SC Cleared Technical Delivery Manager

LMA Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LMA Recruitment is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager to lead a high-profile policing technology pilot. The role involves coordinating delivery across stakeholders, suppliers, and teams, while maintaining governance, reporting, and risk management to ensure milestones are met. Active SC clearance is required.

The role requires experience in regulated environments, strong stakeholder management, and delivery oversight, with familiarity in Agile approaches and multi-supplier ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering technology programmes within policing, government, or similarly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery activities across stakeholders, suppliers, and workstreams.
• Establish and maintain effective governance and reporting arrangements.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation, and oversight activities.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication across technical and business teams.
• Provide delivery insights and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Support delivery through governance, assurance, and compliance processes.
• Ensure delivery momentum is maintained and key milestones are achieved.

Skills

Policing experience

Delivery management

Programme planning

Governance

Risk management

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Job description

Technical Delivery Manager

Contract: 6 Months
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required
Sector: Public Sector / Policing

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Technical Delivery Manager to provide delivery leadership and coordination for a high-profile technology pilot within a policing environment.
Working across customer stakeholders, delivery teams, suppliers, and partner organisations, you will play a key role in ensuring successful delivery through effective planning, governance, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and risk management.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced delivery professional who is comfortable operating within complex, highly regulated environments and managing multiple stakeholders with competing priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery activities across stakeholders, suppliers, and workstreams.
• Establish and maintain effective governance and reporting arrangements.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation, and oversight activities.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication across technical and business teams.
• Provide delivery insights and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Support delivery through governance, assurance, and compliance processes.
• Ensure delivery momentum is maintained and key milestones are achieved.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering technology programmes within policing, government, or similarly regulated environments.
• Strong delivery management capability, including:
  • Programme planning and coordination
  • Governance and reporting
  • Risk, issue, and dependency management
  • Delivery oversight
• Experience working within complex multi-stakeholder and multi-supplier environments.
• Understanding of governance, assurance, and security considerations associated with technology delivery.
• Experience supporting Agile and iterative delivery approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining delivery focus and momentum.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within policing, public safety, law enforcement, intelligence, or wider public sector environments.
• Exposure to secure, mission-critical, or highly regulated technology programmes.
• Experience working across partner organisations and third-party suppliers.

Security Requirements

Candidates must hold active SC Clearance.

Please note: Due to confidentiality requirements, details regarding the end client, programme name, and specific project context cannot be disclosed at this stage.