About the role:
Are you a results-driven delivery professional with a talent for managing complex IT projects and programmes? At Lincolnshire Co-op, we’re transforming how technology supports our diverse businesses — from food and pharmacy to property and funeral services. We are seeking a Solution Delivery Manager to oversee operational delivery across multiple initiatives, ensuring all projects align with business priorities and IT strategy.
In this role, you will provide operational leadership for a portfolio of IT projects and programmes, managing a team to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes. You will collaborate with business stakeholders to prioritise initiatives, manage expectations, and ensure technology enables real business impact.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Leading and supporting your team to deliver projects on time, within scope, and on budget.
* Aligning solution delivery with business goals, IT strategy, and enterprise architecture.
* Managing vendor and third-party relationships to ensure compliance, performance, and value.
* Driving continuous improvement in delivery processes, tools, and team performance.
* Supporting change management, adoption of new systems, and stakeholder communication.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-impact IT delivery, influence operational excellence, and make a tangible difference across Lincolnshire Co-op’s businesses.
About You
You bring proven experience managing multiple concurrent IT projects or programmes, with strong leadership skills to guide your team. At Lincolnshire Co-op, we are looking for a Solution Delivery Manager who can ensure complex IT initiatives are delivered efficiently, effectively, and aligned with business priorities. You will lead and support your team to navigate challenges, mitigate risks, and deliver solutions that create real impact across our diverse businesses.
In this role, you will manage the end-to-end delivery of IT projects, collaborating with stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams to ensure operational excellence and business value. You will embed best practices, governance frameworks, and continuous improvement into all aspects of delivery.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Leading and supporting your team to deliver projects on time, within scope, and on budget.
* Aligning solution delivery with business goals, IT strategy, and enterprise architecture.
* Managing vendor and third-party relationships to ensure compliance, performance, and value.
* Driving continuous improvement in delivery processes, tools, and team performance.
* Supporting change management, adoption of new systems, and stakeholder communication.
If you are passionate about leading IT delivery, solving complex problems, and delivering tangible results, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference at Lincolnshire Co-op.
Benefits:
In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:
* Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions)
* Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses
* Annual discretionary colleague bonus to reward you for your hard work, based on the achievement of your objectives
* Private medical insurance underwritten by BUPA
We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you’ll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you’re thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we’ll work together with you to shape your career for the better.
About Us
From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We’re proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we’re a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.
We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more! Find out more about us, our purpose and wonderful colleagues here.
We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can emailcareers@lincolnshire.coop.
We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.
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