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Senior Delivery Manager

Hybrid in Not specified·Added 2 days ago (last checked 27 Oct)

Agency
Morson Edge

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Our summary

Salary
£500 - £725 a day
Work mode
Hybrid, Not specified
Contract
Contract role, inside IR35
Experience
Senior level
Closing date
Apply by Monday 23 November

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Significant experience operating at Senior Delivery Manager level within complex digital delivery environments.
  • Strong background working across multi-supplier and/or managed service delivery models.
  • Proven ability to mobilise delivery teams quickly and implement proportionate governance structures.
  • Experience managing delivery spend, resource planning, risks, issues and cross-team dependencies.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including reporting to senior leadership.
  • Strong leadership, facilitation and relationship-building capability.
  • Ability to make sound decisions in fast-moving environments with competing priorities.
  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery and user-centred design principles, with the ability to apply methodologies pragmatically rather than rigidly.

The role

Senior Delivery Manager
6-Month Contract | Hybrid (2 Days per Week Onsite) | UK Wide

Were looking for an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to join a major public sector digital transformation programme. This is an opportunity to lead complex delivery activity across multiple teams and suppliers, helping to drive successful outcomes within a large-scale, fast-paced environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead the delivery of complex digital programmes and services, coordinating multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
  • Rapidly establish effective governance, reporting frameworks, delivery controls and ways of working.
  • Manage supplier relationships, ensuring alignment around shared priorities, milestones and delivery plans.
  • Oversee dependencies, risks, issues, blockers, resources and delivery budgets, escalating where required.
  • Provide clear, evidence-based reporting to senior stakeholders on progress, risks, decisions and financial position.
  • Foster strong collaboration between technical teams, delivery partners and business stakeholders.
  • Balance pace, quality and governance in a dynamic and often ambiguous delivery environment.
  • Support knowledge transfer and capability build-up, leaving sustainable delivery practices in place.

Essential Experience

VAT Number: 732 4476 36

Group Company Number: 5111937

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