Senior Delivery Lead – Cognitive Automation Ecosystem
Viladecans, Barcelona Area (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)
We are supporting a major global travel group on the appointment of a Senior Delivery Lead to join their Cognitive Automation Ecosystem team.
This team is responsible for transforming AI and automation from isolated initiatives into a scalable, enterprise-wide capability, providing the platforms, governance, and shared services required to enable safe and effective delivery across the organisation.
This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who thrives in complex technology environments and enjoys bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to fast-moving delivery programmes.
The Role
You will lead delivery across multiple concurrent AI, automation, and enterprise technology initiatives, working closely with technical leads, engineering teams, architecture, and senior business stakeholders.
The successful candidate will be responsible for driving delivery standards, managing dependencies and governance, maintaining clear delivery roadmaps, and ensuring teams remain focused on high-value outcomes without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.
This role requires someone who can influence through credibility and judgement rather than formal authority.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate delivery across complex technology programmes
- Manage integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and reporting
- Drive delivery discipline, governance, and accountability across teams
- Own and maintain prioritised roadmaps and delivery-ready backlogs
- Work closely with engineering and technical leadership to sequence and prioritise work effectively
- Ensure strong Jira and Agile delivery practices are maintained
- Communicate confidently with senior stakeholders and provide clear delivery visibility
- Identify duplication and support the development of reusable enterprise capabilities and shared services
Required Experience
- 10+ years’ experience delivering complex enterprise technology programmes
- Strong background in AI, automation, data, platform, or API-led delivery environments
- Proven experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives with shared dependencies
- Strong stakeholder management and governance capability
- Experience operating within cloud and enterprise technology environments
- Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or fast-changing environments
- Strong Agile delivery and Jira management experience
Preferred Experience
- Experience within enterprise platform or shared capability teams
- Exposure to AI operating models, orchestration frameworks, or intelligent automation ecosystems
- Experience working in highly regulated or operationally complex environments
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to join a strategically important enterprise transformation programme
- High-visibility role within a fast-evolving AI and automation landscape
- Collaborative international environment
- Hybrid working model – 2 days onsite in Viladecans