Senior Delivery Lead - Public Sector Tech Transformation

System C; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

System C is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end Liquidlogic software implementations for local government, social care and education sectors. You will own delivery from initiation through to go-live, coordinating stakeholders, teams and vendors to ensure on-time, within-budget outcomes and the highest quality standards.

The role involves mentoring delivery teams, managing risks and budgets, and building trusted customer relationships across the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large-scale software implementations.
• Experience in Local Government, Social Care, Education or related public sector tech environments.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior leaders and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior escalation point for customer challenges.
• Provide leadership, coaching and line management support to Project Managers and delivery teams.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Liquidlogic implementation, migration, upgrade and transformation projects.
• Manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and governance.
• Build relationships with customer stakeholders and act as trusted advisor during tech implementation and organisational change.
• Ensure projects are planned, resourced, and delivered to customer expectations and contractual commitments.
• Review SOWs and contribute to project mobilisation activities.
• Monitor financial performance, forecasting, revenue delivery and project health.
• Identify and manage risks, issues and escalations to resolution.
• Support resource planning and capacity management across multiple projects.

Skills

Senior Project Management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk management

Leadership & coaching

Cross-functional leadership

Delivery governance

Tools

PRINCE2

Job description

System C is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end Liquidlogic software implementations for local government, social care and education sectors. You will own delivery from initiation through to go-live, coordinating stakeholders, teams and vendors to ensure on-time, within-budget outcomes and the highest quality standards.

The role involves mentoring delivery teams, managing risks and budgets, and building trusted customer relationships across the UK.