Salary: £15,000 - 20,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience delivering large-scale cloud or platform programmes in complex environments. Strong background in public sector digital delivery, ideally within central government. Demonstrable experience managing multi-supplier delivery under tight assurance constraints. Comfortable working with cloud platforms (AWS) and understanding modern DevOps delivery models. Strong grasp of delivery metrics, forecasting, dependency management, and risk control. Confident communicator who can challenge senior stakeholders constructively. Experience working under security, compliance, and regulatory constraints. Familiarity with the clients governance, GDS assessments, or cross-government platforms (desirable). Exposure to FinOps, platform reliability, or live service operations (desirable). Experience supporting migration programmes or large-scale onboarding (desirable). Responsibilities: Own delivery across one or more Core Cloud workstreams (platform, migration, security uplift, tooling, or service onboarding). Translate strategy, roadmaps, and funding intent into executable delivery plans with clear milestones, dependencies, and tolerances. Drive delivery through discovery, alpha, beta, and live phases without losing momentum. Actively manage delivery risk, technical debt, and operational constraints. Operate confidently across the clients senior stakeholders, DDaT leadership, architects, security teams, and commercial functions. Run delivery governance forums with clarity and pace, focusing on decisions, not theatre. Provide clear, honest delivery reporting (RAG, risks, mitigations, forecast confidence). Challenge optimism bias and escalate early when delivery is at risk. Coordinate delivery across multiple suppliers and internal teams, ensuring clear ownership and zero gaps. Enable engineering teams by removing blockers rather than adding process drag. Foster a delivery culture that values predictability, quality, and operational readiness. Apply Agile pragmatically using Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid approaches as appropriate. Ensure delivery aligns with GDS Service Manual, the clients assurance gates, and NCSC expectations. Track delivery against funding envelopes and call out burn-rate risks early. Support commercial governance, change control, and scope management. Ensure value is demonstrable, not implied. Technologies: AWS Cloud DevOps Support Kanban Security More: We are seeking a Core Cloud Delivery Manager to lead our clients Core Cloud services, ensuring delivery that meets production-grade standards. This is a hands-on leadership role within a high-assurance, multi-supplier environment. You will work in Croydon, attending important meetings as required. Our goal is to maintain rigorous delivery while adapting to ambiguity and dependencies. We value a delivery culture focused on quality and operational readiness, and offer a supportive environment that encourages growth and innovation. last updated 7 week of 2026