Location: Corsham Job Type: Contract Industry: Cloud & Infrastructure Job reference: BBBH426539_1761820456 Posted: about 3 hours ago
Job Title: SC Cleared Delivery Manager
Location: Remote/ Corsham 2-3 days
Duration: Until 31/03/2026 with likely extension
Rate: Up to £800 per day via an approved umbrella company
Role Overview
The projects Engineering Team employs a hybrid project management approach, combining agile and waterfall methodologies to deliver technical projects effectively. As a Delivery Manager, you will manage projects within the Core Product Team, ensuring outputs meet time, quality, and customer requirements. These projects focus on enhancing the projects capabilities through software automation, virtualization, networking, and applications delivered by specialist technical groups.
You will plan, manage, and coordinate technical tasks, liaising with functions such as the Design Office and Live Service Operations to ensure successful delivery within time and budget constraints.
Key Responsibilities
1. Develop and maintain project plans aligned with programme deliverables.
2. Collaborate with technical leads to plan and estimate resources and timelines for assigned projects.
3. Create and track JIRA EPICs and tasks; allocate activities to resources with technical leads.
4. Review, assure, and close JIRA tasks accurately.
5. Manage and document RAIDO (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, Opportunities) and escalate where necessary.
6. Attend stakeholder meetings to provide planning expertise.
7. Identify opportunities to optimise project efficiency and delivery.
Essential Skills & Experience
8. Minimum 2 years' experience managing IT projects with ability to challenge technical decisions.
9. Minimum 2 years' experience in project management using waterfall or agile methodologies.
10. Working knowledge of:
11. Requirements Management
12. Planning & Scheduling
13. Resource Management
14. Risk & Issue Management
15. Quality Management
16. Governance
17. Stakeholder Management
18. Testing
19. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
20. Ability to adapt methodologies to suit project environments.
21. Skilled in coordinating multiple workstreams simultaneously.
22. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
23. Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including MS Project.
Desirable Skills
24. Familiarity with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence).
25. Certification in PRINCE2, APMP, SAFe (4/5/6), or equivalent agile methodology.
26. Experience working within UK Defence delivery projects.