* Locations Galashiels, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
* Working Pattern Full Time
* Number of Openings 1
* Apply Before 05/12/2026, 10:59 PM
The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire-fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland.
The Delivery Manager will have responsibility and accountability for delivery of legislative events and business transformational changes in the SPPA and be the point of decision making before escalating into the Business Transformation Senior Leadership Team. This role will have specific responsibility for delivery of legislative remedy projects, operating under fixed deadlines, retrospective data correction, and heightened assurance, audit and stakeholder scrutiny.
Responsibilities
* Plan and manage delivery of SPPA transformational projects or annual event activity
* Foster a culture of experimentation and resilience in our existing services supplied by our pension administration system provider taking account of digital enhancements and capabilities and ensuring that effective project management and controls are maintained.
* Manages the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off.
* Ensure delivery assurance, governance and audit readiness - Own delivery assurance activities, RAID management, MI reporting and audit readiness to provide confidence to senior stakeholders.
* Maintain delivery momentum and flow - Manage pace, prioritisation, dependencies, exceptions and rework cycles, addressing blockers and risks proactively.
* Build and enable high performing teams - Form, motivate and empower teams; develop technical and non technical capability; and create environments that support collaboration and effective delivery.
* Drive continuous improvement and adaptive delivery - Apply Agile, Lean and hybrid approaches pragmatically; challenge inefficient processes; embed learning; and guide teams through process and lifecycle transitions.
Qualifications
You should have a recognised project management qualification.
Working pattern
This role is a permanent level transfer position.
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