About the Role
Lead complex, data-driven transformation programmes for organisations in regulated environments such as pensions, insurance, and financial services. This role is for a delivery lead comfortable at the intersection of operations, data, and technology, bringing structure and momentum to programmes where execution certainty is critical.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, data-driven transformation programmes.
- Work closely with client stakeholders across operations, IT, and senior leadership.
- Help clients move from fragmented, manual processes to more standardised, scalable, and analytics-led operating models.
- Provide hands-on leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
- Manage dependencies across teams while maintaining a clear focus on outcomes such as speed, quality, and capacity.
- Define, design, assess, and deliver transformation initiatives.
- Translate technical concepts into clear language for non-technical stakeholders.
- Bring consensus within challenging stakeholder groups.
Requirements
- Minimum of 6 years’ total professional experience in agile / programme delivery.
- Minimum of 3 years’ consulting experience.
- Minimum of 4 years’ Financial Services / Insurance experience.
- Strong understanding and experience of Jira setup at scale.
- Strong understanding of Agile practices to support collaboration between business and technology teams.
- Excellent understanding of RAID and cross functional dependency management.
- Capability to design, implement and coach Agile delivery practices from a standing start.
- Deep understanding of the mechanisms and tools (e.g: MS Project, Atlassian suite, Power BI) required to manage successful delivery.
- Experience leading complex data-led and AI transformation programmes in regulated industries (e.g. financial services, pensions, insurance, asset management).
- Comfortable operating in environments where commercial outcomes (ROI, capacity release, cost reduction) are as important as delivery milestones.
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
- A naturally collaborative approach to your work.
- Enthusiasm and comprehensive understanding of the business and modern technological landscape and an ability to translate that knowledge to solve client problems.
- A positive, can-do attitude, strong team ethos and ability to work in an entrepreneurial environment.
- Proactive approach to your work, maintaining high quality standards while embracing innovative approaches to solve complex challenges.
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
- All offers of employment are conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment right to work check.
Skills
- Agile delivery
- Programme delivery
- Consulting
- Financial Services
- Insurance
- Jira setup at scale
- Agile practices
- RAID management
- Cross functional dependency management
- Agile delivery practices coaching
- MS Project
- Atlassian suite
- Power BI
- Data-led transformation
- AI transformation
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Stakeholder management skills
- Collaborative approach
- Business understanding
- Technological landscape understanding
- Problem solving
- Can-do attitude
- Team ethos
- Entrepreneurial environment adaptability
- Proactive approach
- High quality standards
- Innovative approaches
- Leveraging AI tools to automate business processes
- Enhancing operational efficiency
- PMP certification
- PRINCE2 certification
- Agile certifications (CSM, PSM, PSPO, SAFe)
- Cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks)
- Integration processes
- Cyber security assessments
- Development of improvement programmes
Location
- London Area
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 6 years’ total professional experience
- Minimum of 3 years’ consulting experience
- Minimum of 4 years’ Financial Services / Insurance experience
Education Level
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile (CSM, PSM, PSPO, SAFe) are highly desirable.
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive base salary and industry leading bonus scheme
Benefits
- Shareholding in Transform Together
- Training opportunities and incentives
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private Health Care with a leading provider
- Transform Together on Tour
- Quarterly Socials
About the Company
- Our mission is to enable people to live and work to their greatest potential.
- We are a consultancy full of business and technology transformation specialists who share the same values, attitude and work ethic.
- We believe that we do our best work with clients when we collaborate, feel truly valued and put happiness at the forefront of our operating model.
- At Transform Together, we help clients define, design, assess and deliver their transformation initiatives.
- Delivery and measurability are at the forefront of our consulting model.
- Our fresh, innovative viewpoint and delivery discipline create a competitive advantage, which is evident in our growth rate; we have maintained a triple-digit growth rate year-on-year.
- We are a delivery and team-oriented firm looking for like-minded individuals who have a passion for value creation.
- Industry: Business Consulting and Services
