Digital Project Delivery Manager – Place / CSS

Stockport Council; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Stockport Council is seeking a Digital Project Delivery Manager to lead transformation initiatives within the Digital, Data and Technology teams. The role focuses on delivering projects from inception to completion, balancing time, quality, resources and risk while keeping stakeholders engaged and aligned with outcomes.

You will work across Directorates, collaborating with Heads of Service and Programme Managers to ensure delivery in line with council priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering digital/transformation projects.
• Knowledge of project governance and documentation.
• Ability to manage projects from inception to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex transformation projects in an open and transparent way.
• Develop and maintain detailed project documentation (Business Case, Project Plan, RAID, Highlight Report).
• Coordinate project team and meetings, assign roles, unblock delivery.
• Run retrospectives/lessons learned to improve delivery.
• Gather requirements via workshops, meetings or surveys.
• Communicate complex technical information clearly to all levels.
• Build relationships across service areas/organisations.
• Share learnings with the Project Management Community of Practice.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Collaboration

Education

Project management qualification

Job description

Digital Project Delivery Manager Place / CSS
MB4 (£46,579 - £53,051)
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking (minimum two days per week in office)

Application Deadline: 6th October 2026, 11:59pm
Shortlisting Date: 7th October 2026
Interview Date: 16th October 2026
Interview Type: In person

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Your Role

Working as part of our Digital, Data and Technology teams, the post holder will manage and deliver projects that support Directorate priorities and the Council’s wider transformation programme. This will involve working collaboratively with Heads of Service, Programme Managers, Strategic Digital Business Partners, service designers, business analysts and other change colleagues to engage the right teams at the right time, build effective relationships and ensure projects are delivered in line with organisational priorities.

This role requires an in-depth knowledge of Project and/or Programme management.

Key Activities include:

• Managing complex Transformation Projects in an open and transparent way.
• Development and maintenance of detailed project documentation such as; The Business Case, Project Plan, RAID log, Highlight Report etc.
• Co-ordinating the project team and project meetings, identifying clear roles and responsibilities and proactively unblocking work that may be stuck in delivery
• Proactively running retrospectives/lessons learned activities in a manner that invites open and honest feedback to ensure projects are delivered effectively
• Where appropriate gather project requirements through; workshop facilitation, one-to-one meetings, or surveys etc.
• Reporting or translating complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to colleagues at all levels.
• Building and maintaining professional working relationships across multiple service areas/ organisations
• Proactively sharing your learning at the Project Management Community of Practice.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Project Delivery Manager who can bring strong project management expertise, confidence and a collaborative approach to the delivery of digital and transformation projects across the Council. You will have experience of managing projects from inception through to delivery, balancing time, quality, resources and risk while keeping people engaged and focused on the outcomes that matter.

The successful candidate will either hold a relevant project management qualification or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in a project, delivery or transformation role. Experience of managing digital projects, IT system operations, service design or business analysis would be beneficial. Most importantly, you will be flexible, inclusive and committed to working in line with Stockport Council’s values, keeping residents at the heart of what we do, succeeding as one team, driving things forward with ambition and showing respect to colleagues, partners and customers.

About Us

You will join a strong, supportive, multidisciplinary team that delivers change across the whole organisation. Our Digital teams are leading projects of varying complexity all striving towards our goal of delivering efficient and effective services for our residents. Our enabling programmes include projects that look at; maximising the opportunities of digital, delivering change and spend wisely, how we work with others and optimising our workforce.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://greater.jobs/content/13405/greater-manchester-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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