Delivery Lead

Naimuri; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/Hybrid working options

Performance bonus

Company bonus

Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%

AXA group medical cover

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Naimuri in Manchester seeks a Delivery Lead to drive high‑quality, Agile delivery across government and defence projects. You will lead cross‑functional teams, manage stakeholders, and own delivery processes from planning to delivery, including risk and budget awareness, cadence, and continuous improvement.

You will mentor teams, foster a culture of Kaizen, and partner with customers to shape outcomes while supporting flexible hybrid working and a multi-site presence.

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile delivery management, planning and forecasting.
• Strong stakeholder and customer management skills for regular updates and reporting.
• Ability to own team Agile Ways of Working and multidisciplinary teams.
• Familiarity with commercial processes: business cases, purchase orders, proposals and budgets.
• Experience with RAID management and risk/issue tracking.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across multiple government and defence projects.
• Coordinate planning, forecasting, and prioritisation to milestones.
• Facilitate regular status updates and escalation for stakeholders.
• Oversee team processes and ensure high-quality Agile delivery.
• Manage budgets, procurement paperwork, and proposals.

Skills

Agile delivery management

Stakeholder & customer management

Team ownership of processes

Commercial processes & paperwork

RAID management

Delivery progress reporting

Leadership & standards

Continuous learning Kaizen

Job description

We can offer you the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation, working in partnership with government, defence, and law enforcement organisations on some of the most challenging data and technology problems out there.

About Us:

We’ve just had our tenth birthday, having grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people, mostly based in Salford, Greater Manchester. We also have a significant presence in London, Lincoln and Portsmouth.

Our name was chosen as an amalgamation of two Japanese words, to reflect our ethos: "Not & Overburden"

This principle applies to every aspect of our organisation from technology, process and infrastructure, through to people, culture and leadership. People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri, so that collectively, we can realise our mission of making the UK a safer place to be.

We work in an Agile-first environment that values transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. As the Delivery Lead, your core focus will be to foster a culture of high-quality delivery and active collaboration.

At Naimuri, we work on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5+ years. Here are some things we’ve worked on to give a sense of some of the types of deliveries you may lead for us:

• Lead part of a large SAFE Agile Release Train, composed of several multidisciplinary SCRUM teams in a long term delivery into an important government customer.
• Taking a small software innovation team and driving a Proof of Concept demonstrator through the software development life cycle into full Production.
• Engaging with senior customer stakeholders within a call off contract to drive positive change, and produce better Statements of Work and outcomes for both Naimuri and the customer.
• Coach and lead positive change in customer adoption of Agile Ways of Working.
• Work with large government research organisations to shape and deliver cutting edge research is the assurance of AI and its adoption in Defence and wider government.
• Directing a team and owning the creation of multi-million pound proposals and contract renewals, from inception to signing on the dotted line.

About The Role:

As a Delivery Lead at Naimuri, you'll have the autonomy to make impactful decisions, the space to solve difficult challenges, and the support of a strong Delivery community.

This role is about more than just project management: If the following describes the way you work, then I’d really like to speak to you:

• You have strong experience of Agile delivery management, involving high level planning, forecasting, resource allocation, workflow management, and managing priorities to timescales and/or milestones.
• You have strong stakeholder and customer management skills in order to facilitate regular updates, provide operational & status reporting, and expectation management.
• You are comfortable with owning responsibility for your team's Agile Ways of Working & team processes, and have experience of running multidisciplinary teams.
• Have an experience and understanding of commercial processes and paperwork, such as business cases, purchase orders, development & submission of proposals and managing budgets.
• Are able to establish quick and reliable rapport with partner organisations to manage stripy team members’ performance.
• You live and breathe RAID management and incorporate the identification, management, mitigation, reporting and escalation as part of normal day to day delivery management.
• You are comfortable reporting delivery progress against features, identifying and managing issues, blockers, dependencies and risks to delivery.
• Sense and adopt the appropriate management style required by the situation.
• You maintain team morale, handle conflict within the team and counsel team members as needed.
• You are a role model. You lead and set performance and behavioural standards for everyone.
• Learning and Progression at Naimuri:
• Continuous Personal Development, or Personal Kaizen, is a core part of Naimuri's culture, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to develop in a transparent and supportive environment.

You will be assigned a Mentor, usually outside of your team, who can help guide and support you on your development journey.

Naimuri actively encourages training, through internal knowledge sharing and external courses. You are empowered to identify and pursue opportunities for further training.

We have a Naimuri progression framework, which recognizes that continuous personal development drives greater proficiency and depth in skills, roles, knowledge, or leadership. It provides a clear direction for growth and reinforces achievements that support your Personal Kaizen.

Location & Flexibility:

Base: This will be based at our Head Office in Salford Quays, Manchester.

Hybrid Working: We offer hybrid working. This consists of a minimum of 3 days working in the office or customer site, but you are welcome to spend more time on-site if preferred.

Travel: Occasional visits to customer sites around the country may be required.

Pay and Benefits:

Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role's base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will work directly from one of our office locations, or customer sites, for at least 3 days a week.

Benefits include:

• Flexible/Hybrid working options
• Performance bonus
• Company bonus
• Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
• AXA group 1 medical cover
• Cycle to work scheme

Recruitment Process:

We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work, so we strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We can of course support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment process.

We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare, our recruitment team will be happy to discuss the process in more detail with you.