Senior Technology Delivery Manager

Manchester Digital; Salford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Digital in Salford is seeking a senior delivery architect to operate at the centre of our technology leadership. You will partner with architect professionals and cross‑organisational teams to enable governance, assurance and timely decision‑making across portfolios, aligning architecture, strategy and delivery with business aims.

You will coordinate across programmes, manage dependencies, and translate architectural risks into practical delivery plans.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams across delivery approaches (Agile and Waterfall).
• Facilitate delivery of technology products and services throughout their lifecycle.
• Translate architectural risks into actionable delivery plans.
• Experience coordinating across organisational boundaries and governance bodies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery activity across delivery, architecture and engineering teams; manage dependencies and enable decision‑making.
• Lead delivery of technology products and services and coach teams in suitable methodologies for complex situations.
• Support Communities of Practice by coordinating activity and maintaining momentum.
• Create and maintain realistic plans, manage stakeholders and governance to keep delivery on track.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile & Waterfall

Governance & assurance

Stakeholder management

Cross‑functional collaboration

Supplier management

Job description

Working within the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect Office, this role operates at the centre of Home Office Digital. You will work closely with architect professionals and support cross‑organisational delivery by enabling effective governance, assurance and decision‑making across portfolios, helping ensure that architecture, strategy and delivery are aligned. This is a high‑impact role suited to someone who enjoys operating in complexity, influencing across boundaries, and turning strategic intent into practical, deliverable outcomes.

You will work across multiple programmes and initiatives, you will coordinate delivery efforts end‑to‑end, managing dependencies and sequencing to ensure progress against critical timelines. You will operate comfortably across organisational boundaries to keep delivery aligned and moving.

Main Responsibilities

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Work across delivery, architecture and engineering teams to coordinate delivery activity, manage dependencies, and enable effective decision‑making.
• Take responsibility for delivery of technology products and services, facilitating and coaching teams in using the most appropriate methodologies in complex, ambiguous situations. Facilitate structured approaches to problem‑solving and competing user needs, continuously improving processes and performance.
• Support Architecture Communities of Practice (CoP), by helping to coordinate activity, clarify outcomes and maintain delivery momentum.
• Create and maintain realistic plans, keeping delivery on track within quality, cost, and time constraints. Remove blockers to success, managing stakeholders and engaging with governance as appropriate.
• Develop motivated, functioning teams, empowering collaboration and delivery while giving direction and constructive feedback. Monitor the profile and health of teams and work with them to resolve issues.
• Ensure that risks are identified, understood, and mitigated, involving specialists where necessary.
• Support architects and stakeholders to translate architectural risks and decisions into actionable delivery plans.
• Manage engagement with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Collect and use feedback to measure, develop and enhance stakeholder relationships and resolve issues.
• Act as a routine contact point for suppliers involved in delivery. Monitor supplier performance and help to resolve problems with suppliers.

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for delivery with the following skills or proven experience in:

• Leading teams in different delivery approaches, such as Agile and Waterfall, guiding them in implementing the most appropriate methodology for the situation, while continuously reflecting and challenging them to inspect and improve processes,
• Facilitating teams in the delivery of technology products and services throughout their lifecycle,
• Creating the best team makeup for the situation, bringing people together into a motivated team, identifying and rectifying issues in the team dynamic,
• Identifying, prioritising and managing risks, issues and dependencies,
• Engaging, communicating and mediating between technical and non-technical stakeholders, managing stakeholder expectations, resolving issues and improving relationships,
• Monitoring the performance of suppliers and acting as a point of contact with them
• Proven ability to support and improve governance models, forums and assurance processes in a technology or architecture context