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# Head of Delivery - Event Technology

- **Company:** Lorien
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, RAID
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-85CADD544E1A161A49/

## About the Role

* Proven experience leading delivery teams and complex technology programmes across multiple departments or regions
 * Experience delivering customer-facing, greenfield technology products
 * Strong knowledge of agile delivery methodologies, including SAFe
 * Solid programme and portfolio management skills: planning, governance, prioritisation and balancing demand against capacity
 * Experience in resource planning and vendor management
 * A track record of leading teams through change and embedding delivery playbooks and metrics
 * Confident workshop facilitation and problem-solving, with the presence to engage executive stakeholders
 * Proficiency with agile and portfolio tooling (eg Jira), RAID logs and reporting dashboards

Desirable

 * PgMP or equivalent programme management certification
 * Experience with ITIL, SAFe and Six Sigma
 * Background in events, media or B2B digital products

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

## Description

We're looking for an experienced Head of Delivery to lead the delivery function for the client's Event Technology product family on a 4-month interim basis. Reporting to the VP of Product Delivery, you'll oversee the delivery of a portfolio of customer-facing digital products across multiple business divisions, working closely with Product, Engineering and Architecture leaders, platform teams and third-party delivery partners.
This is a pivotal role during a period of change, as the business beds in a new product-based technology operating model. You'll bring stability, structure and pace, making sure delivery is predictable, well governed and aligned to strategic goals., * Translate business goals and product roadmaps into executable delivery plans for the product family, adjusting resources and focus as priorities shift

 * Provide oversight of all delivery initiatives, from strategic transformation and M&A-related change to risk and compliance work, continuous improvement and run activity (break-fix, technology upgrades)
 * Provide programme leadership on key transformation initiatives where needed
 * Embed consistent governance frameworks, decision points and escalation routes
 * Monitor and report on delivery performance, managing risks, issues and cross-initiative dependencies
 * Own delivery budget and resource planning for the product family
 * Manage third-party suppliers in line with internal supplier management standards
 * Implement delivery frameworks, standards, metrics and KPIs, championing lean-agile ways of working
 * Lead and support the delivery team through organisational change, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
 * Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, communicating progress, risks and outcomes clearly and translating technical concepts into business language