Digital Principal Delivery Lead

Job Description: Digital Principal Delivery Lead UK / Hybrid working Permanent Competitive Salary & Bonus, Health Insurance, Car Allowance, Pension Full Time – 37.5 hours Closing Date for applications – 18th April 2025 We make health happen! We’re a leading health insurer and healthcare provider, with care homes, health centres, dental practices and a hospital. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. Your input will support Bupa to deliver on our purpose, helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives. How you’ll help us make health happen: We’re looking for a Principal Delivery Lead with Digital project experience to join our Transformation team in our UK Insurance business. This role is accountable for driving delivery of large complex change initiatives spanning multiple simultaneous & connected deliveries, utilising the appropriate identified delivery methodology (e.g. agile). You will be working with business leads and business stakeholders to define, plan, and deliver the defined outcomes in line with business & performance unit strategies. Leadership of the planning, shaping and management of large complex Digital change initiatives Lead delivery teams in a matrix approach, negotiating and influencing with resource managers Partner with Heads of Change & Transformation Delivery Support change across multiple teams and varying team maturities and methodologies, using different methods and data points. Act as Agile Release Train Engineer / Scrum Master Ensure high quality relationships with Executive Sponsors Encourage effective working relationships with colleagues across Bupa and with third parties to gain their commitment, support, and resource to deliver project work. Determine when necessary to escalate to the Delivery Hub Manage complex supplier relationships Engage with senior stakeholders at Bupa Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role: Principal / Senior Delivery Lead professional, well-rounded in variety of corporate projects (Digital and Customer) Agile project management expertise essential Previous experience of managing large-scale Digital projects Track record of partnering with Product / IT teams Continuous Improvement backlog management experience Excellent stakeholder management skills - gravitas to present at Board level Tenacious approach to problem solving Highly proficient in risk, resource, and cost/benefit management Strong negotiating and influencing skills Knowledge of the healthcare Insurance market is advantageous, not essential Benefits Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell Bupa health insurance for you and your family as a benefit in kind An enhanced pension plan and life insurance 25% Management Bonus (annual, discretionary) Car allowance Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available Various other benefits and online discounts Why Bupa? We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. Time Type: Full time Job Area: Locations: Bupa Place, Kirkstall Forge, Staines - Willow House, Victory House, Brighton Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference. Please introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that sounds like a good match.