Delivery Manager

Delivery Manager – NHS Projects

Location: Primarily remote with occasional travel to client sites

Start Date: ASAP

Employment Type: Permanent

Interview Process: 2x Stages

NHS Experience essential, ideally within a consultancy environment

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager to lead the end‑to‑end delivery of digital and transformation initiatives across NHS settings. The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of NHS environments, proven delivery capability, and ideally consultancy experience where they’ve worked across multiple clients or programmes.

You’ll ensure projects run smoothly, teams stay aligned, risks are managed early, and delivery outcomes meet clinical, operational and technical expectations. This is a hands‑on delivery role requiring someone who is structured, collaborative, and excellent at stakeholder management.

Project and Programme Delivery

• Lead the planning, execution and delivery of digital, IT or transformation projects within NHS organisations.
• Maintain delivery roadmaps, timelines and RAID logs.
• Remove blockers and ensure momentum across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure delivery outputs align with strategic objectives and end user needs.

Stakeholder and Client Engagement

• Build strong relationships with senior NHS stakeholders including clinical, operational and digital leads.
• Facilitate workshops, stand‑ups and progress meetings.
• Set clear expectations and provide transparent reporting on delivery progress.

Governance and Risk Management

• Implement and manage governance frameworks suited to NHS environments.
• Monitor delivery health and address risks, issues and dependencies proactively.
• Ensure compliance with NHS standards, IG requirements and quality expectations.
• Support and motivate cross‑functional teams including Product, Technical, Clinical and Business Change.
• Champion agile ways of working and continuous improvement.
• Foster a collaborative and delivery focused team culture.
• Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Project Manager or Programme Coordinator delivering digital or transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of NHS workflows, structures and programme governance.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity.
• Consultancy background working across multiple clients or programmes.
• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies.
• Exposure to EPR, interoperability, health informatics, clinical systems or similar digital health programmes.

• Strong delivery discipline and organisational skills.
• Effective stakeholder and relationship management.
• Ability to manage risk and resolve blockers.
• Clear communicator with strong reporting skills.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in fast paced environments.

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