Delivery Manager - Fixed Term Contract

Faculty; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI consultancy in London is seeking an exceptional Delivery Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of AI projects. You will manage client relationships, collaborate with technical teams, and identify new commercial opportunities. Ideal candidates are experienced in professional services and possess strong communication and problem-solving skills. This is a fixed-term contract until March 29th, 2026, with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in professional services, ideally from a consulting, technology, or data background.
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience delivering technical projects, ideally in AI.

Responsibilities

• Owning the end-to-end delivery of customer projects, from initial planning to final implementation.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers.
• Collaborating with technical teams to design innovative solutions.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

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About Faculty

At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI.

With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme.

Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI.

Should you join us, you\'ll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world.

This will be a fixed-term contract that should run until March 29th, 2026.

We operate a hybrid way of working, meaning that you\'ll split your time between Faculty\'s Old Street office and working from home depending on the needs of the project.

Why now?

We\'re in a period of significant growth, expanding our capacity to serve a diverse range of customers and apply AI to real-world problems with tangible impact. To meet this demand and maintain our high standards of delivery, we need skilled Delivery Manager\'s to join us for a temporary period and own end-to-end project delivery, build strong customer relationships, and help us scale our business.

The role

We are looking for an exceptional Delivery Manager to join our Applied AI team on a fixed-term basis.

In this role, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of AI projects customers across a range of different sectors, ensuring successful outcomes, building strong relationships, and identifying new commercial opportunities.

You will serve as the primary point of contact for our clients while collaborating with technical teams to apply AI to solve complex, real-world problems.

What you\'ll be doing

• Owning the end-to-end delivery of customer projects, from initial planning to final implementation.
• Working side-by-side with stakeholders to understand mission challenges and user needs;
• Managing project development and ensuring a delivery approach that provides maximum value to the customer.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, acting as the primary point of contact throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborating with technical teams and customers to design innovative solutions that solve their business problems.
• Identifying new commercial opportunities and contributing to new business pitches and proposals.
• Developing and mentoring your peers, and proactively taking a role in building good processes and practices.

What we\'re looking for

• You have previous experience in professional services, ideally from a consulting, technology, or data background.
• You take responsibility for the successful delivery of your projects, producing high-quality written deliverables and reports.
• You have exposure to managing senior stakeholders and possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• You are exposed to working with technical teams and have experience delivering technical projects, ideally in AI.
• You are a practical problem-solver with a self-starter mentality, capable of identifying what needs to be done and implementing solutions proactively.

What we can offer you

The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.

Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You\'ll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals.

Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you\'ll learn something new from everyone you meet.