Delivery Manager

Working for a boutique consultancy, you will support the Charity CIO and leadership team to accelerate delivery without compromising on governance and quality.

Client Details

Boutique consultancy supporting high profile charity in London.

Description

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of technology projects, ensuring objectives are met within scope, time, and budget.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless collaboration and project execution.
• Monitor project progress and address any risks or issues promptly to avoid delays.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders regarding project updates and milestones.
• Ensure adherence to industry best practices and methodologies in project management.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement changes where necessary.
• Prepare and present detailed project reports for senior management.

• Coordinate day-to-day delivery activity, ensuring actions, dependencies and decisions are clear, owned and followed through.
• Maintain a live view of progress, risks and blockers, escalating issues early and pragmatically.
• Provide concise delivery updates, dashboards and action logs to support effective governance.

• Act as a single point of coordination between the CIO, senior leaders and delivery teams.
• Capture outcomes from meetings and ensure decisions translate into clear next steps.
• Reduce delivery noise by bringing structure, cadence and clarity across in-flight work.

• Take ownership of delivery-related administration currently carried by senior leaders.
• Support recruitment and onboarding from a coordination and tracking perspective.
• Keep delivery plans, logs and key documents current and usable.

• Identify emerging risks, issues and cross-team dependencies early.
• Work with leaders to unblock progress and use senior intervention efficiently.
• Bring order to ambiguous situations where ownership or next steps are unclear.

• Embed simple, consistent delivery practices that support pace and accountability.
• Balance momentum with appropriate governance, keeping work moving without unnecessary drag.

Profile

• Proven experience in delivery management in both structured and unstructured delivery environments
• Comfortable operating in environments with competing priorities, imperfect information and limited support capacity.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation and follow-through, able to keep multiple workstreams moving at pace.
• Confident engaging with, and influencing, senior leaders and translating discussion into clear actions and outcomes.
• Calm, pragmatic and resilient, able to bring structure and momentum to fast-moving or ambiguous situations.
• Willing to work on both strategic and administrative tasks

• Clear, reliable visibility of delivery progress, risks and next steps.
• Reduced reliance on ad-hoc escalation and informal chasing.
• Senior leaders spending less time on coordination and administration, more on direction and risk.
• Fewer late surprises due to missed actions or unclear ownership.
• A noticeable reduction in delivery friction and operational drag.

Job Offer

• Day rate £500-£600 per day expected to be INSIDE IR35
• Hybrid with some occasional travel to London
• Opportunity to work with a high profile charity