Cleared Delivery Manager

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from Birmingham

Private medical insurance

Solid pension contribution

Generous annual leave

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd is hiring a Cleared Delivery Manager to lead defence and government programmes from planning through to handover. You will coordinate with MOD and government stakeholders, translate technical details for sponsors, and keep risks and budgets in check in a hybrid Birmingham-based setup.

Expect to coach junior staff, manage supplier relationships, and report to meet security and commercial requirements.

Qualifications

• Active SC clearance (or eligibility) and willingness to undergo vetting.
• Solid track record delivering programmes within defence, government or regulated sectors.
• Comfortable managing budgets, risk registers and resource plans without templates.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of programmes across defence and government contracts, from planning through to handover.
• Manage stakeholders across MOD, government departments and internal teams, translating between technical delivery and sponsors.
• Track risk, budget and resourcing across multiple workstreams and flag issues early.

Skills

Active SC clearance

Defence/government delivery

Budget & risk management

Stakeholder management

Delivery methodology (PRINCE2/Agile)

Calm under pressure

Job description

Step into this Cleared Delivery Manager role and build something that matters in Defence & Government.

Defence and government programmes run on people who can hold complex delivery together under scrutiny, and security clearance is the price of entry, not a bonus. This particular business is an established SME, still growing, working on programmes where getting it wrong has consequences beyond a missed deadline. They need a Cleared Delivery Manager who's done this before and won't need their hand held.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Own delivery of programmes across defence and government contracts, from planning through to handover
• Manage stakeholders across MOD, government departments, and internal teams, translating between technical delivery and non-technical sponsors
• Track risk, budget and resourcing across multiple workstreams, flagging issues before they become problems
• Run governance boards and reporting cycles that satisfy both commercial and security requirements
• Coach project leads and junior delivery staff, building capability within the team as it grows
• Manage supplier and subcontractor relationships where third parties are part of the delivery chain

Here are the skills you'll need:

• Active SC clearance (or eligibility, with willingness to undergo vetting)
• Solid track record delivering programmes within defence, government or another regulated sector
• Comfortable running budgets, risk registers and resource plans without needing a template for every step
• Strong stakeholder management. You can hold a room of senior sponsors and still get into the detail with engineers
• Working knowledge of a formal delivery methodology (PRINCE2, Agile, or similar), applied practically rather than by the book
• Calm under pressure. Government timelines shift and you need to adapt without losing the plan

Key perks and benefits:

• Salary of £51,000 to £73,000, plus a bonus scheme tied to delivery performance
• Hybrid working from Birmingham, with genuine flexibility around office days
• Private medical insurance and a solid pension contribution
• Generous annual leave, with structured processes that still leave room to manage your own week
• Defined role with a clear path to grow as the company scales its defence and government work

Why pursue a career in Defence & Government?

Defence and government spending isn't going anywhere, and Birmingham has quietly become one of the UK's stronger hubs for this kind of work outside London. Programmes in this sector tend to run long, which means real career progression rather than jumping between short contracts. Good delivery managers are scarce here, cleared ones scarcer still, and that scarcity tends to reward people who stick with it.