Senior Delivery Manager
NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Manchester, M1 3BNView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 November 2026
11 days leftJob description
As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will oversee the successful delivery of a portfolio of complex digital, data and technology initiatives that support...
What you'll be expected to do / bring to the role:
- Oversee the end-to-end delivery of large or complex digital and technology initiatives, from business case through to live operation, using agile and/or waterfall approaches as appropriate.
- Manage delivery risk, dependencies, resourcing and capacity across multiple workstreams, using data-driven insights to inform planning and decision-making.
- Develop collaborative and productive relationships with senior stakeholders, delivery teams and third-party suppliers, influencing without direct authority.
- Provide clear, accurate and transparent reporting on delivery performance, risks, progress and benefits, using tools such as JIRA and other delivery systems.
- Support effective portfolio and governance practices, ensuring work aligns to NICE strategy, corporate standards and public-sector best practice.
- Line manage and support Agile Delivery Manager(s), providing leadership, coaching and performance management.
- Support continuous improvement, embedding effective delivery practices, service management principles and lessons learned across the organisation.
- Bring effective communication, facilitation and workshop-design skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and help resolve complex delivery issues.
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
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Time to recharge
Start with 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
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Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Proven and demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise of agile delivery management acquired through master's degree or equivalent qualification/experience
Education/Qualifications
Desirable: - Proven and demonstrated experience of working with other IT, project and programme management frameworks including ITIL, Prince2 and MSP
Experience
Essential
- Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully developing and maintaining outcome based delivery plans for complex digital, data and technology initiatives from initiation through to business as usual handover
Experience
Essential
- Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully managing and assuring delivery using blended teams comprising internal resources and third-party suppliers, establishing effective governance, managing dependencies, and ensuring the successful delivery of agreed business outcomes
Experience
Essential: - Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams where competing priorities exist
Skills/Knowledge
Essential: - Proven and demonstrated experience of using insights from agile delivery metrics to improve delivery throughput
Other
Essential
- Proven and demonstrated ability to collaborate openly with senior stakeholders and sponsors to break down complex strategic outcomes into deliverable outputs, and maintain alignment between business goals and delivery execution
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
23 October 2026
Last checked
24 October 2026
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