Digital Delivery Manager - Fixed Term

Digital Delivery Manager

Reference: OCT20255048

Location: Flexible with some travel to Sandy, Bedfordshire

Contract: Fixed-term 12 months - with potential extensions

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £39,205.00 - £41,856.00 Per Annum

Benefits: Holiday, Pension, Life Assurance

Modernise legacy systems. Deliver with precision. Make an impact!

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Digital Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of a major refactoring project for the RSPB’s Conservation GIS mapping system (Merlin). This critical role will focus on modernising and stabilising the existing application architecture to meet the unique demands of the RSPB's conservation work, whilst also maintaining current compliance, resilience, and performance standards.

The Merlin system currently utilises Microsoft Silverlight and runs on Windows Server 2016. Your role will involve coordinating complex software migrations, ensuring code refactoring is completed to the highest standards, and managing dependencies across multiple teams. This project is expected to span 1-3 years, with this role initially fixed for 12 months and likely to extend.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery: Lead the successful delivery of the Merlin refactoring project using appropriate methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid)

Technical Oversight: Ensure refactoring activities meet compliance, resilience, and performance requirements

Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with Conservation Data Management Unit (CDMU), DDaT, and senior stakeholders to provide clear updates, manage expectations, and resolve challenges

Team Coordination: Manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring effective collaboration across technical and business functions

Governance & Documentation: Maintain robust governance, RAID logs, and develop standardised templates for consistent reporting and documentation

Risk & Issue Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with legacy technologies and migration activities

Budget & Resource Control: Manage budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation to ensure delivery within agreed parameters

Continuous Improvement: Promote best practice in delivery and technical governance throughout the project lifecycle

About You

You are a highly organised and proactive delivery professional with a proven track record of managing large-scale digital or refactoring projects. You thrive in complex environments, balancing technical challenges with strong leadership and clear communication.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Significant experience delivering digital projects involving legacy system refactoring or software migrations
• Strong understanding of Microsoft technologies, including MS Fabric (essential) and Silverlight
• Experience with Esri products, angular and SQL (highly beneficial)
• Strong understanding and working knowledge of ArcGIS (in particular ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise) and mapping technologies
• Proven ability to manage budgets, forecasts, and resource planning
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership
• Expertise in delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and governance frameworks
• Highly organised, with exceptional prioritisation and planning abilities

Desirable:

• Professional certifications such as PRINCE2, AgilePM, PMP, or ITIL
• Experience in conservation IT or similar regulated environments
• Familiarity with tools such as MS Project, Jira, Miro, Power Platform (inc Power BI), MS Fabric and Office 365

Why Join Us?

At the RSPB, your work matters. You’ll join a passionate, purpose driven organisation where your leadership will enable technology solutions that make a real difference for nature and people. Our teams are collaborative, innovative, and committed to delivering impact.

Ready to modernise legacy systems and deliver with impact? Apply today and help us build the technology that powers conservation.

Closing date: 23:59, Fri, 19th Dec 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from January 2026.

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

As part of this application process, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

No agencies please.