Senior Delivery Manager – Security Clearance Eligibility

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across multi-team, multi-stream technology programmes
• Ensure delivery is structured, predictable, and aligned to agreed outcomes
• Actively identify, manage, and unblock delivery risks and dependencies
• Own incident management, prioritisation, and response coordination
• Support both development and operational (Dev Ops) aspects of delivery
• Act as a delivery “umbrella” for engineering teams, protecting focus and removing friction
• Ensure teams are set up to succeed with clear priorities, context, and direction
• Avoid simply escalating issues - take ownership of driving resolution
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing delivery environment
• Define and track delivery metrics such as velocity, lead time, burn-down, and throughput
• Use data to assess delivery health, forecast outcomes, and inform decision-making
• Provide clear, evidence-based reporting to stakeholders
• Drive improvements in delivery practices, processes, and ways of working

• Experience delivering complex, multi-team technical programmes (cloud, Dev Ops, or platform engineering environments)
• A strong understanding of Agile and Dev Ops delivery practices
• Experience in incident management, prioritisation, and operational delivery
• Ability to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery governance effectively
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior and executive-level stakeholders
• Experience working in public sector or similarly regulated environments
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to unblock and drive delivery forward