Senior Delivery Manager

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Cheltenham seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to lead IT and digital delivery across multiple workstreams within the Secure Government division. You will shape delivery strategies, oversee governance, and manage senior stakeholders in high-security projects.

The role requires agile, DevOps and hybrid delivery expertise, with a focus on risk management and performance. You will guide engineering and multidisciplinary teams, drive delivery momentum, and ensure security and resilience

Qualifications

• Extensive IT or digital delivery leadership experience in complex or secure environments.
• Ability to shape delivery strategies and govern multi-workstream programs.
• Proven track record influencing senior stakeholders and guiding hybrid delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex IT and digital services across multiple workstreams.
• Provide strategic direction and technical oversight with strong governance.
• Manage senior stakeholders in secure, high-stakes environments and mitigate risks.
• Ensure delivery meets performance, security and resilience standards.
• Mentor teams and strengthen delivery capabilities within the practice.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile/DevOps/hybrid delivery

Security-aware delivery

Strategic thinking

Clear communication

Job description

Job Description Overview

Empowering projects in a complex world. You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally. As a Senior Delivery Manager in our Secure Government division, you'll be a leader in our Transformation Solutions Practice. Your role will be to help our clients maximise the benefit of digital transformation and enable innovative ways of working. Working directly with clients, you will identify, shape and manage better delivery capabilities. You'll lead your own work streams and work as part of Agile delivery teams across our market. Your role Lead delivery of complex IT and digital services. Provide strategic direction and technical oversight across multiple workstreams. Shape delivery strategies and ensures strong governance. Set expectations for systems engineering and delivery practices. Manage senior-level stakeholders in secure, high-stakes environments. Anticipate technical risks and brings clarity to ambiguous digital landscapes. Maintain momentum and alignment across multidisciplinary teams. Ensure delivery meets performance, security and resilience standards. Act as a senior adviser, influencing key decisions. Strengthen delivery capability and ensures outcomes align with strategic priorities. About you Significant experience leading IT or digital delivery in complex, secure or high-stakes environments. Expertise shaping delivery strategies for IT services, platforms, applications or digital capabilities. Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage complex technical delivery dynamics. Strong leadership presence, guiding engineering, architecture and multidisciplinary digital teams. Advanced understanding of Agile, DevOps or hybrid delivery models within IT environments. High-level commercial and technical awareness, including supplier oversight, service performance and digital investment decisions. Ability to navigate technical ambiguity, manage major IT risks and maintain delivery momentum. Strong communication skills, providing clear narrative and direction across technical and non-technical audiences. Experience developing delivery capability, coaching and mentoring digital delivery professionals. We support flexible working and welcome applications that align with our policies. While hybrid working is part of life at AtkinsRéalis, many Secure Government projects require more onsite collaboration due to security and client requirements. For these positions, candidates must be able to work onsite at least four days per week.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life. Be rewarded.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.

Additional information

Security clearance This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.

Worker Type Employee

Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.