Delivery Manager

Government Property Agency; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government Property Agency is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to drive the Occupancy Programme forward, engaging stakeholders and steering delivery using Agile methods. You will translate business needs into practical solutions and lead cross-functional teams to achieve milestones.

You'll apply data analytics to derive building insights, manage commercial aspects, and coordinate with suppliers to maintain pace and value for money across government estate initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery using Agile methods.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Data analytics to interpret large data sets.
• Ability to translate business needs into deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Maintain programme vision and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver milestones.
• Translate requirements into tangible deliverables.
• Communicate technical challenges to non-technical stakeholders.
• Oversee data analytics to produce building insights.
• Manage budgets and supplier relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Delivery management

Cross-functional teams

Commercial management

Job description

The Occupancy Programme within the GPA aims to capture and provide anonymised data on building usage across GPA managed buildings and the wider government estate to support strategic and operational evidence-based decisions that will help make the estate smaller, greener and better. The programme is responsible for providing data at many levels of granularity and works with building managers, client managers and facilities staff across departments to collect data. In addition, the programme is required to build a bespoke messaging system to automate the collection of data from existing infrastructure and work with commercial teams, facilities teams, suppliers and building managers to install infrastructure as required to support stakeholders in having access to the data they need to make informed decisions., The Senior Delivery Manager is a critical role in the delivery of the next stage of the Occupancy Programme responsible for:

• Maintaining the programme vision and engagement for all stakeholders and team, tracking clear targets on the path to 'Done' and transition to BAU.
• Managing internal and external teams using Agile techniques and tools to drive delivery, momentum and focus on outputs and outcomes
• Translating stakeholder requirements and business needs into tangible deliverables and technical solutions that are intuitive to end-users
• Translating technical solutions, challenges and constraints to business stakeholders to enable collaborative working
• Data science and analytics to design, infer and articulate large, complex data sets, interpreting data to ensure correct data and informed analysis by 3rd parties
• Lead, manage and coordinate cross-functional teams to a specific outcome or milestone to regularly drive performance, timely deliverables and remove blockers working with commercial, finance and procurement to maintain pace.
• Articulate exacting technical, equipment and capability specifications for successful commercial delivery.
• Strong leadership skills and stakeholder skills influencing and
• Outstanding planning skills, able to create and successfully manage complex delivery plans for diverse stakeholders.
• An exceptional ability to build and maintain delivery momentum including identifying issues with workflow and team dynamics
• An eye for understanding and analysing data; translating complex statistics into clear measurable metrics to provide building insights.
• Understand and translate data | lead the data analytics team to transform raw data into measurable and useful building insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Process development and management| ability to identify, challenge and refine complex processes to ensure simple, impactful, automated solutions are defined and implemented.
• Planning and Delivery |plan and deliver the programme with clear objectives, goals and vision to completion with the agreed definition of done using Agile and Waterfall methodologies and tools.
• Financial and commercial management | negotiate, influence or set budgets / business cases. Responsibility for complex supplier management and ensuring value for money.
• Member of the Occupancy Leadership Team| support the development of the wider Occupancy strategy, shaping the investment and defining the delivery roadmap.
  The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government's office estate.

We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team. Representing the best covenant in the UK - His Majesty's Government - we are leading significant transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme. We are also delivering cost-effective property services such as asset management, lifecycle replacement and workplace services. Innovation and progress underpin our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged.

Our four core values are at the heart of everything we do. They shape our culture and guide how we work, lead and grow together:

• Striving for excellence - We always aim to deliver great results
• Empowering through respect - We insist on fair treatment for all, always
• Acting with integrity - We consistently do the right thing
• Succeeding together - We rely on each other to achieve success

We are committed to representing the communities we serve by making Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) part of everything we do. Our strong emphasis on EDI is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.