Delivery Manager – Data

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Delivery Manager leading Agile data projects within a strategic programme. Focusing on high-quality delivery, team empowerment, and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and motivate the delivery team, ensuring clear goals, strong teamwork, and effective delivery
  • Champion Agile and Lean practices , promoting continuous improvement and Inspect & Adapt principles
  • Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and issues to maintain delivery momentum
  • Ensure appropriate governance, quality management, and value for money
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders, reporting clearly and setting expectations
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Data Engineers, QA, BA, Architecture, Platform, and supplier teams
  • Guide teams through delivery lifecycle phases and support process optimisation
  • Contribute to the Delivery Management Community of Practice

Requirements:

  • Strong Agile delivery experience
  • Proven track record delivering digital/data products in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Excellent stakeholder and communication skills
  • Experience managing budgets, suppliers, risks, and dependencies
  • Strong planning, prioritisation, and problem-solving abilities
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and build high-performing teams
  • Experience in the UK public sector or working with government digital standards
  • Exposure to data platforms, analytics environments or data architecture
  • Familiarity with UCD, DevOps, or cloud/infrastructure teams