Assignment

The National Lottery is currently undertaking a major transformation of its digital gaming platforms through the Apollo program. Together with international partners, we are building a future-ready platform that will support the efficient, scalable and high-quality development, migration and management of a broad portfolio of digital games.

To support this strategic transformation, we are looking for a Technical Delivery Lead who brings together solid technical expertise, strong delivery discipline and excellent stakeholder management skills.

As Technical Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for the technical governance, delivery coordination and quality assurance of the full instant lottery game portfolio.

You will act as the bridge between Product Owners, development teams, suppliers and internal stakeholders, ensuring that both new and existing games are delivered in a predictable, high-quality and efficient way.

In this role, you will combine the responsibilities of a technical reference point, delivery coordinator and quality guardian within a complex multi-vendor environment.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Ensure the technical coherence and long-term maintainability of the game portfolio.
• Review and challenge solution designs and technical choices.
• Define, maintain and promote technical standards and guidelines.
• Identify, assess and manage technical risks in a timely manner.
• Encourage reuse of components and standardisation across the portfolio.
• Support architecture and design reviews with a pragmatic delivery mindset.
• Monitor technical debt and drive structural improvement initiatives.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical oversight to ensure adherence to coding, technical, and architectural standards.
• Collaborate with partners to continuously adopt and implement improvements to the game development framework.

Delivery Management

• Develop, maintain, and track the roadmap, release plan, and migration plan for the instant lottery game portfolio.
• Coordinate dependencies across internal teams, external suppliers and delivery partners.
• Track progress, capacity, budgets, risks and key delivery constraints.
• Escalate blockers early and propose clear, actionable solution scenarios.
• Provide transparent progress reporting to management and governance bodies.
• Organise and facilitate effective delivery governance.

Quality Assurance & Operational Readiness

• Define clear quality expectations for games and platform components.
• Oversee the test strategy and follow up on test execution.
• Ensure release readiness and controlled production introductions.
• Follow up on defects, incidents and improvement actions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery and quality processes.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Serve as the central technical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Strengthen collaboration between Product Owners, development teams and suppliers.
• Facilitate decision-making on technical and delivery-related topics.
• Create transparency around risks, planning, dependencies and trade-offs.

Experience

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in software development, software delivery or solution architecture.
• At least 5 years of experience in a senior technical, coordinating or delivery-oriented role.
• Strong experience in complex software programs and multi-vendor environments.
• Proven experience with Agile delivery models and iterative delivery approaches.
• Experience with software migrations and digital transformation programs is a strong asset.

Technical competencies

• Good understanding of software architecture and modern software development principles.
• Experience with API-driven integrations and microservices-based architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud architectures and modern digital platforms.
• Good understanding of DevOps, CI/CD and automation practices.
• Solid knowledge of test strategy and quality management.
• Experience with release and configuration management.
• Hands-on familiarity with delivery and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence and GitHub.
• Ability to assess where AI-assisted tools can add value in software delivery, documentation, testing and quality assurance, while ensuring their responsible, controlled and compliant use.
• Experience with digital platforms, content-driven solutions or gaming environments is an advantage.

Personal competencies

• Strong analytical skills and sound judgement.
• Natural leadership, with the ability to influence without relying on hierarchical authority.
• Pragmatic, result-oriented and focused on progress.
• Able to make clear decisions under time pressure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to translate technical complexity into clear messages for non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to build trust across organisational boundaries.

Expected contribution

In this role, you are expected to create tangible value by:

• embedding technical quality into the delivery process;
• identifying and managing risks at an early stage;
• making planning, commitments and deliveries more predictable;
• improving collaboration between internal teams, suppliers and delivery partners;
• contributing to a scalable, maintainable and future-ready game portfolio;
• supporting the successful realisation of the Apollo transformation program.