Remote Senior Delivery Manager – Digital Services & Tech

Exalto Consulting; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Exalto Consulting is supporting a UK-based organisation in the search for a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex digital products and services. This senior role oversees multiple projects and cross‑functional teams, providing oversight and driving alignment with business priorities.

You will coach delivery teams, mentor managers, and work with product, technical and design colleagues to remove blockers and optimize governance in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and coaching agile delivery teams.
• Mentoring and developing delivery managers.
• Strong knowledge of Government Digital Service governance standards.
• Experience training others in GDS standards.
• Track record delivering complex digital products and services using agile and lean approaches.
• Experience managing multiple deliveries and working with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to influence across organizational, technical and political boundaries.
• Experience embedding improvements to agile delivery practices and governance.
• Confidence operating in complex, high‑profile and ambiguous delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support multiple multidisciplinary agile delivery teams.
• Coach and mentor delivery managers and junior members of the delivery community.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, progress reporting and meaningful delivery metrics.
• Identify and remove risks, blockers and organisational impediments.
• Work closely with product, technical and user‑centred design colleagues.
• Communicate delivery progress, challenges and priorities to senior stakeholders.
• Conduct internal digital governance assessments aligned with GDS service standards.
• Coach teams in agile, lean and product delivery practices.
• Support and deputise for the Head of Delivery Management when required.
• Contribute to resourcing, objective setting and the continued development of the delivery function.

Skills

Lead agile delivery teams

Mentor delivery managers

GDS governance knowledge

GDS training capability

Delivery of complex digital products

Managing multiple deliveries

Stakeholder influence

Improving agile governance

Adaptability in high‑profile projects

Tools

GDS standards

Lean & agile practices

Job description

Exalto Consulting is supporting a UK-based organisation in the search for a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex digital products and services. This senior role oversees multiple projects and cross‑functional teams, providing oversight and driving alignment with business priorities.

You will coach delivery teams, mentor managers, and work with product, technical and design colleagues to remove blockers and optimize governance in a dynamic environment.