Perceptive

Biopharmaceutical

DeliveryLead,SoftwareDevelopment

£75–110k ~AI est. United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Lead candidates.

The Brief

“Delivery Lead, Software Development at Perceptive. Skills: Agile Delivery, Project Management, Release Management, Stakeholder Management. Drive Agile adoption and maturity. Facilitate ceremonies”

Industry & Context.

Biopharmaceutical
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Critical thinking

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven experience in project delivery, Experience in Life Sciences sector, Experience in cloud deployment, Experience developing AI-powered software, Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or equivalent experience, Fluent English

Nice to Have

Exposure to Medical Imaging domain, Exposure to Life Sciences environment, Agile certifications

What You'll Do.

Drive Agile adoption and maturity

Facilitate ceremonies

Enable self-managed teams

Support Product Owners

Maintain project plans

Identify delivery risks

Assess delivery risks

Mitigate delivery risks

Manage change control processes

Ensure quality reviews

Ensure compliance with standards

Lead release planning

Lead release execution

Coordinate release scheduling

Ensure rollback procedures are conducted

Ensure post-release reviews are conducted

Drive adoption of automation

Identify process improvements

Implement process improvements

Conduct maturity assessments

Prioritize improvement opportunities

Promote learning culture

Develop stakeholder engagement strategies

Execute stakeholder engagement strategies

Act as single point of contact

Manage lessons learned

Define measurement frameworks

Implement measurement frameworks

Specify data collection methods

Specify reporting formats

Provide progress updates

Understand client requirements

Communicate industry trends

Communicate technology impacts

Ensure compliance with security standards

Ensure compliance with privacy standards

Ensure compliance with ethics standards

Ensure compliance with accessibility standards

Track IT expenditures

Report IT expenditures

Track resource expenditures

Report resource expenditures

Identify budget variances

Provide input for corrective actions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Matrixed teams; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Verbal communication; Written communication

Process & Methodology

Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma

Full Job Description

We’re on a mission to change the future of clinical research. At Perceptive, we help the biopharmaceutical industry bring medical treatments to the market, faster. Our mission is to change the world but to do this, we need people like you. ## ## ## **What can we offer you?** Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you: **YOURSELF** • 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy more) **HEALTH** • Health Cash Plan • Optional private health, dental insurance, and health screens • Cycle to work scheme **WEALTH** • Generous pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution • Life assurance • Season ticket loan **About the role** # **Job Purpose** # Working within the Software Engineering group supporting our **Medical Imaging** business, as **Delivery Lead** you'll be responsible for ensuring the successful, high quality and timely release of complex software, managing the end-to-end delivery process, unblocking teams and deploying Agile principles and project management best practices. Reporting to the Associate Director, Project & Program Management, you'll provide hands-on facilitation, driving high-performing sprint teams, optimizing workflows and ensuring projects meet agreed timelines, scope and budget. Ideally equipped with expertise in the **Medical Imaging** domain and exposure to developing AI-enabled SaaS solutions, you'll certainly possess experience of working in a similar, highly regulated **Life Sciences** environment. Acting as a 'servant leader', you'll drive continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement and proactive risk management whilst fostering effective collaboration across matrixed teams. # **Key Responsibilities** **Agile Delivery & Team Leadership** * Drive Agile adoption and maturity across teams, applying Scrum, Kanban or scaled frameworks. * Facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments, and enable self-managed, high-performing teams. * Support Product Owners in backlog refinement and prioritization. * Promote Agile values, principles, and con

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