Overview
Senior Delivery Manager, AD WARRIOR – Guardian Jobs
Location: York
Salary: £57,515 - £83,058 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Wednesday 12th November 2025
Job Summary
Can you lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality digital products and services that meet user needs? Have you successfully managed complex digital projects, navigating technical challenges and engaging effectively with senior stakeholders and delivery partners? Do you champion Agile and Lean practices, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across teams and organisations? If so, they’d love to hear from you!
The organisation aims to increase the number of local journeys being walked, wheeled or cycled by 2030. They achieve this by investing in and improving standards for the organisation’s schemes across England, integrating the organisation in the planning and development system, focusing on inclusivity and accessibility, and helping councils access state-of-the-art data and analysis for planning and design.
Responsibilities
* Lead the discovery and development of digital services, translating user insights into actionable delivery plans, contribute to the digital strategy and roadmap, and ensure development priorities align with business needs and strategic objectives.
* Own the relationship with the organisation’s Digital team, ensuring their development and cloud approach aligns with wider priorities and overcoming technical blockers or challenges.
* Facilitate effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, manage expectations, moderate discussions, and act as a conduit between the ATE Digital team and the wider business.
* Be accountable for product delivery, manage teams through all delivery phases, coach and mentor other delivery managers, and address complex risks, issues, and dependencies; ensure all products follow Government Digital Service (GDS) requirements.
* Manage relationships with externally sourced delivery partners and contracted suppliers, including scoping, identifying contractual frameworks, negotiating, and ensuring value for money.
* Provide expert leadership and coaching in Agile and Lean practices, tailoring the approach to lifecycle stages, and foster collaboration within teams.
* Identify and challenge inefficient organisational processes, guide teams through improvements, experiment with innovative ways of working, and lead continual planning in a complex environment.
Person specification
* Demonstrable experience of leading delivery using a range of Agile and Lean tools and techniques, empowering and coaching agile teams to be self-organising, inclusive and continuously improving.
* Demonstrable experience in delivering multiple successful digital products and services through the agile delivery lifecycle.
* Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively across organisational, technical and non-technical audiences.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?vxsys=4&vxvac=434729
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