Senior Delivery Manager

慨正橡扯; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

慨正橡扯 is looking for an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead public sector consultancy projects in the United Kingdom. You will be responsible for the successful delivery of complex digital transformations, improving public services in partnership with clients.

The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership abilities, agile expertise, and public sector experience. The position offers a hybrid work model across major UK cities, including London, Birmingham, and Manchester.

Qualifications

• Strong emotional intelligence with experience in relationship management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience in planning and executing collaborative delivery plans.
• Experience in servant leadership and creating inclusive environments.
• Ability to manage budgets and identify commercial risks.
• Experience with agile frameworks in service or software delivery.
• Previous work experience in public sector or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for successful delivery of complex projects in public sector.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and issues for timely delivery.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams.
• Apply agile practices flexibly across organizational contexts.
• Ensure delivery within governance and commercial frameworks.
• Mentor other Delivery Managers and foster community practice.

Skills

Relationship management

Communication

Planning and execution

Leadership

Commercial acumen

Adaptability

Agile expertise

Public sector experience

Job description

Senior Delivery Manager

Company Overview

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep experts enable our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award‑winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do.

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core‑values driven company; we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them—it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you.

We’re recruiting an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to join our growing public sector consultancy on a permanent basis, leading the delivery of complex digital and technology‑enabled change.

You’ll work in partnership with public sector clients to deliver outcomes that improve public services. Applying agile and lean delivery approaches pragmatically, you’ll balance pace and innovation with governance, assurance, and value for money, while supporting teams and clients through sustainable, long‑term change.

Responsibilities

• Take accountability for the successful delivery of one or more complex projects or workstreams in public sector environments.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, translating strategic objectives and policy intent into clear, achievable delivery plans.
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring delivery remains on track.
• Lead, support, and develop multidisciplinary teams, creating a positive, inclusive culture and effective ways of working.
• Apply agile and lean delivery practices flexibly, adapting your approach to suit different organisational contexts and levels of maturity.
• Manage delivery within agreed governance, commercial, and contractual frameworks.
• Coach and mentor other Delivery Managers and actively contribute to our delivery management community of practice.

Assessment Criteria

• Relationship management: Strong emotional intelligence with experience building trusted relationships, managing expectations, and resolving conflict across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience facilitating effective discussions, navigating difficult conversations, and communicating sensitive messages constructively.
• Planning and execution: Proven experience shaping and delivering collaborative delivery plans, assessing feasibility, managing risks and dependencies, and adapting plans as learning evolves.
• Leadership: A role‑model for servant leadership, able to adapt leadership style to team needs and create an empowering, inclusive working environment.
• Commercial acumen: Experience working within contractual frameworks, managing budgets, and identifying commercial risks and opportunities.
• Adaptability: Ability to tailor delivery and leadership approaches to suit differing client contexts and team needs.
• Agile expertise: Broad experience applying agile frameworks and methods pragmatically across service or software delivery.
• Public sector experience: Experience working in public sector or similarly regulated environments.

Nice to have

Experience in product management, service design, development, or another related discipline.

London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Belfast, United Kingdom

Employees work in a hybrid mode.