Senior Technical Delivery Lead

Description

GXM is seeking a full-time Senior Technical Delivery Lead to provide technical leadership, enterprise architecture governance, and systems integration oversight supporting the modernization, development, and delivery of complex digital platforms within a NATO multinational environment.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience leading enterprise technology modernization initiatives, designing and governing cloud-based architectures, and coordinating technical delivery across multiple vendors and engineering teams. This individual will serve as the senior technical authority responsible for ensuring architectural alignment, technical integration, engineering quality, and successful delivery of secure, scalable, and interoperable enterprise solutions.

This position requires a technically accomplished leader who can translate business and operational requirements into actionable technical strategies, evaluate architectural and engineering decisions, resolve cross-supplier dependencies, and provide independent technical recommendations to senior leadership.

This role is based in London, United Kingdom. Hybrid flexibility may be available based on mission requirements, stakeholder engagement, and achievement of program objectives. Travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical delivery lead and chief solution architect for a complex, multi-vendor enterprise digital platform.
• Provide technical leadership and architecture governance across cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, shared services, data environments, cybersecurity, and systems integration activities.
• Develop, maintain, and govern target-state and transitional enterprise architectures, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, interoperable, maintainable, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Lead technical delivery coordination across multiple suppliers, engineering teams, security stakeholders, and program leadership to ensure integrated and timely execution.
• Establish and maintain technical governance processes, architecture review standards, decision frameworks, and technical escalation procedures.
• Evaluate proposed solution designs, technology selections, cloud architectures, integration approaches, and engineering changes to ensure technical feasibility and architectural alignment.
• Lead technical assessments of existing systems, delivery challenges, architectural gaps, integration dependencies, and technical risks.
• Develop technical recovery strategies, integrated technical delivery plans, transition roadmaps, and recommended corrective actions to address delivery challenges.
• Provide technical oversight of Microsoft Azure or comparable enterprise cloud environments, including platform services, infrastructure, identity management, APIs, data integration, networking, and DevSecOps capabilities.
• Coordinate the resolution of technical issues, cross-vendor dependencies, architectural conflicts, and engineering challenges affecting program delivery.
• Translate approved business and product requirements into actionable technical architectures, implementation approaches, engineering requirements, and technical work packages.
• Oversee technical integration planning, architectural compliance, engineering quality, and release-readiness activities across multiple suppliers.
• Assess technical risks, system performance, resilience, supportability, cybersecurity requirements, and operational readiness.
• Lead technical design reviews, architecture working groups, cross-supplier integration forums, and technical decision meetings.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, technical decision logs, integrated delivery plans, risk assessments, technical recommendations, and executive-level technical status reports.
• Collaborate with product management, program management, cybersecurity authorities, and other stakeholders to align technical delivery with business priorities and program objectives.
• Provide independent, supplier-neutral technical assessments and recommendations to leadership while maintaining appropriate governance and decision authorities.
• Establish sustainable technical documentation, knowledge-transfer practices, and engineering governance processes to support long-term platform operations and modernization.

Requirements

• Active SECRET security clearance required. NATO SECRET or a recognized national equivalent, subject to NATO security verification and access requirements.
• Citizenship of a NATO member nation and legal authorization to work in the United Kingdom.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise architecture, technical delivery leadership, systems engineering, cloud modernization, or large-scale digital platform integration.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Chief Architect, Lead Solution Architect, Chief Engineer, Technical Delivery Lead, or equivalent senior technical leadership position.
• Extensive experience designing, evaluating, and governing complex enterprise architectures involving multiple applications, infrastructure environments, suppliers, and integrated services.
• Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure or comparable enterprise cloud platforms, including cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, networking, identity services, and application integration.
• Experience leading multi-vendor technical delivery activities, managing technical dependencies, resolving integration challenges, and coordinating engineering teams across organizational boundaries.
• Experience defining architecture governance frameworks, technical decision processes, engineering standards, and enterprise integration strategies.
• Strong understanding of APIs, identity and access management, data integration, cloud-native applications, distributed systems, cybersecurity, resilience, and system interoperability.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies, DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, software engineering practices, and enterprise release management.
• Experience assessing technical designs, engineering risks, non-functional requirements, technical debt, and operational readiness.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical delivery plans, architectural artifacts, decision papers, technical assessments, and executive-level reports.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, and technical leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present complex technical recommendations to senior leadership.
• Professional fluency in English and ability to operate effectively within multinational, multi-vendor environments.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting NATO, UK Ministry of Defence, U.S. Department of Defense, government, or other multinational defense organizations.
• Experience leading modernization or recovery of complex digital platforms involving multiple external technology suppliers.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with NATO enterprise architecture, interoperability, and security governance practices.
• Experience working with Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, or equivalent engineering and collaboration platforms.
• Experience with Zero Trust principles, secure cloud architectures, identity management, and enterprise cybersecurity frameworks.
• Experience supporting formal architecture reviews, technical assurance, independent technical assessments, and governance boards.
• Understanding of IT service management, operational transition, production release readiness, and enterprise service supportability.
• Experience establishing technical governance and engineering processes across geographically distributed teams.

Recommended Salary: $147,400-$194,300 annually, plus bonus eligibility + medical/dental/vision/STD/LTD/Life + 401(k) + PTO

Equal Employment Opportunity / Legal Disclaimer

GXM Technologies LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. GXM Technologies LLC provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities, which may change at any time with or without notice. Employment is at-will where permitted by law, meaning either the employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable legal requirements.