Senior Delivery Lead (Cognitive Automation Ecosystem)

Senior Delivery Lead (Cognitive Automation Ecosystem)6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - market rateHeathrow based - hybrid working - up to 3 days a week onsite About the Role The Cognitive Automation Ecosystem team turns agentic automation and AI from isolated initiatives into a safe, scalable, enterprise capability. It provides the platform, guardrails, and shared services that agentic delivery and run teams rely upon to scale safely and effectively across the business. This is a hands-on delivery role for someone who genuinely enjoys bringing order to complexity. You''ll lead delivery across multiple technology programmes, where competing priorities, shared resources, and fast-moving timelines are the norm, not the exception. You''ll work through influence rather than authority, earning trust quickly, pushing back when needed, and keeping the squad moving without creating bureaucratic drag. There is no dedicated product lead, so you''ll work closely with the Technical Lead to shape priorities and turn requirements into clear, sequenced delivery outcomes.What You''ll OwnTeam Leadership and DeliveryLead a small team of contract engineers, setting clear direction and keeping delivery on trackCreate a high-performing, psychologically safe, delivery-focused culture with clarity of ownership and high standardsCommunicate credibly with senior stakeholders and step in quickly when things wobbleGovernance, Planning and ReportingOwn integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, delivery ..... full job details .....