Delivery Manager - Planning & Governance (12 month FTC)

Leeds Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual bonus up to 12%

Matched pension up to 10%

26 days holiday plus BH

Mortgage and Saver products

2 volunteering days per year

Job summary

Leeds Building Society is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to join the Core Transformation programme on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract in Leeds. You will bring structure to planning and governance, coordinating workstreams, milestones and risks to ensure delivery aligned with business goals.

You will work with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership to provide clear plans, reporting and proactive issue resolution, while applying both agile and waterfall practices for

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project or delivery management, ideally supporting complex transformation or business change programmes.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with integrated delivery plans and milestones.
• Good understanding of governance, reporting and delivery controls.
• Experience identifying and managing delivery risks, issues and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication across teams.
• Experience coordinating resources and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning and governance across the Core Transformation programme within the Business Readiness Team.
• Develop and maintain integrated plans interlocked with wider programme objectives.
• Establish governance and reporting at workstream level for senior leadership.
• Identify blockers, coordinate actions and support teams to maintain momentum.
• Monitor delivery against the Business Readiness Framework and ensure quality standards.

Skills

Delivery management

Planning & governance

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Budget management

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Jira

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

How you'll help us live our purpose

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

It's a purpose that drives everything we do. And you can play your part too. We're looking for an experienced Delivery Manager to join our Core Transformation programme on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, helping bring structure, clarity and control to the planning and governance activities that underpin successful business change.

How you'll make a difference

You'll play a key role in overseeing the planning and governance across our Core Transformation programme within the Business Readiness Team, ensuring delivery activity is well structured, effectively managed and aligned to our wider programme objectives and cadence.

Working closely with programme delivery teams and stakeholders across the Society, you'll develop and maintain clear, integrated plans that are interlocked with the wider programme and business divisions. These plans will bring together activities, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and resources to provide a joined-up view of priorities, progress and areas requiring support or intervention.

You'll help establish effective governance and reporting at workstream level, to programme leadership and to senior management, ensuring stakeholders have the right information at the right time to understand progress, make informed decisions and address challenges early.

With a proactive approach to risk and issue management, you'll identify potential blockers, coordinate actions and support teams in maintaining momentum against agreed outcomes.

You'll work closely with workstream leads to monitor delivery against the Business Readiness Framework, ensuring agreed outcomes are achieved and consistent quality standards are maintained across workstreams.

Bringing strong delivery discipline and a collaborative approach, you'll help navigate competing priorities, challenge constructively and continuously improve ways of working, ensuring our programme remains focused, controlled and positioned to deliver meaningful change for our colleagues and customers.

What will you bring to the role?

• Proven experience in project or delivery management, ideally supporting complex transformation or business change programmes.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with experience developing and maintaining integrated delivery plans, managing milestones, dependencies and competing priorities.
• Good understanding of programme governance, reporting and delivery controls, with the ability to provide clear, accurate information to support decision-making.
• Experience identifying and managing delivery risks, issues and dependencies, proactively resolving challenges and escalating where appropriate.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to work across multidisciplinary teams, influence outcomes and challenge constructively.
• Experience coordinating resources, monitoring delivery progress and supporting effective budget management.
• Knowledge of project and change delivery methodologies, including Agile and waterfall approaches, and their application within a structured governance environment.
• Ability to bring clarity to complex information, translating delivery activity into concise plans, reporting and actionable insights.
• A highly organised, collaborative and pragmatic approach, with strong attention to detail, sound judgement and a focus on achieving successful business outcomes.
• Knowledge and experience using Jira and Confluence tooling is beneficial.

Experience within financial services or another regulated environment would be beneficial, but we're equally interested in the transferable skills and experience you could bring.

And in return, you'll get the best from us:

• Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office
• Annual bonus of up to 12%
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme
• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products
• 2 days' volunteering per year

We'll give you a place to belong with the support to learn, develop and shape a meaningful career.

Why choose us?

Our business is centred around our people. Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do, as shown by our Inclusive Employers Gold accreditation in 2023 and 2025. We're committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

You’ll be joining a truly purpose-focused culture which helped us win the Leading with Purpose award at the 2023 Business Culture Awards. This recognises how we've embedded our purpose with our colleagues, and the actions we've taken to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

We'd love to hear from you. But don't wait around - we may close the advert early and we'd hate for you to miss out.

We're devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you'd like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter so we can find out more about your skills and experience.

We're committed to supporting you to be at your best - to discuss any reasonable adjustments we could make, please contact us on [e-mail].