Delivery Lead - Technical

• Consumer habits are anything but linear and attention must be earned. At Digitas, we understand that to break through, brands must be surprising, entertaining, and authentic.
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Overview

We're looking for a Delivery Lead (Technical) to lead the successful delivery of large-scale technical programs across some of our most important client partnerships. This position leads complex technical programs spanning UX, technology and data while partnering with senior stakeholders to shape delivery strategy and outcomes.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines technical delivery expertise, commercial acumen and strong people leadership to turn strategy into high-impact digital solutions.

Responsibilities

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the end-to-end delivery of complex technical programs across the full software delivery lifecycle, from discovery and planning through to build, testing and release.
• Partnering with senior client stakeholders to define priorities, align teams and drive confident decision-making.
• Facilitating workshops that uncover business needs, prioritise opportunities and shape delivery roadmaps.
• Working closely with UX, Data and Technology teams to deliver outcomes that balance business value, customer needs and technical feasibility.
• Taking ownership of commercial performance through forecasting, budgeting, scope management and delivery governance.
• Coaching Project Managers, improving delivery maturity and driving innovation, including the adoption of AI-enabled delivery practices.

About You

We know great candidates bring experience from many different backgrounds, so we're more interested in your capabilities and potential than a perfect match to every requirement. You will likely bring:

7+ years' experience delivering complex technical, digital or product-led programs.

Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across UX, engineering, technology and data functions.

Strong understanding of Agile delivery, product development and software delivery methodologies.

Proven capability managing enterprise-scale programs, stakeholders, budgets and commercial outcomes.

Experience facilitating workshops, roadmap planning and prioritisation sessions.

Expertise with delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Monday.com or similar platforms.

Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.

A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."

Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.

A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.

A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.

Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.

Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.

Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.

Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.

A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/

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If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

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Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

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