Senior Delivery Manager

Boldyn Networks; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Parental leave up to 20 weeks paid

Holiday allowance 25+ days

Volunteer days 4 per year

Job summary

Boldyn Networks in London is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead delivery across multiple telecoms projects, ensuring time, cost, quality and safety targets are met.

You will coach Delivery Managers, manage RAID and assurance, and drive continuous improvement to protect Boldyn’s reputation for safety and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience leading telecoms infrastructure delivery (DAS, Wi-Fi, fibre, or neutral host environments).
• Proven leadership of multiple project delivery teams with direct accountability for cost, schedule and safety.
• Professional project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM PMQ, PMP)
• Professional CDM qualification (CITB / NEBOSH / IOSH / SMSTS).
• Demonstrable ability to apply governance, RAID and assurance disciplines across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong technical understanding of telecoms build and integration across radio, fibre and power.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven success improving delivery quality, cost control and risk management performance.
• Degree in construction, civil engineering, telecoms management or project management (eg. BEng, BSc or equivalent).
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and coach Delivery Managers to achieve delivery excellence and personal development.
• Act as the operational lead of the delivery function with clear direction and escalation management across projects.
• Define and enforce delivery standards, processes and tools in line with the Programme Office framework.
• Regularly review progress, quality, risks and adherence to standards across teams.
• Create a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement across delivery disciplines.
• Provide consolidated visibility of programme risks and milestones; RAID oversight and closure of mitigations.
• Audit delivery performance and ensure data accuracy and escalation discipline.
• Intervene to resolve high-impact risks and drive recovery strategies across projects.
• Oversee commercial performance, budgets, forecasts, and contract obligations across projects.
• Review cost movements, variations and subcontractor claims with governance across procurement teams.
• Partner with Procurement on supplier tenders, pricing frameworks and contract negotiations.
• Monitor invoicing and milestones, ensuring financial governance.
• Drive alignment of contractual obligations and governance across the delivery function.
• Work with Design/Engineering to ensure buildability and design assurance; lead build readiness reviews.
• Ensure designs are construction-compliant and ready for handover.
• Impart construction/engineering knowledge to the wider team.
• Maintain subcontractor management standards and performance reviews.
• Ensure deployment partners meet programme requirements, safety obligations and technical standards.
• Review site reports and evidence submissions for KPI alignment.
• Provide escalation support for complex build/logistics issues.
• Ensure site operations, logistics and access constraints are managed across concurrent projects.
• Oversee QA across delivery activity; ensure handover documentation meets Boldyn requirements.
• Validate installations pass inspections and handover to clients.
• Conduct process audits and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Design/Engineering on QA outputs and version control.
• Champion safety through CDM compliance across sites and partners.
• Review Phase Plans and risk assessments to meet standards.

Skills

Telecoms delivery leadership

Multiple project leadership

Cost & safety focus

PM qualification

CDM qualification

RAID governance

Design & build integration

Strong communication

Stakeholder engagement

Safety culture

Education

Degree in construction/civil engineering/telecoms management

Job description

## Senior Delivery ManagerApplylocations: UK London Paddington Officetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR1450Teamwork where everyone’s on board. Embrace it today.**About The Role** The Senior Delivery Manager is responsible for the leadership, assurance and performance of Boldyn’s delivery functions across multiple projects and programmes. Operating as the senior member of the delivery team, the Senior Delivery Manager provides structured oversight, management and coaching to ensure all delivery activity meets time, cost, quality and safety targets. Reporting to the Head of Delivery, this role acts as the primary link between project delivery, commercial control and technical assurance. The Senior Delivery Manager holds responsibility for ensuring that risks are identified early, mitigations are actioned and programme recovery plans are executed decisively. They drive consistent application of Boldyn’s delivery frameworks and act as the quality gate between design, construction and handover. The role spans planning, design, mobilisation, construction and operational readiness, ensuring each project moves through phase control with precision and traceability. The Senior Delivery Manager champions compliance with Health & Safety and CDM Regulations or equivalent safety regulations, holds a strong command of commercial and contractual obligations and enforces disciplined change control. They are the trusted senior lead who ensures Boldyn does not fail on delivery — setting standards, auditing performance and maintaining a culture of discipline and accountability. By supporting and developing Delivery Managers, they strengthen overall delivery capability, enhance commercial awareness and protect Boldyn’s reputation for quality, safety and reliability. **What You’ll Be Doing****Leadership & Team Management*** Lead, mentor and coach Delivery Managers and support colleagues to achieve delivery excellence and personal development.* Act as the operational lead of the delivery function, providing clear direction and escalation management across projects.* Define and enforce delivery standards, processes and tools across the team in alignment with the Programme Office framework.* Conduct regular reviews with Delivery Managers to evaluate progress, quality, risks and adherence to standards.* Create a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement across all delivery disciplines.**Programme Oversight & Risk Management*** Provide consolidated visibility of programme risks, milestones, dependencies and inter-project impacts.* Support all Delivery Managers with RAID oversight, ensuring that issues are resolved and mitigations tracked to closure.* Undertake regular audits of delivery performance, ensuring data accuracy, escalation discipline and early warning reporting to the Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager and Programme Office.* Intervene decisively to resolve high-impact risks and drive recovery strategies across multiple projects.* Ensure lessons learned are captured and embedded into processes to continually strengthen Boldyn’s delivery resilience.**Commercial, Contractual & Supplier Management*** Act as the senior point of contact for deployment partners and key suppliers, managing performance against SLAs and contract obligations.* Hold oversight of commercial performance across all assigned projects, ensuring budgets, forecasts and change controls are managed correctly.* Review and challenge cost movements, variations and subcontractor claims, maintaining commercial integrity and traceability.* Partner with Procurement Commercial teams on supplier tenders, pricing frameworks and contract negotiations to ensure competitive value and uphold Boldyn’s commitment to Responsible Procurement* Monitor supplier invoicing and milestone achievement, applying financial governance to prevent cost leakage.* Drive understanding of contractual obligations across the Delivery function, ensuring compliance and consistent reporting of commercial risk.**Technical Integration & Design Interface*** Work with the Solution Design Manager and engineering leads to ensure buildable solutions, version control and design assurance.* Chair or oversee build readiness reviews, ensuring designs are construction-compliant and approval-ready before execution.* Apply broad technical understanding of DAS, Wi-Fi and fibre to support decisions and resolve on-site issues.* Safeguard alignment between design intent and site execution to achieve quality, compliance and handover readiness.* Impart construction and engineering knowledge to the wider team and maintain buildability / build assurance compliance.**Subcontractor Oversight & Site Delivery*** Maintain high standards of subcontractor management through structured oversight and performance reviews.* Ensure deployment partners meet programme requirements, technical standards and safety obligations.* Review site-level reports, audits and evidence submissions from Delivery Managers to confirm alignment with contractual KPIs.* Provide escalation support for complex build or logistics issues, balancing practical judgement with compliance.* Ensure that site operations, logistics and access constraints are effectively managed across concurrent projects.**Quality Management & Technical Assurance*** Oversee quality assurance across all delivery activity, ensuring design intent, build standards and handover documentation meet Boldyn requirements.* Validate that all installations pass quality inspections and technical sign-offs before handover to clients and operators.* Conduct spot checks and process audits to assess adherence to build quality, documentation standards and record-keeping.* Drive process improvement initiatives to reduce rework and improve first-time-right outcomes.* Collaborate with Design and Engineering to align QA outputs with technical deliverables and version control processes.**Health & Safety & CDM Leadership*** Act as the senior delivery lead for compliance with Health & Safety and CDM 2015 Regulations, or equivalent safety regulations.* Hold accountability for ensuring Principal Contractor and Principal Designer duties are executed in accordance with statutory requirements.* Champion a proactive safety culture by embedding best practice across all delivery sites and partners.* Review Construction Phase Plans, RAMS and risk assessments to ensure they meet Boldyn and legislative standards.* Conduct safety inspections and participate in SHEQ audits, ensuring findings are closed promptly and lessons are cascaded across teams.**Stakeholder Engagement & Management*** Act as senior delivery interface with clients, MNOs, landlords and internal stakeholders.* Provide structured updates to the Programme Manager, Programme Office and Head of Delivery, presenting delivery performance, risk and recovery actions.* Support executive reporting to Programme Office governance forums and steering committees, including inputs to dashboards, stage reviews and phase gates.* Drive alignment between internal stakeholders to ensure programme objectives are met collectively.**What You’ll Bring****Essential:*** Experience leading telecoms infrastructure delivery (DAS, Wi-Fi, fibre, or neutral host environments).* Proven leadership of multiple project delivery teams with direct accountability for cost, schedule and safety.* Professional project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM PMQ, PMP)* Professional CDM qualification CITB / NEBOSH / IOSH / SMSTS.* Demonstrable ability to apply governance, RAID and assurance disciplines across multiple concurrent projects.* Strong technical understanding of telecoms build and integration across radio, fibre and power.* Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.* Proven success improving delivery quality, cost control and risk management performance.* Degree in construction, civil engineering, telecoms management or project management (eg. BEng, BSc or equivalent)* Full UK driving licence.**Desirable:*** Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng).* Experience working within or alongside MNOs, Neutral Hosts, or Infrastructure Operators.* Experience contributing to ISO-certified QA or governance systems.* Formal leadership or management training (ILM / CMI Level 7).**About Us** At Boldyn Networks, we’re reimagining the future of interconnectivity. Our network solutions are solving some of tomorrow’s greatest challenges. We are one team across the globe. Always listening. Learning. We value different perspectives and challenge each other to be our best. Here, you can change lives today and create a better tomorrow. **Why work with us?** We’re large enough to deliver and maintain large-scale operations, giving you the opportunity to work on exciting projects and expand your skills. You’ll be surrounded talented colleagues who thrive on solving problems, just like you. Together, you’ll make your mark on projects that matter and find new strengths along the way. **We also offer:*** Flexible working opportunities* Parental leave with up to 20 weeks paid at full salary* Holiday allowance starting at 25 days rising with length of service* 4 days off each year to volunteer**Ready to apply?** Are you ready to create an impact that will last for generations? Join us at Boldyn Networks today. Hit apply and follow the instructions to get started.