Delivery Manager

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Flexible working

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is seeking a Delivery Manager to lead our technology delivery team in a hybrid role with two days in the office each week. You will coach multi-disciplinary squads of researchers, designers, engineers and product owners, drive Agile practices and ensure delivery outcomes align with strategy.

Reporting to the Technology leadership, you will remove barriers, prioritise work with the Product Owner, and champion continuous improvement across the delivery

Qualifications

• Significant previous experience working as a Delivery Manager on technical projects.
• Experience delivering pragmatic Agile ways of working and embedding new delivery practices (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) across multi-team environments.
• Delivery management expertise, focusing on prioritisation, planning and delivery flow.
• High organised with experience using a range of delivery tools and artefacts to drive transparency, alignment and shared understanding of requirements.
• Problem solver.
• Strong grasp of digital delivery lifecycles, technology and modern software practices.
• Understanding of product discovery, backlog shaping and outcome-based delivery.
• Experience utilising delivery metrics.
• Strong influencing and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain motivated, collaborative and high performing delivery teams.
• Identify and remove barriers to enable smooth, efficient delivery.
• Champion continuous improvement through coaching and mentoring team members and stakeholders in Agile and Lean tools and techniques.
• Focus teams on highest value work, supporting the Product Owner to prioritise using evidence and deliver projects to agreed timescales and quality.
• This role works closely with our Senior Technology Management team as well as Directorate led Product Managers.

Skills

Agile delivery

Coaching skills

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning

Problem solving

Influencing skills

Digital delivery lifecycles

Job description

Delivery Manager

Application Deadline: 11 November 2026

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Reporting To: Peta Ridgway

Compensation: £63,600 / year

Description

Are you an experienced Delivery Manager looking to join an ambitious technology team?

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity are hiring for a Delivery Manager to join our technology delivery team. Playing a central role in leading the delivery of a programme of work, you will coach and guide the team in Agile best practices, fostering high performance and accountability for delivery outcomes.

Working across a variety of projects and managing cross functional teams of researchers, designers, engineers and product owners – this is the perfect role for an impact driven Delivery Manager to join a leading children’s charity.

Salary

The salary for this role is £63,600 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of two days per week in the office.

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and sustain motivated, collaborative and high performing delivery teams.
• Identify and remove barriers to enable smooth, efficient delivery.
• Champion continuous improvement through coaching and mentoring team members and stakeholders in Agile and Lean tools and techniques.
• Focus teams on highest value work, supporting the Product Owner to prioritise using evidence and deliver projects to agreed timescales and quality.

This role works closely with our Senior Technology Management team as well as Directorate led Product Managers.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Significant previous experience working as a Delivery Manager on technical projects.
• Experience delivering pragmatic Agile ways of working and embedding new delivery practices (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) across multi-team environments.
• Delivery management expertise, focusing on prioritisation, planning and delivery flow.
• High organised with experience using a range of delivery tools and artefacts to drive transparency, alignment and shared understanding of requirements.
• Problem solver.
• Strong grasp of digital delivery lifecycles, technology and modern software practices.
• Understanding of product discovery, backlog shaping and outcome-based delivery.
• Experience utilising delivery metrics.
• Strong influencing and coaching skills.

DBS - note a Basic DBS check is required for this role.

Closing Date: 11th November 2026

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.