Delivery Assurance Coordinator

IBM SiXworks; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Generous pension

Bonus and professional development

On-site gym, café & restaurant

Secure parking

Job summary

SiXworks is seeking a Technical Delivery Assurance Coordinator to join our defence-focused delivery teams. You will collaborate with engineering, delivery, and service groups to ensure governance, lifecycle controls, and assurance activities are tracked and reported effectively.

You will support governance boards, track milestones, risks, and dependencies, and help standardise reporting and documentation across programmes. A pragmatic, stakeholder-focused approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Delivery coordination or PMO/assurance support experience.
• Ability to apply standards pragmatically across delivery.
• Basic understanding of SDLC and IT lifecycle concepts.
• Experience supporting governance, reporting or compliance activities.
• Strong organisational and documentation skills.
• Experience with delivery or technical teams.
• Experience in public sector, defence, or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methods.
• Awareness of ITIL or service management concepts.
• Exposure to cloud environments (AWS/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assurance activities across projects and delivery workstreams.
• Maintain governance frameworks, templates, and reporting packs.
• Track progress against delivery lifecycle checkpoints (SDLC, STLC, Service Transition).
• Prepare for governance boards, audits, and assurance reviews.
• Produce status reports, dashboards, and stakeholder summaries.
• Highlight documentation gaps and issues clearly.
• Act as liaison between technical teams and governance stakeholders.
• Support communication of assurance outcomes to programme leadership.
• Identify opportunities to streamline delivery processes.

Skills

Delivery coordination

PMO

Governance

Assurance support

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Cross-functional

Agile familiarity

ITIL awareness

AWS familiarity

Azure familiarity

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Work on Technology That Protects What Matters

At SiXworks, we build secure digital solutions that support Defence and National Security missions. Our teams work on complex problems where reliability, security, and speed of innovation matter.

We're looking for a Technical Delivery Assurance Coordinator who enjoys solving difficult technical challenges and wants their work to have real operational impact.

What You'll Do

As a Technical Assurance Delivery Coordinator, you'll work closely with engineering, delivery, and service teams to ensure that delivery activities are aligned to agreed standards, governance processes, and lifecycle controls. The focus of the role is on tracking, reporting, and facilitating assurance activities rather than performing deep technical reviews.

Your work may include:

Governance & Assurance Support

• Coordinate assurance activities across projects and delivery workstreams.
• Maintain governance frameworks, templates, and reporting packs.
• Track progress against delivery lifecycle checkpoints (SDLC, STLC, Service Transition).
• Support preparation for governance boards, audits, and assurance reviews.
• Ensure required documentation is complete, up-to-date, and stored appropriately.

Delivery Coordination

• Work with delivery managers and technical teams to track milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Assist in planning and scheduling governance reviews and checkpoints.
• Follow up on actions from assurance reviews and governance meetings.
• Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement
• Produce regular status reports, dashboards, and summaries for stakeholders.
• Highlight documentation gaps and issues, and concerns in a clear and structured way.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and governance stakeholders.
• Support communication of assurance outcomes to programme leadership.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Support the continual improvement of delivery, assurance, and governance processes across programmes and projects.
• Help standardise reporting and documentation practices.
• Identify areas where delivery processes can be streamlined.

What We're Looking For

We value people who take ownership, think critically, and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team tackling complex challenges. You don't need to tick every box, but we're particularly interested in people with skills/experience in:

• A delivery coordination, PMO, governance, or assurance support role.
• Promote pragmatic application of standards, controls, and delivery frameworks, balancing governance requirements with effective delivery outcomes.
• Basic understanding of software delivery and IT lifecycle concepts (SDLC, testing, service delivery).
• Experience supporting governance, reporting, or compliance activities.
• Strong organisational and documentation skills.
• Experience working with delivery or technical teams.
• Experience within public sector, defence, or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methods.
• Awareness of ITIL or service management concepts.
• Exposure to cloud or technical delivery environments (AWS/Azure) - awareness only, not hands-on.
• Just as important are curiosity, strong problem solving ability, and the motivation to continuously improve how technology is designed and delivered.

About SiXworks

SiXworks is a specialist digital innovation partner delivering secure, mission-critical technology to Defence and National Security organisations. We focus on digital experimentation, secure-by-design architecture, cloud technologies, and rapid application development to help our customers move faster and stay ahead of evolving challenges.

Our team combines expertise from across technology, business, and operational backgrounds including the armed forces creating a collaborative environment where practical thinking and innovation thrive.

Why Join Us

Our culture is guided by six principles: Agility, Security, Innovation, Quality, Collaboration and Inclusivity our North Star for how we work. SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments.

As an end-to-end digital innovation and delivery partner, we turn complex challenges into mission-critical digital advantages. This is a thrilling time for us, with ambitious plans for growth. We are looking for brilliant, experienced, driven and self-motivated people to join the team on our journey.

We offer competitive salaries and a package that supports your wellbeing and development,

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• free Private Medical cover and Life Assurance
• Generous pension (10% employer, 5% employee contribution)
• Bonus and Professional development and training support
• In addition to secure parking, gym, café & restaurant on site and lots of open break out spaces

A word on UK Security Clearance

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance. More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:

United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)