Hybrid Working
This role operates on a hybrid basis. You will be required to attend the Staines office one day per week, with remaining days worked remotely. Flexible arrangements are available – please reach out to discuss what works for you.
About Scrumconnect Consulting
Scrumconnect Consulting is a leading UK digital and technology consultancy specialising in delivering impactful, user‑centred services for the public sector. We work at the heart of government transformation – partnering with central government departments, agencies, and local authorities to build digital products and services that make a real difference to citizens' lives. With a team of over 125 engineers, architects, delivery professionals and designers, we bring deep GDS expertise, a strong delivery culture and a genuine commitment to doing things the right way. 42% of our team are women – we continue to actively build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we serve.
About the role
You will lead delivery across a central government digital programme, working closely with civil‑servant programme teams and senior stakeholders to ensure work is planned, coordinated, and continuously improving. The role requires hands‑on delivery leadership, strategic risk and stakeholder management, and acting as a recognised expert in agile and lean delivery, coaching teams, challenging existing processes, and driving a culture of continuous improvement.
Essential criteria
* CTC security clearance or above – active at point of application
* Significant experience working in central government digital programmes
* Experience engaging with central programme teams of civil servants and feeding into wider business and governance processes
* Proven track record as a Senior Delivery Manager operating at G7 level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Experience delivering or supporting cyber security programmes
* Experience working in a local government context alongside central government
* Familiarity with the Government Digital and Data (GDaD) framework
Core competencies
* Agile & lean practices – coach and lead teams in agile and lean, experiment with new ways of working, and act as an advocate across the organisation.
* Communication – convey complex information clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences, building confidence and trust with senior civil servants and delivery teams.
* Budget management – understand, track and forecast financial expenditure, feeding into wider programme and business planning as required.
* Life‑cycle management – create and tailor the right delivery approach for a team, challenge, evaluate and iterate the approach throughout the product life cycle.
* Maintaining delivery momentum – optimise team delivery flow, actively address complex risks, issues and dependencies, including those owned outside the team or unclear.
* Making processes work – identify and challenge unnecessarily complex organisational processes, coach teams to inspect and adapt, guide through new process implementation.
* Planning – lead continual planning in complex environments, plan beyond product delivery, identify cross‑service dependencies and coordinate delivery, acting as central planning expertise.
* Team dynamics & collaboration – identify and resolve problems in team dynamics, use agile health checks, provide timely feedback and accelerate team development cycles.
Commitment to diversity & inclusion
We are committed to building inclusive, diverse teams and actively welcome applications from women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people, those returning after a career break, and anyone under‑represented in senior delivery and technology roles in government. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process. If you don't meet every requirement but feel this role fits your experience, we encourage you to apply. Please reach out to discuss what support would work best for you.
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