Delivery Manager - Technology Test Services & Environments

Job Title: SC Cleared Delivery Manager - Technology Test Services & Environments
Location: West Country - Hybrid
Salary/Rate: £550 - £600 (Inside IR35)
Start Date: Immediate
Job Type: Six Month Contract

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager to support the planning, coordination, governance and reporting of technology test services and representative test environments within a large-scale transformation programme.

The role will work across multiple delivery teams, suppliers and programme stakeholders, ensuring that delivery plans are realistic, aligned and actively managed. A key focus will be integrated planning, dependency management, risk management, governance and delivery forecasting.

This is a delivery-focused role requiring someone who can bring structure to complex programmes, coordinate multiple workstreams and ensure environments and services are ready to support planned integration and testing activities.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Work with Test Managers and delivery leads to produce, baseline, maintain and report against integrated delivery plans and schedules.
• Provide clear input into programme governance, lead regular delivery checkpoints and contribute to monthly programme reporting.
• Ensure delivery plans remain aligned to wider programme roadmaps, milestones and dependencies.
• Lead regular planning and alignment sessions across technology, delivery and supplier teams.
• Proactively manage dependencies across multiple supplier and programme delivery plans using Agile delivery practices.
• Coordinate delivery activity around supplier release windows and ensure required test environments and services are available and appropriately configured for planned testing activities.
• Work closely with Project Managers and other delivery leads to maintain a coherent joint delivery plan.
• Identify, manage and report risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and opportunities (RAIDO) in line with established governance processes.
• Provide accurate and timely progress updates to programme leadership.
• Escalate delivery risks, issues and decisions where programme-level intervention is required.
• Facilitate delivery forums, ensuring clear actions, owners and deadlines are established and followed through.

Key Accountabilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring:

• Delivery plans are realistic, baselined, actively maintained and supported by appropriate governance.
• Plans are clearly aligned to wider programme roadmaps and delivery milestones.
• Programme reporting is accurate, timely and provides appropriate visibility of RAIDO.
• Weekly checkpoints and planning sessions result in clear decisions, actions and ownership.
• Dependencies across multiple delivery teams and suppliers are actively managed.
• Test environments and supporting services are available and appropriately configured for agreed delivery and testing windows.
• Delivery risks and issues are identified early and escalated appropriately.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Proven experience as a Delivery Manager within complex, multi-supplier technology or transformation programmes.
• Strong experience in integrated planning, scheduling, dependency management and delivery forecasting.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams, suppliers and interconnected delivery roadmaps.
• Good understanding of the software delivery, quality assurance and testing lifecycle.
• Practical experience working with Agile delivery methodologies.
• Strong programme governance and reporting experience.
• Experience managing RAIDO / RAID logs, dependencies, risks, issues and assumptions.
• Ability to lead delivery forums and facilitate discussions involving multiple stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with Project Managers, technical teams, suppliers and senior programme stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised, structured and comfortable working in a complex delivery environment.
• Active SC Clearance is essential.

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

• Previous experience delivering projects or programmes within a GDS / UK Government environment.
• Experience working with large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Experience coordinating test environments, testing services or technology platforms.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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