Senior Delivery Manager

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension with generous employer contributions

25 days annual leave, increasing with service

Flexible and hybrid working options

Learning and professional development opportunities

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead digital service delivery. The role involves managing agile teams and ensuring service quality. Applicants should have a background in digital delivery, especially using Agile methodologies. This role offers a hybrid work model, supporting diverse working styles and includes benefits like 25 days annual leave.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of digital delivery in technical environments.
• Strong grasp of Agile and Lean methodologies.
• Confident engaging with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of cloud-based digital services.
• Take ownership of complex digital products and lead agile teams.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement and agile thinking.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Lean methodologies

User-centred design principles

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provided pay range

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Base pay range

Senior Delivery Manager

Location: Liverpool, Darlington, Hybrid / Remote

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Help deliver high-quality digital services that protect the public and shape how government technology is delivered.

At the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), our digital products are critical to safeguarding processes across the UK. We are looking for an experienced IT Delivery Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of cloud-based digital services, helping ensure safer recruitment and stronger public protection.

This is a senior role at the heart of DBS’s Digital Service. You’ll take ownership of one or more complex digital products, leading multidisciplinary agile teams and overseeing supplier delivery where applicable. You’ll work closely with engineers, designers, policy colleagues, and senior stakeholders to ensure services meet user needs, perform reliably at scale, and align with broader organisational goals.

About you:

This role is ideal for a delivery professional who thrives on complexity and understands how to lead teams through ambiguity. You’ll be given the space to shape delivery approaches, influence cross-government working practices, and help embed a culture of continuous improvement and agile thinking across the DBS. You’ll also play a key part in strengthening our delivery profession internally, supporting capability building, mentoring peers, and sharing best practice.

You’ll bring significant experience of digital delivery in technical environments, with a strong grasp of Agile and Lean methodologies, tooling (such as Jira and Confluence), and user-centred design principles. You’ll be confident engaging across a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders, able to align delivery with both operational needs and wider policy context. Experience within the public sector or similarly regulated environments is desirable, but not essential.

Why choose a career at the Disclosure and Barring Service:

At DBS, we are proud of the work we do and the people we work with. Our culture values collaboration, inclusion, and professionalism. We offer flexibility, trust and room to grow, recognising our people require support, not just responsibility.

Benefits include:

• Civil Service pension with generous employer contributions
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days with service, plus public holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working options, including remote working
• A supportive and inclusive organisational culture
• Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities

Remote working is available for this role. Office attendance (Liverpool or Darlington) may be required in accordance with business needs.

How to apply

Please click on the APPLY button to be directed to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will be able to complete your application.

The closing date for applications is 10:00 am on Monday 11th August 2025.

Interviews are due to take place week commencing 18/08/2025.

The DBS is an accredited Disability Confident Employer, and we are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration

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