Senior Delivery Lead — Secure Tech Programs

SiXworks; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical cover

Life Assurance

Generous pension

Bonus

Professional development and training

On-site parking, gym & café/restaurant

Job summary

SiXworks in Farnborough, UK, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high‑value technology programmes critical to customer outcomes. You’ll own delivery leadership across multi‑disciplinary teams, manage risk, governance and commercial performance while aligning with business strategy.

You'll coach junior managers, engage senior stakeholders, and drive service transition from project delivery to managed services.

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience delivering complex technology or digital projects.
• Demonstrated success managing large multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience operating within secure, regulated or mission-critical environments.
• Strong commercial, financial and contractual management capability.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and customers.
• APM PMQ, APM ChPP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex programmes or projects with significant technical, commercial or organisational complexity.
• Establish delivery strategies that enable successful customer outcomes.
• Align project execution with programme, portfolio and business objectives.
• Provide leadership across ambiguous or rapidly evolving environments.
• Align project delivery strategies with account growth objectives and wider business strategy.
• Lead large multidisciplinary teams delivering secure digital, software and technology solutions.
• Manage complex dependencies across suppliers, customers and internal teams.
• Balance pace of delivery with governance, security and assurance requirements.
• Drive recovery plans where project performance is at risk.
• Lead complex transition activities from project delivery into managed service operation.
• Ensure operational support arrangements, service acceptance criteria and service governance are established.
• Work closely with Technical Leads to achieve successful adoption and long-term service performance.
• Drive delivery readiness for Service Acceptance Gate approvals.
• Build trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders.
• Manage executive-level communications and governance forums.
• Influence decisions across project, programme and organisational boundaries.
• Handle sensitive delivery, commercial and operational challenges.
• Partner with Account Directors to strengthen strategic customer relationships.
• Contribute to account planning and growth discussions.
• Identify opportunities for follow-on work, service expansion or new capability development.
• Own significant project budgets and forecasts.
• Manage financial performance, margin and commercial risks.
• Support bid activities, project mobilisation and transition planning.
• Balance customer outcomes and delivery commitments against margin, resource utilisation and organisational priorities.
• Coach and mentor Junior Project Managers and Project Managers.
• Promote project management best practice across IBM SiXworks.
• Support development of delivery frameworks, governance approaches and lessons learned.
• Contribute to the wider capability development of the delivery function.
• Lead management of complex delivery risks.
• Direct project assurance activities.
• Support audits, reviews and customer assurance processes.
• Ensure effective decision-making and escalation management.

Job description

SiXworks in Farnborough, UK, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high‑value technology programmes critical to customer outcomes. You’ll own delivery leadership across multi‑disciplinary teams, manage risk, governance and commercial performance while aligning with business strategy.

You'll coach junior managers, engage senior stakeholders, and drive service transition from project delivery to managed services.