onboarding, and mentoring talent (individuals and squads).
  • Resolve delivery impediments with a hands-on, solution-oriented approach.

 

Solutioning and Technology Leadership

  • Engage in customer conversations to conceptualize solutions, architectures, and delivery plans.
  • Stay abreast of digital trends such as SRE, automation testing, predictive analytics, AI, and DevOps.
  • Provide technical leadership across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps stacks.

 

People Management

  • Foster a servant leadership culture, ensuring team integration with both HCL and customer environments.
  • Drive career development, mentoring, and upskilling initiatives.
  • Lead integration efforts for onsite teams with parent organization through townhalls, sprint meetings, and training.
  • Collaborate with local agencies and universities for future talent acquisition and enablement.

 

Operational and Financial Management

  • Own and manage P&L including revenue, margin, ARC, and utilization metrics.
  • Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for managing sales, delivery, and stakeholder relationships.
  • Manage delivery teams of 200+ FTEs across onsite and offshore locations with revenue responsibility of €15–20M.

 

Customer and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Lead customer and team communications, ensuring alignment with Agile governance and delivery progress.
  • Proactively manage impediments and provide actionable solutions.
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

 

Qualifications:

Required

  • 17–25 years of experience in IT delivery leadership roles.
  • Proven track record in managing large Agile delivery programs.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience in managing delivery across multiple commercial models (Fixed Price, T&M, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience in solutioning across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale delivery units (€150M+ portfolio, 2000+ team size).
  • Experience in Agile transformation using SCRUM, Spotify, Kanban, and Story Points.
  • Strong financial acumen with P&L ownership experience.

Preferred

  • Experience in building and scaling start-up teams within enterprise environments.
  • Demonstrated ownership of outcomes and delivery in FPP mode, not just governance oversight.
  • Real strength in fulfilment, and how they build and close the pipeline of the right talent.
  • Experience in integrating distributed teams and fostering a unified organizational culture.
  • Delivery excellence initiatives they have personally driven, and what they did differently
  • The ability to manage the customer with a solution, not just a status report.
  • Strategic thinking that can visualise and drive account growth.
  • A genuine belief in training and growing engineers, and the ability to articulate how they do it.

Other Requirements

  • Strong focus on team empowerment and growth.
  • Familiarity with digital transformation trends such as SRE, automation testing, AI, and predictive analytics.
  • Having banking domain knowledge will be an added advantage
  • Experience in Agile governance and delivery measurement frameworks.
  • Willingness to take full accountability for delivery outcomes, team performance, and customer satisfaction

 

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Lead / Head

 

Job Description:

  • Lead and manage large-scale delivery programs with a minimum portfolio size of €150M+ and a team size of 2000+ professionals.
  • Drive end-to-end delivery across Agile methodologies (SCRUM, Spotify, Kanban, Story Points).
  • Manage diverse delivery models including Fixed Price, Time & Material (T&M), Outcome-based, and Managed Services.
  • Ensure delivery readiness by identifying, onboarding, and mentoring talent (individuals and squads).
  • Resolve delivery impediments with a hands-on, solution-oriented approach.

 

Solutioning and Technology Leadership

  • Engage in customer conversations to conceptualize solutions, architectures, and delivery plans.
  • Stay abreast of digital trends such as SRE, automation testing, predictive analytics, AI, and DevOps.
  • Provide technical leadership across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps stacks.

 

People Management

  • Foster a servant leadership culture, ensuring team integration with both HCL and customer environments.
  • Drive career development, mentoring, and upskilling initiatives.
  • Lead integration efforts for onsite teams with parent organization through townhalls, sprint meetings, and training.
  • Collaborate with local agencies and universities for future talent acquisition and enablement.

 

Operational and Financial Management

  • Own and manage P&L including revenue, margin, ARC, and utilization metrics.
  • Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for managing sales, delivery, and stakeholder relationships.
  • Manage delivery teams of 200+ FTEs across onsite and offshore locations with revenue responsibility of €15–20M.

 

Customer and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Lead customer and team communications, ensuring alignment with Agile governance and delivery progress.
  • Proactively manage impediments and provide actionable solutions.
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

 

Qualifications:

Required

  • 17–25 years of experience in IT delivery leadership roles.
  • Proven track record in managing large Agile delivery programs.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience in managing delivery across multiple commercial models (Fixed Price, T&M, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience in solutioning across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale delivery units (€150M+ portfolio, 2000+ team size).
  • Experience in Agile transformation using SCRUM, Spotify, Kanban, and Story Points.
  • Strong financial acumen with P&L ownership experience.

Preferred

  • Experience in building and scaling start-up teams within enterprise environments.
  • Demonstrated ownership of outcomes and delivery in FPP mode, not just governance oversight.
  • Real strength in fulfilment, and how they build and close the pipeline of the right talent.
  • Experience in integrating distributed teams and fostering a unified organizational culture.
  • Delivery excellence initiatives they have personally driven, and what they did differently
  • The ability to manage the customer with a solution, not just a status report.
  • Strategic thinking that can visualise and drive account growth.
  • A genuine belief in training and growing engineers, and the ability to articulate how they do it.

Other Requirements

  • Strong focus on team empowerment and growth.
  • Familiarity with digital transformation trends such as SRE, automation testing, AI, and predictive analytics.
  • Having banking domain knowledge will be an added advantage
  • Experience in Agile governance and delivery measurement frameworks.
  • Willingness to take full accountability for delivery outcomes, team performance, and customer satisfaction

 

Skill Requirements

Other Requirements

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.