Delivery Lead

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 21 March 2025
Requisition ID: 289638

We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you'll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We've made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP.

Sainsburys Tech - Delivery Lead

Joining our team at Sainsbury's means being part of a fast-paced and innovative organisation that plays a crucial role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. As a Delivery Lead, you will be at the forefront of our cross-functional teams, driving the successful delivery of technical programmes and ensuring key business outcomes are achieved. With the opportunity to work on complex projects and collaborate with diverse stakeholders, you will have the chance to make a real impact on our global supply chain.

What you'll do

1. Build and manage the relationship between cross-functional teams.
2. Evaluate progress in line with programme objectives.
3. Ensure projects are delivered within agreed parameters of cost, time, and quality.
4. Coordinate delivery across multiple engineering teams.
5. Plan and manage significant deployments.
6. Identify and mitigate risks and issues.
7. Conduct post-implementation reviews.
8. Contribute to the development of our Delivery Practice.

Who you are

As a Delivery Lead, you are a highly experienced and strategically-minded professional with a proven track record in delivering technical programmes within a product environment. Your expertise lies in managing cross-functional teams, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and continuously evaluating progress against programme objectives.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits.

Benefits:

1. 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% on specific days.
2. Pensions scheme and life cover.
3. Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary.
4. Annual holiday allowance with the option to buy additional holiday.
5. Season ticket loans and interest-free car loans.
6. Health cash plans and pay advance options.
7. Employee Assistance Programme and private healthcare.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.

Please see for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).