Job Description:

Cloud Technical Delivery Manager

Contract Length: 6 Months Initial Engagement
Location: UK-Based (Hybrid Working)
Platform: Microsoft Azure Enterprise Platform

Rate: £600 per day inside IR35

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Technical Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of a strategic, enterprise-scale Azure cloud platform supporting multiple transformation programmes within a large global organisation.

This is a high-profile leadership role responsible for driving the successful delivery of core cloud platform capabilities, including landing zones, governance frameworks, automation, connectivity, AI platforms, integration hubs, and cloud operating models.

The successful candidate will lead platform engineering and DevOps teams, coordinate multiple dependent workstreams, and ensure the platform transitions from approved architecture through build, testing, deployment, and operational acceptance.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Leadership

• Own the end-to-end delivery of the cloud platform roadmap, including MVP, Release 1, and future platform releases.
• Drive delivery from approved architecture through build, testing, deployment, and operational handover.
• Ensure delivery milestones, quality standards, and business outcomes are achieved.

Team Leadership & Agile Delivery

• Lead and manage the Cloud Platform Engineering and DevOps teams.
• Establish sprint cadences, delivery plans, resource allocation, and delivery priorities.
• Drive Agile delivery practices using Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or similar methodologies.
• Utilise delivery metrics and throughput data to support forecasting and release planning.

Platform & Migration Delivery

• Oversee the delivery of enterprise Azure landing zones and platform foundations.
• Coordinate cloud migration and brownfield remediation activities.
• Ensure workloads and applications are successfully onboarded to platform standards.
• Support multiple transformation programmes consuming platform services.

Stakeholder & Programme Coordination

• Manage relationships with programme leadership, architects, product teams, engineering teams, and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate dependent workstreams including:
• AI programmes
• Data platforms
• Integration services
• Cloud migration teams
• Application modernisation initiatives
• Maintain stakeholder confidence through proactive communication and governance.

Governance & Risk Management

• Own programme governance processes including:
• RAID management
• Design Authority reporting
• Steering Committee updates
• Change control processes
• Identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Escalate and resolve complex programme challenges.

Financial Management & FinOps

• Manage platform delivery budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting.
• Monitor Azure consumption costs and optimise spend.
• Work closely with Finance and FinOps teams to ensure cost transparency and control.
• Support resource planning and investment decisions.

Operational Readiness

• Define platform acceptance criteria and operational readiness requirements.
• Establish KPIs and success measures for platform adoption and service performance.
• Support the development of Acceptance-to-Run (ATR) processes and support models.
• Ensure smooth transition into operational services.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Azure cloud platform implementations, including landing zones and platform foundations.
• Strong experience delivering cloud migration programmes within large, complex organisations.
• Experience leading Cloud Platform Engineering and DevOps teams, including multi-vendor environments.
• Strong Agile delivery experience (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar).
• Experience managing budgets, financial forecasting, and cloud costs.
• Proven ability to manage multiple project teams and complex dependencies.
• Solid understanding of:
• Azure Landing Zones
• Hub-and-Spoke Networking
• Azure Identity & RBAC
• Azure Policy
• Monitoring & Security
• Good understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD delivery practices.
• Strong governance experience including RAID management, reporting, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience delivering platforms supporting AI/LLM workloads (Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, AI Gateway).
• FinOps experience including cloud cost management and reporting.
• Experience integrating cloud platforms with ServiceNow or similar ITSM solutions.
• Experience operating a Platform-as-a-Product model.
• Experience establishing Acceptance-to-Run (ATR) and support models.
• Relevant certifications such as:
• Microsoft Azure
• PMP
• PRINCE2
• PSM
• SAFe
• Experience within regulated or security-sensitive environments.