Delivery Manager

ASA International Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

ASA International Ltd, through ASA Recruitment, is recruiting a Delivery Manager for a public sector contract in Scotland with hybrid work requiring 2 days per week in Glasgow or Dundee. You will oversee end-to-end delivery planning, governance and reporting to senior stakeholders, coach teams in agile methods, manage dependencies and cross-organisational delivery to meet ministerial priorities.

Qualifications

• Public sector delivery/PM experience required.
• Experience delivering with Agile methodologies.
• Proficient with Jira, Confluence, Miro and Slack.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Managing end to end delivery planning, including risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Providing governance, reporting, and assurance to senior stakeholders.
• Supporting Product Owners and leadership to deliver strategic priorities.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams to maintain delivery momentum during high demand.
• Act as the primary coordination, aligning plans, timelines and impacts.
• Manage external dependencies, particularly system interfaces and integrations.
• Assess incoming changes and coordinate internal responses.
• Ensure accurate communication of planned changes to minimise disruption.
• Oversee cross organisational delivery involving external partners.
• Identify and mitigate risks relating to interfaces, data and integrations.

Skills

Delivery management

Public sector experience

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Mentoring and coaching

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Slack

Job description

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation with offices in Glasgow and Dundee are currently looking to recruit a Delivery Manager on initial 6 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate of up to £435/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). These roles are hybrid with 2 days per week in either the Glasgow or Dundee offices.

Responsibilities:

• Managing end to end delivery planning, including risks, issues, and dependencies
• Providing governance, reporting, and assurance to senior stakeholders
• Supporting Product Owners and leadership to deliver strategic and ministerial priorities
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams to maintain delivery momentum during a period of high demand
• Act as the primary coordination, aligning plans, timelines, and impacts
• Manage critical external dependencies, particularly system interfaces and integrations
• Assess incoming changes and coordinate internal responses
• Ensure accurate communication of planned changes to minimise disruption
• Oversee cross organisational delivery involving external partners
• Identify and mitigate risks relating to interfaces, data, and integrations

Essential Experience:

• Experience Delivery/Project Manager who has previously worked in the Public Sector
• Experience of delivering using Agile methodologies
• Experienced in the use of key tools to make delivery more effective (Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack etc.)
• Strong organisational skills, adaptable and able to deliver to agreed timescales and deadlines
• Ability to coach and mentor team members to apply the most appropriate agile and lean tools and techniques Able to build professional relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders in order to drive delivery
• Able to work as part of a team, while being comfortable to work alone on key work streams
• Able to identify and source relevant information to align to ways of working and delivery methodology