Delivery Manager
Technical Delivery Manager - Defence Sector
Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Type: Permanent, up to £70,000 Gross Per Annum
Clearance: Active DV required
The Opportunit
yA leading organisation within the digital, cyber and intelligence space is looking to bring in a Technical Programme Lead to own delivery across a complex, multi-stream software programme embedded within a client environment
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This is a senior, high-impact role sitting across delivery, client engagement, and technical oversight. You’ll be responsible for keeping multiple workstreams aligned, unblocked, and delivering value, while acting as the key interface between engineering teams and senior client stakeholder
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What You’ll Be Do
ingYou’ll take ownership of a complex, multi-stream programme embedded within a client environment, ensuring delivery remains aligned, coordinated, and commercially valuable. Operating at the centre of the programme, you’ll bridge the gap between engineering teams, stakeholders, and end users, bringing structure and clarity across both technical and delivery domai
ns.This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll be setting direction, resolving challenges, and keeping multiple workstreams moving forward. You’ll be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, engaging senior stakeholders while ensuring engineering teams are supported, unblocked, and delivering effective
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Your Responsibilit
- ies:Taking ownership of day-to-day programme delivery across multiple technical workstr
- eamsActing as the primary escalation point for delivery risks, blockers, and is
- suesLeading engagement with senior client stakeholders, including C-suite level, building trust and ensuring continued programme bac
- kingCoordinating across internal engineering teams, client-side product owners, and external suppl
- iersProviding technical direction across data and application domains, either directly or via subject matter exp
- ertsOverseeing requirements definition, prioritisation, sprint reviews, and user engagement activi
- tiesSupporting delivery leads with infrastructure, engagement, and programme execution where ne
- ededEngaging directly with end users to ensure solutions are delivering real v
- alueIdentifying and resolving dependencies across teams to maintain delivery mome
- ntumEnsuring alignment with client architecture, governance, and operational framew
- orksManaging third-party suppliers involved in data, integration, and deli
- veryDriving programme reporting, planning, and funding acti