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Technical Delivery Lead, Business Applications London, City Circa £90k plus bonus and excellent package A leading financial services organisation in the City of London is recruiting a Technical Delivery Lead to join its Business Applications function. This is a permanent position at AD level, reporting into the Head of Business Applications.This is firmly an applications delivery role. The function builds and runs business-facing IT services across a Microsoft Stack including Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Integration Services. The Delivery Lead will own end-to-end delivery across these platforms, working alongside development teams, product leads and business stakeholders to ensure applications are delivered to a high standard, on time and fit for purpose.Agile is central to how this team operates. The right candidate will bring genuine Agile discipline, a structured approach to delivery, and ideally a Scrum Master certification or equivalent that demonstrates they have embedded these ways of working in practice, not just in theory.The function is growing; this role brings structure and delivery discipline to a team operating at pace across multiple concurrent workstreams. Responsibilities Own end-to-end delivery across business applications built on the Microsoft StackDrive and embed Agile ways of working consistently across internal and external development podsFacilitate sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives to maintain predictable, well-structured deliveryMaintain visibility of progress, risks and dependencies across all workstreamsProvide delivery assurance: ensuring applications are complete, tested and fit for releaseLine manage the QA Lead and matrix manage delivery tasks for multiple team membersOversee external partner delivery performance against agreed standardsProduce clear delivery reporting for business and governance forumsDrive continuous improvement across delivery processes and ways of working Required Experience and Skills Proven experience as a Technology Delivery Lead or Applications Delivery Lead, specifically within an applications environmentHands-on experience delivering on Microsoft Stack platforms: Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Integration Services (non-negotiable)Strong, practised Agile delivery discipline; this team works in an Agile framework and expects its Delivery Lead to champion itScrum Master certification or equivalent Agile qualification, ideally with evidence of applying it in a real delivery environment (strongly preferred)Experience working closely with application development teams, organising workloads and driving quality outcomesCompetent with DevOps stack reporting and toolingStrong communication skills; comfortable engaging with business stakeholders at all levelsExperience managing or overseeing external delivery partners Desirable Experience in wealth management, financial services or a regulated environmentBackground in software development, giving a strong appreciation of what development teams need to deliver wellAdditional DevOps or Agile certifications What’s on Offer Salary: circa £90k plus excellent banking benefits and total comp.City of London locationAssistant Director gradeLine management responsibility with scope to grow as the application portfolio expandsA technically interesting environment delivering across a modern, cloud-connected Microsoft Stack
