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From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering and experience design.\nSoftwire was founded on one simple idea: be the outstanding place to work for smart, passionate technologists who want to make an impact. Attract the best, create a culture where people thrive, and offer our customers access to capabilities that are truly market leading.\nAnd it seems to be working - We were recently voted number 1 company to work for in the UK at the Best Company awards; we employ outstanding people across all capabilities (typical destinations after Softwire include Google, DeepMind, start-up founder, algorithmic trading, and AI research roles); and we have helped our clients deliver some of the hardest, most interesting tech programmes, across private and public sectors.\nA big part of this is our culture and values and we are looking for people who share our core beliefs about what makes a great place to work:\nThat if a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly\nThat work should be fulfilling but can also be fun\nThat kindness matters and should be extended to employees and clients alike\nThat by being trusting and trustworthy as an organisation and as individuals we can dispense with tedious bureaucracy and rules\nThe role\nDelivery Leads are responsible for the successful delivery of our clients’ projects across the full lifecycle, from inception to launch and beyond. Typical project sizes range from 50 to 1,000 days, spanning financial services and insurance, energy and utilities, and healthcare. In a given year you might:\nLead a team of eight rebuilding the purchase and claims journey for a large insurer, taking increasing conversions, with compliance and the operations floor bought into every change\nTake a smart metering data platform for an energy supplier from a two page brief to a live service, coordinating three delivery teams and a hardware partner, and helping the client work out which of their legacy reports are worth migrating\nPick up a programme that has lost its sponsor’s confidence, find out what has actually gone wrong, and rebuild trust with a plan the client believes and reporting they can check.\nYou own the outcome. That means the project achieves what the client set out to achieve, and their experience of working with us is as good as the result. You keep the team motivated, supported and well briefed, deliver on time and within budget, give the client honest value for their money, and protect Softwire’s commercial position. Where those pull against each other, you raise it early rather than absorbing it.\nYou will often be involved from inception, working alongside service designers or on your own to understand what the client is really trying to achieve, then shaping the work around their business outcomes so delivery runs well for them and for the team.\nYou will also meet clients as part of the sales process and contribute to proposals, shaping how we would scope, structure and deliver the work.\nYour Experience\nHave delivered projects within at least one of the following: Financial Services and Insurance, Energy and Utilities, or Healthcare; including working with senior stakeholders\nHave led projects for external clients in a consultancy or professional services setting, holding the client relationship alongside the delivery and working within the commercial and contractual terms of an engagement\nHave led projects that span the full business change lifecycle, not just the technology build, but the people, process, and organisational change needed to make it stick\nHave experience in process analysis and optimisation including techniques such as Value Stream Mapping to identify waste and drive meaningful improvements\nHave worked across programmes involving multiple teams, using scaled agile approaches such as SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum at Scale. Are familiar with lean/agile techniques tools and principles\nHave a history of solving problems, managing risks and overcoming challenges\nHave worked in multidisciplinary teams, including directly with developers and designers\nAre familiar with how AI tools are changing the way software teams work, and can factor this into planning, estimation, and ways of working\nShow evidence of a dedication to continuous improvement - both supporting/coaching a team and in your own ways of working\nYour Approach\nAre comfortable taking the initiative and working with ambiguity\nCan communicate clearly including an ability to explain technical concepts to people with diverse backgrounds in a way that is meaningful to them\nAre interested in and familiar with how software is built and delivered, including knowing when things are technically easy or difficult. Have an equal interest in how business change is run to ensure technology projects are successful and vice versa.\nAre curious about emerging technologies, particularly AI, and bring a considered, practical view on how they can improve delivery outcomes\nUnderstand the commercial dynamics of client engagements and can balance client outcomes with Softwire's business interests\nYou may also\nHave experience in understanding clients needs and prioritising them into user stories\nHave worked in other delivery roles such as product ownership, business analysis or technical roles\nHave contributed to proposals or pre-sales activity, including scoping, estimating, or shaping how a project would be structured and delivered\nPackage\nSoftwire operates transparent pay scales and a profit share scheme based on role and overall company performance\nBase salary is based on experience in role and ranges from £58,100 - £65,600.\nYou can expect to receive an average of between £5,750 and £7,500 in profit share depending on your experience and company performance.\nPension: Additional 5% of salary\nAdditional benefits\n25 days annual leave (with the option to buy 10 and sell 5)\n3.5 days additional days off for company-wide morale activities\nAIG income protection\nTravel card loan scheme\nZero emission car scheme\nCycle to work scheme\nEnhanced maternity/paternity pay\nTime off for charitable activities\nSabbatical available on request\nPayroll charity donations\nHeadspace plus\nFree annual eye test\nLong service awards\nFlexible working options and patterns\n(Hybrid Working: Generally able to work at least 2dpw from home)","description_format":"text","description_chars":6494,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":8,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-08T23:55:40Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":86697,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/softwire-delivery-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/softwire-delivery-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-11T00:24:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":230,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4770,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":51464},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=51464"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsoftwire-delivery-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsoftwire-delivery-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsoftwire-delivery-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/softwire-delivery-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsoftwire-delivery-lead"}]}