Delivery Manager

Northrop Grumman; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Delivery Manager to join our mission-focused team in London. You will lead medium-scale projects, balance customer outcomes with commercial performance, and develop high-performing delivery teams in secure environments.

You will collaborate with customers, technical experts, and senior stakeholders to forecast, manage risks, and drive improvements, with opportunities to contribute to business growth and customer success.

Qualifications

• Experience leading the delivery of projects or programmes within complex technical, defence, government, cyber, engineering, or secure environments.
• Strong understanding of project management principles including planning, governance, risk management, financial management, and resource coordination.
• Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, commercial performance, and delivery against contractual commitments.
• Ability to engage, influence, and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Working knowledge of project delivery tools such as Microsoft Office, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, or similar collaboration platforms.
• Knowledge of Agile, Lean, Scrum, or related delivery methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of medium-scale projects, ensuring outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Take ownership of project financials, including forecasting, profitability, risk management, and commercial performance.
• Build, motivate, and develop high-performing delivery teams, fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.
• Manage project governance activities, including planning, reporting, RAID management, change control, and stakeholder communications.
• Work closely with customers and technical subject matter experts to understand challenges, identify solutions, and enhance mission success.
• Support business growth by identifying new opportunities, contributing to account development, and strengthening customer relationships.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Budget forecasting

Stakeholder management

Jira/Confluence

Agile/Lean methods

Communication skills

Governance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Location: London

Salary: £63,300.00 - £94,900.00 GBP

Clearance: Highest level of UK Government Clearance

What’s your possible?

At Northrop Grumman UK, you are part of a team driving innovation where it matters most, solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. We call it Defining Possible.

This mindset goes beyond our customer solutions. It is the foundation for your career development, the impact we have in our communities, and the meaningful work we deliver every day.

This is more than just a job. It's a mission.

We are looking for a Delivery Manager to join our mission-focused delivery team, supporting some of the UK's most important and complex programmes.

As a Delivery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring projects are delivered successfully, balancing customer outcomes, commercial performance, team leadership, and operational excellence.

You will work closely with customers, technical specialists, commercial teams, and senior stakeholders to drive successful delivery across medium-scale, high-impact projects within secure and fast-paced environments.

This is an opportunity to combine project leadership, financial management, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement to help customers solve complex challenges that matter. You'll have the autonomy to lead delivery, influence strategy, shape ways of working, and contribute directly to business growth and customer success.

If you're motivated by meaningful work, enjoy building high-performing teams, and thrive on turning complex challenges into successful outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Lead the successful delivery of medium-scale projects, ensuring outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Take ownership of project financials, including forecasting, profitability, risk management, and commercial performance.
• Build, motivate, and develop high-performing delivery teams, fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.
• Manage project governance activities, including planning, reporting, RAID management, change control, and stakeholder communications.
• Work closely with customers and technical subject matter experts to understand challenges, identify solutions, and enhance mission success.
• Support business growth by identifying new opportunities, contributing to account development, and strengthening customer relationships.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in hearing from people who can demonstrate:

Essential

• Experience leading the delivery of projects or programmes within complex technical, defence, government, cyber, engineering, or secure environments.
• Strong understanding of project management principles including planning, governance, risk management, financial management, and resource coordination.
• Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, commercial performance, and delivery against contractual commitments.
• Ability to engage, influence, and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Working knowledge of project delivery tools such as Microsoft Office, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, or similar collaboration platforms.
• Knowledge of Agile, Lean, Scrum, or related delivery methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organisational skills.

Desirable

• Experience delivering projects within UK Government, Defence, National Security, or highly regulated sectors.
• Understanding of Fixed Price and Time & Materials contract models.
• Experience coaching teams and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Relevant project management qualifications such as PRINCE2, AgilePM, APM, PMP, Scrum Master, or similar.

At Northrop Grumman UK, we recognise that talent comes in many forms. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. Your experience, potential, and perspective could be exactly what we're looking for.

Security Clearance

Due to the nature of our work, you must be a UK national and currently hold the Highest Level of UK Government security clearance in line with the job role and requirements.

Benefits

• Flexible working options, including hybrid arrangements
• Compressed fortnight working pattern with every other Friday off (where applicable)
• Private healthcare, dental cover, life assurance, and pension scheme
• Flexible benefits package including critical illness cover and health cash plan
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• Annual performance incentive programme
• Professional development, mentoring, and career progression opportunities
• Access to wellbeing resources and employee support programmes

Why Join Northrop Grumman UK?

A Mission to Believe In

Every day, our people contribute to building a more secure and connected world. You'll work on programmes that have real-world impact while collaborating with talented colleagues who share a passion for solving complex challenges. You'll also have opportunities to engage with our employee networks, STEM outreach initiatives, and community programmes.

A Place to Belong and Thrive

We know that innovation comes from diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed.

Your Career, Your Way

Whether you're developing your leadership capability, broadening your delivery expertise, or exploring new opportunities across our business, we'll support you with mentoring, training, and meaningful career pathways to help you discover what's possible.

Northrop Grumman UK. Defining Possible.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.