Senior Delivery Manager - Data & Digital Services (Hybrid)

Ministry of Justice; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Civil Service Pension (28.97%

25 days annual leave (+ 5 years + 5)

Flexible working arrangements

Learning budget of £1k per person

Maternity / adoption / parental leave

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Ministry of Justice is recruiting a Senior Delivery Manager within Justice Data, Data and Science to lead end-to-end delivery across data and digital services. You will work with engineers, analysts, product managers and stakeholders to shape delivery approaches and ensure timely, user-centred outcomes.

You’ll join a growing delivery community and may be deployed across programmes, products and services, leveraging agile practices and modern data platforms to support data-driven decision making

Qualifications

• Senior Delivery Manager for data and digital services, able to lead end-to-end initiatives.
• Strong understanding of agile and lean methodologies with stakeholder collaboration.
• Ability to manage risk, dependencies and deliver valued, user-centred services.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Senior Delivery Manager for data and digital services, leading end-to-end delivery and serving as the primary point of accountability.
• Lead the delivery of complex, high-profile data and digital services using agile and lean methodologies.
• Shape and deliver the roadmap for data and digital services to meet user needs and organisational priorities.
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies and blockers across initiatives with clear escalation.
• Use delivery tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, GitHub Projects, Trello) to capture requirements and coordinate teams.
• Use data, metrics and user insights to inform decisions and improve delivery practices.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to establish priorities and meaningful outcomes.

Job description

Ministry of Justice is recruiting a Senior Delivery Manager within Justice Data, Data and Science to lead end-to-end delivery across data and digital services. You will work with engineers, analysts, product managers and stakeholders to shape delivery approaches and ensure timely, user-centred outcomes.

You’ll join a growing delivery community and may be deployed across programmes, products and services, leveraging agile practices and modern data platforms to support data-driven decision making