Digital Delivery Manager - DV

Location: Northwood

Digital Delivery Manager
£700 per day (Umbrella) | Inside IR35 | 6-Month Contract | DV Cleared | Hybrid (London/Northwood)

Overview
A leading government defence organisation is seeking an experienced Digital Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of critical digital and technology programmes within a highly secure environment. The chosen candidate must have DV clearance, coupled with experience working within a multidisciplinary team interacting with End Users across Digital products, ideally within the defence sector who is happy to travel onsite 2 to 3 days per week in London.

The successful candidate will possess a strong background delivering complex digital transformation initiatives within defence, national security, government, aerospace, or other highly regulated sectors.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of digital projects and services.
Develop and maintain delivery plans, schedules, milestones, and reporting frameworks.
Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
Ensure delivery aligns with strategic objectives and operational requirements.
Build and maintain strong relationships with military, government, commercial, and technical stakeholders.
Act as the primary point of contact for delivery-related activities.
Facilitate effective communication across programme teams and leadership groups.
Ensure compliance with organisational governance frameworks and delivery standards.
Produce and present status reports, delivery dashboards, RAID logs, and programme updates.
Support assurance activities and governance reviews.
Identify, assess, and mitigate programme risks.
Manage inter-project dependencies and delivery challenges.
Drive resolution of issues impacting delivery performance.
Essential Experience

Proven experience delivering complex digital, technology, or transformation programmes.
Strong project and delivery management expertise.
Experience managing multiple concurrent work streams.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities within fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
Experience working within defence, government, aerospace, national security, or other highly regulated sectors.
Understanding of governance, assurance, and delivery frameworks.
Experience operating within secure or classified environments.
One state interview process via MS team, ASAP start