Senior Delivery Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 90 000 - 110 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Civil Service Pension

Annual leave 25 days

Hybrid working

Personal & professional development 10

Learning budget £1k

Parental leave support

King's birthday privilege day

Resumo da oferta

Ministry of Justice seeks a Senior Delivery Manager within Justice Data to lead end-to-end delivery of complex data and digital services. You will own the roadmap, manage risks and dependencies, and coach multidisciplinary teams across HQ, HMCTS and Agencies. Hybrid working is offered with a focus on delivering outcomes.

Applicants must be willing to undergo SC clearance assessment and work across diverse stakeholders to drive data-informed decisions and improvements in services and platforms.

Qualificações

• Proven experience as a Delivery Manager.
• Strong outcome focus while proactively removing blockers.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across delivery disciplines.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex data and digital services as the main accountability point.
• Shape and deliver the roadmap to meet user needs and data-driven decisions.
• Manage risks, dependencies and blockers with timely decisions.
• Establish governance and prioritisation across services and platforms.
• Coach and mentor delivery managers and teams across functions.
• Work with stakeholders to define priorities and outcomes.

Conhecimentos

Building healthy teams

Adapting team structures

Agile coaching

Forecasting & metrics

Cross-organisational communication

Ferramentas

Azure DevOps

Jira

GitHub Projects

Trello

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This Senior Delivery Manager role sits in the Justice Data team within Justice Digital, Data and Science at the Ministry of Justice, supporting the HQ, HMCTS and Agencies Division. The postholder leads end-to-end delivery of complex data and digital services, owns the roadmap, manages risks and dependencies, and coaches delivery managers and multidisciplinary teams. Deployment may cover reporting, data platforms, digital products or transformation work, with hybrid working. Applicants must be willing to undergo SC clearance assessment.

What the job involves

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, high-profile data and digital services as the main point of accountability and escalation
• Shape and deliver the roadmap so services meet user needs and support data-driven decisions
• Manage risks, dependencies and blockers, with timely decisions and clear escalation
• Establish governance and prioritisation across services and platforms, balancing strategic, operational, technical debt and user needs
• Build, support and develop multidisciplinary teams
• Coach and mentor delivery managers and team members
• Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to set priorities and define outcomes
• Coordinate delivery with engineers, analysts, product managers and domain leads, demonstrating the value of reporting products and platforms
• Use delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, GitHub Projects or Trello to capture requirements, plan work and communicate transparently
• Use data, performance metrics and user insight to inform delivery decisions and measure impact
• Promote and embed agile and lean ways of working
• Lead cross-team alignment and organisational change through communication, engagement and knowledge sharing

Experience

• Proven experience as a Delivery Manager
• Strong outcome focus while proactively removing blockers

Skills & knowledge

• Building healthy, transparent, collaborative teams and resolving conflict
• Adapting team structures to context and balancing delivery with professional development
• Leading and coaching on agile and lean practices
• Applying forecasting, estimation, metrics, risk management and roadmap planning
• Communicating across organisational, technical and political boundaries

Checks & eligibility

• Willingness to be assessed against SC clearance requirements

What’s offered

• Civil Service Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 28.97%
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years, plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working including hybrid working, part-time working and compressed hours
• 10% of working time allocated to personal and professional development
• £1k per person learning budget, with conferences, professional accreditation and vocational programmes
• Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave: up to 26 weeks at full pay, 13 weeks at partial pay and 13 further weeks
• Maternity support or paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks