Senior Delivery & Change Manager

Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JE
, UK

Posted Monday 16 February 2026 at 6:00 am

Job Title: Senior Delivery & Change Manager

Department: Business Change & Transformation

Location: Sheffield

Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office

Contract Type: Fixed Term, 12 months

Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum

At Tes we are on a mission to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by delivering EdTech solutions that give educators the tools to succeed. From safeguarding and compliance to staff and pupil management, our innovative and flexible software and services help teachers and school leaders worldwide to provide the best education to millions of children.

With more than 13 million educators in our community, combined with our working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries, we have been making a difference for over 100 years.

As a Senior Delivery & Change Manager, you will lead the delivery of high-value, high-risk, and strategically significant initiatives across the organisation. You’ll manage a complex portfolio of projects and change programmes, often running concurrently, requiring strong context switching, prioritisation, and stakeholder management. This role demands a confident and experienced delivery professional who can navigate ambiguity, drive outcomes, and embed sustainable change at pace.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex and high-impact projects and change initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Manage multiple concurrent work streams, balancing competing priorities and adapting to shifting business needs.
• Own delivery planning, execution, and implementation, applying appropriate methodologies to optimise time to value.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders to ensure clarity, alignment, and support throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across a dynamic portfolio.
• Drive change adoption and embed new ways of working, ensuring initiatives are sustained and benefits realised.
• Provide coaching and guidance to other delivery managers and contribute to the development of delivery capability across the function.
• Champion continuous improvement and contribute to the evolution of delivery and change practices.

• Successful delivery of high-value, high-risk initiatives to agreed time, scope, and value targets.
• Effective management of a complex and varied portfolio, with strong context switching and prioritisation.
• Senior stakeholder engagement and influence across business units.
• Contribution to strategic planning, delivery maturity, and capability development.

• The ideal candidate will have significant experience leading the delivery of complex, high-value projects and change programmes, ideally within a portfolio or transformation setting.
• You’ll be confident managing multiple concurrent initiatives, navigating ambiguity, and driving outcomes in fast-paced environments. Experience influencing senior stakeholders and embedding change across business functions is essential.

• Strong understanding of delivery and change management principles, including project life cycles, stakeholder engagement, benefits realisation, and governance.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies is essential.

• Exceptional planning, coordination, and communication skills, with the ability to manage complexity, lead through ambiguity, and influence at all levels.
• Strong judgement, adaptability, and a strategic mindset are key to success in this role.

• Formal delivery and change certifications (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile
  
  PM, Scrum Master, Prosci) are desirable but not essential.
• Practical experience and the ability to apply delivery principles effectively in complex environments are more important than formal credentials.

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30
• State of the art offices
• Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World
• Free eye care cover
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• EAP (Employee assistance programme)
• Quarterly Tes Socials
• Access to an extensive…