Strategic delivery lead

About the role

Hybrid role requiring three days a week in our London or Edinburgh office About us Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform, on a mission to help more people invest, and invest well. We’re building the infrastructure behind the next generation of investing. Our technology powers some of the UK’s most ambitious and forward-thinking banks, fintechs, financial advisers and wealth firms, giving them the software and services they need to launch and grow investment propositions at pace. We’ve grown rapidly to reach the scale of some of the UK’s largest investment platforms. Today, more than one million people – around 5% of UK investors – rely on Seccl to power their investment experience. And we’re now expanding into Europe. We’re proud to be part of Octopus, a group with a track record of using technology to transform established industries. Our sister company, Octopus Energy, has grown from a UK start-up into a global energy and technology business, while its now-demerged Kraken platform supports tens of millions of accounts around the world. We share that ambition to use better technology to transform an industry – replacing outdated investment infrastructure with technology that’s faster, simpler and built for the future. Like Octopus, we’re a B Corp-certified company, with a firm belief that profit and purpose should go hand in hand. If you want to help shape the future of investing in the UK and Europe, you’ll be in good company. Check out the Seccl website to see what we’re building and read more about our mission to shape the future of investments. The role You’ll join our strategic delivery team, reporting to our head of strategic delivery, and lead some of Seccl’s biggest and most complex programmes. These could include managing our entry to new markets, overseeing the onboarding of major new customers, tackling significant re-platforming projects or launching new operating models. You’ll take responsibility for a programme end to end – turning a strategic or commercial objective into a workable plan, bringing together the right people from across Seccl and driving the decisions needed to get it delivered. You’ll work across the business – collaborating with our product, engineering, operations, commercial, risk and finance teams, as well as directly with senior stakeholders at our customer firms. These programmes will be of significant commercial value and come with real complexity, so you’ll need to build strong relationships, make difficult calls and know when something genuinely needs escalating. What you’ll be accountable for... You will: Own complex strategic programmes end to end, from business case and mobilisation through to launch, migration and handover Build the business case, delivery plan, team and governance needed to get a programme moving Lead cross-functional delivery across Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Risk, Finance and other teams Drive decisions and resolve blockers, while managing risks, dependencies, scope, cost and timelines Lead commercial discussions with customer firms where needed, working closely with Commercial and Legal Run readiness and go/no-go decisions, then closing programmes against their original business case This role’s for you if... You have a background in financial services, fintech or another regulated industry and understand the complexity that comes with delivering significant change You have experience leading large, complex programmes (such as major re-platforming or new market expansion), and understand the complexities and inter-dependencies involved You’ve independently led complex, high-stakes programmes from start to finish, with accountability for delivery You’re comfortable creating direction and structure where there isn’t an existing playbook, and solving problems as they emerge You build strong relationships and collaborate well across teams, while being confident enough to challenge, hold people to account and m

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