Version1
Senior Delivery Manager
Salary
Job description
We’re recruiting an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to join our growing public sector consultancy on a permanent basis, leading the delivery of complex digital and technology‑enabled change.
You’ll work in partnership with public sector clients to deliver outcomes that improve public services. Applying agile and lean delivery approaches pragmatically, you’ll balance pace and innovation with governance, assurance, and value for money, while supporting teams and clients through sustainable, long‑term change.
Responsibilities:
- Take accountability for the successful delivery of one or more complex projects or workstreams in public sector environments.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, translating strategic objectives and policy intent into clear, achievable delivery plans.
- Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring delivery remains on track.
- Lead, support, and develop multidisciplinary teams, creating a positive, inclusive culture and effective ways of working.
- Apply agile and lean delivery practices flexibly, adapting your approach to suit different organisational contexts and levels of maturity.
- Manage delivery within agreed governance, commercial, and contractual frameworks.
- Coach and mentor other Delivery Managers and actively contribute to our delivery management community of practice.
We’ll assess the following skills during the application process:
- Relationship management: Strong emotional intelligence with experience building trusted relationships, managing expectations, and resolving conflict across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience facilitating effective discussions, navigating difficult conversations, and communicating sensitive messages constructively.
- Planning and execution: Proven experience shaping and delivering collaborative delivery plans, assessing feasibility, managing risks and dependencies, and adapting plans as learning evolves.
- Leadership: A role‑model for servant leadership, able to adapt leadership style to team needs and create an empowering, inclusive working environment.
- Commercial acumen: Experience working within contractual frameworks, managing budgets, and identifying commercial risks and opportunities.
- Adaptability: Ability to tailor delivery and leadership approaches to suit differing client contexts and team needs.
- Agile expertise: Broad experience applying agile frameworks and methods pragmatically across service or software delivery.
- Public sector experience: Experience working in public sector or similarly regulated environments.
Nice to have
Experience in product management, service design, development, or another related discipline.
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
- Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring.
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact [recruiter email address] at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.
Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.
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