Delivery Manager - Public Sector

PA Consulting; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Delivery Manager, where you'll drive project success and lead high-performing teams. In this pivotal role, you'll harness your expertise in delivery management to navigate complex challenges and deliver exceptional results for clients across various sectors. With a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration, you'll set the standard for excellence while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid working environment. This role not only offers the chance to make a significant impact but also provides ample opportunities for personal and professional growth in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

25 Days Annual Leave

Generous Pension Scheme

Community Engagement Initiatives

Annual Performance Bonus

Share Ownership

Tax Efficient Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery management, especially in technical/engineering projects.
• Strong communication skills to present complex information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-performing teams and deliver projects using various methodologies.
• Engage stakeholders and facilitate collaboration for successful outcomes.

Skills

Delivery Management

Agile Delivery Methods

Stakeholder Engagement

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Project Management Certification (PMQ, Prince2)

Job description

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job Description

Ready to take charge and steer projects towards success with your proven delivery expertise? Our Major Programme Services (MPS) team is looking for exceptional Delivery Managers. As part of PA’s Delivery stream, PA’s Centre of Excellence for all project, programme, and portfolio capability, the MPS team works across the defence, major projects & infrastructure, transport, and public sector domains in client-facing roles on long-term assignments. Having experienced repeated successes in delivering value and excellence for our clients, most of whom are within daily commuting range from home, we are in high demand and are now expanding further across the UK.

As a Delivery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our clients to deliver some of the UK’s most complex products and services. Your expertise in delivery management will be crucial in supporting the successful achievement of outcomes for our clients. You'll set the team up for success, support them in problem solving and planning, and enable them to come up with their own insights within the complex constraints our clients face today. You’ll be fully client-facing, harnessing the metrics coming from the team, both to help the team improve its own throughput and to inform clients and others about how the teams are delivering. You’ll be an experienced delivery practitioner, getting into the detail to make things happen at pace.

Location

Flexible working - we operate in a hybrid working environment, where there is limited requirement to attend your base office and travel is driven by client needs. Client locations include:

• London
• Bristol
• Andover
• Portsmouth
• Cardiff
• Swindon
• Cheltenham

You will have the opportunity to:

• Play a role in the formation and running of high performing cross functional teams, where people are excited about the work they are undertaking. This means you are not set in one process or way of thinking but willing to learn new skills and blend approaches to solve our client challenges.
• Deliver products and projects using the appropriate methodology, learning and iterating frequently, sharing and re-applying skills and knowledge, and bringing in best practice with a view to continuous performance improvement.
• Set the bar/example of what great Delivery Management looks like, ensuring quality and attention to detail is embedded throughout our work.
• Lead stakeholder engagement activities, facilitating collaboration and communication among all participants.
• Develop your own delivery expertise even further through a range of on-the-job learning, training, and formal qualifications.

About You

• Experience and knowledge of estimating, scoping and delivering products, services, and outcomes using a variety of delivery techniques and methods.
• Experience of working in technical/ engineering projects using Agile Delivery methods.
• Experience or certification in project management or project controls methodologies (PMQ, Prince2 etc) is desirable.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify and solve problems, and to make informed decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex information to clients and stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills, enabling successful collaboration with stakeholders across all levels.

Apply today by completing our online application.

Life at PA

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political beliefs, veteran status, or by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.