Senior Delivery Manager - National Crime Agency - G7

Location

Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Calder (Normanton), Leicester, London, Warrington. For roles based in London, your contractual place of work will be Stratford. While the Stratford site is expected to become operational from November 2025 - March 2026, you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall or another reasonable location on a temporary basis during the interim period. Please note that, as Stratford will be your contractual place of work, any subsequent move from a temporary location will not entitle you to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy.

Job summary:

The Agency has recently launched an ambitious strategy around how it will deliver its mission over the next 5‑years. In order to deliver against this strategy, we need people who can help us to manage and deliver a wide range of projects. The pace of change within the digital and tech world means we need to be agile and innovative in how we respond to threats while exploiting the opportunities these present.

As a Senior Delivery Manager you will manage specific technical projects on a day‑to‑day basis. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.

You will have a key role in working with stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised. You will be working with internal and external senior stakeholders, partners, business leads and colleagues across the Agency.

The breadth and complexity of our work means that we are looking for talented and motivated individuals to join us, using the skills and experiences you bring to be part of multi‑disciplinary teams to build, operate and sustain our world‑leading capabilities. It’s a demanding but rewarding job with opportunities to develop your skills and career whilst doing work that makes an impact to the UK and the communities we serve.

Please note:

1) The Digital Data and Technology, and Transformation Commands are recruiting for this position. If successful, you will be allocated to one of these areas.

2) This role sits within the Delivery manager – Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework.

We are looking for effective technical delivery project management professionals who have proven experience of managing multi‑disciplinary project teams to deliver change across medium to large complex projects. You will be instrumental in ensuring delivery of the agreed outputs, ensuring an appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place to monitor long‑term delivery of benefits.

Your responsibilities will encompass the day‑to‑day management and leadership of technical project teams and line management of project managers. You will provide effective leadership and management controls, set project controls, design the project structure and organisation appropriate to each stage and set appropriate delivery methodologies while managing effective transition between project phases.

You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of projects including budget management to ensure the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will have a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised. Moreover, you will be a driving force in fostering a culture of efficiency, effectiveness, and ambition within the directorate and beyond, challenging conventional thinking and stimulating innovative solutions.

• Delivery – Create and lead the project to optimise delivery of agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints and enabling benefit realisation.
• Project Management and Team Leadership – Day‑to‑day management and leadership of the project and the multi‑disciplinary project teams. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation…