Senior Consultant - Agile Project Delivery

£45,000–£65,000 (DoE) + Annual Bonus | Hybrid Working.This is a fantastic opportunity to join our fast-growing business. We are looking for the right person to help grow our Delivery capability within i3

Works.

i3

Works is a trusted, innovative management consultancy business. With service offerings across Project, Programme and Portfolio Management & delivery, IT Architecture, IT Service Management and Digital, Data & Technology professions, we pride ourselves on helping our customers make lasting improvements to their performance and realise their most important goals.

Our clients across the defence, private and public sector environments all highly value our work ethic, flexibility and adaptability.

We are seeking an experienced and versatile Delivery Manager at the Senior Consultant level to join our team. The ideal candidate will not only excel as a Delivery Manager but also be willing and able to deploy to support our clients in related disciplines, such as Product Owner and Product Manager roles.

The projects, products and services we deliver for our clients will be varied and this role will provide the platform to define and implement the optimal delivery methodology to guide our clients to early value realisation whilst working toward strategic business benefits.

As a Delivery Manager you will lead, guide and influence broad stakeholder groups using effective communication, and utilisation of your discipline to deliver the agreed strategy. This is an outward-facing role requiring effective leadership and stakeholder engagement together with well-developed collaborative working practices.

Delivery Strategy

• Definition of and adherence to the delivery strategy, with effective collaboration and communication to bring the wider team on the journey.
• Partnering with sector and service heads from across the business to ensure that the service is meeting both user and business needs.
• Translate strategic objectives and problem statements into an actionable vision for the project, product or service you are managing the delivery of.
• Support product management to effectively manage and plan stakeholder engagement and dependencies.

Business Development

• Assist in the assembly of high-quality tenders and/or submissions.
• Market the organisation’s capabilities and win work with clients to support growth.
• Maintain and develop the highest standards of client relations including major client account management.
• Maintain and report upon a Consultancy sales pipeline focused on the delivery of project controls-based consultancy offerings.

Delivery

• Collaborate with Product Managers to define roadmaps and translate them into actionable user stories.
• Work with external suppliers and wider stakeholder dependencies on integrated delivery roadmaps.
• Identify methods to routinely report delivery performance against a given plan or roadmap, including the identification of performance issues and escalation to senior leadership.
• Facilitate dynamic planning processes, prioritising work based on team capacity and capability.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment between business goals and delivery.
• Where appropriate, Implement Agile and Lean principles to maximise efficiency and minimise waste.
• Foster a positive team environment, ensuring collaboration, trust, and motivation.
• Monitor budgets, risks, and dependencies to ensure smooth project execution.
• Identify areas for process enhancement and drive maturity within the organisation.

Team Leadership

• Set clear goals for the team and individuals to drive high performance.
• Regularly assess the performance and delivery model of the team and find ways to improve its contribution to outcomes and strategic benefits sought
• Monitor the well-being of the team and support them do their best work through coaching and removing roadblocks.
• Identify resourcing needs to enable business strategy, recruit, and onboard employees to set them up for high performance.
• Oversight of the operation of the Digital capabilities and competencies framework and associated training requirements.
• Act as a mentor and/or coach on agile best practice