Delivery Manager

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Bradford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd is seeking a Delivery Manager to drive delivery across a complex, regulated not-for-profit organisation. You will ensure work is well-planned, controlled and coordinated, bringing together Design, Digital, Data, Change Enablement and operational teams. Occasional travel to London/Bradford is expected.

You will lead multi-disciplinary delivery, maintain clear plans, and support change adoption with rigorous reporting and governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering projects or workstreams in complex, multi-disciplinary environments.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and sprint delivery.
• Solid knowledge of planning, scheduling and RAID management (including Microsoft Project).
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills across technical and operational teams.
• Track record of producing high-quality, reliable delivery reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of assigned projects/workstreams, maintaining clear plans, milestones and delivery rhythms
• Apply consistent PMO standards to ensure delivery is controlled, auditable and aligned to programme expectations
• Manage RAID, dependencies and progress reporting with accuracy and discipline
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain clarity of scope, priorities and backlog readiness
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
• Coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment and effective sequencing
• Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies, escalating early with clear recommendations
• Provide insightful, timely reporting to support decision‑making and governance

Skills

Delivery management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Planning & scheduling

RAID management

Microsoft Project

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

With occasional travel to London/Bradford.

About the Role

We're looking for a Delivery Manager to drive the successful delivery of projects and workstreams across a complex, regulated organisation.

This is a hands‑on delivery role responsible for ensuring work is well‑planned, controlled and coordinated, bringing together Design, Digital, Data, Change Enablement and operational teams within an award‑winning not‑for‑profit Specialist Housing and Care organisation.

You will play a key role in ensuring delivery is predictable, transparent and supports both operational continuity and successful change adoption.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead delivery of assigned projects/workstreams, maintaining clear plans, milestones and delivery rhythms
• Apply consistent PMO standards to ensure delivery is controlled, auditable and aligned to programme expectations
• Manage RAID, dependencies and progress reporting with accuracy and discipline
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain clarity of scope, priorities and backlog readiness
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
• Coordinate across multi‑disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment and effective sequencing
• Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies, escalating early with clear recommendations
• Provide insightful, timely reporting to support decision‑making and governance

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience delivering projects or workstreams in complex, multi‑disciplinary environments
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and sprint delivery
• Solid knowledge of planning, scheduling and RAID management (including Microsoft Project)
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills across technical and operational teams
• Track record of producing high‑quality, reliable delivery reporting

Desirable

• Delivery qualification (e.g. APM, PRINCE2 Foundation)
• Agile certification (e.g. Scrum Master, SAFe)