Lead Delivery Manager – Government Digital Service – G6

We are seeking passionate Lead Delivery Managers who thrive in fast‑paced environments and possess expert knowledge of Agile and other methodologies to enable national scale delivery at pace

As a Lead Delivery Manager you’ll be responsible for leading work within the P&S directorate portfolio, working directly with our multidisciplinary, highly skilled teams, as well as teams and partners across government and the wider public sector

Responsibilities

• lead delivery across multiple teams at different stages of development and product life cycle
• own delivery, tracking and ongoing iteration and updating of the delivery plan, including the critical path
• lead on developing and implementing delivery methods that combine both permanent civil servants and other people and resources seamlessly, and to best effect, this includes leading on the procurement of our strategic tech & security delivery partners, working with leadership to define scope
• being responsible for the review, improvement and evolution of our collective delivery management; implementing new process, tools and ways of working where necessary to meet our objectives
• eliciting and maintaining our area OKRs (working closely with all delivery and product leads) – you will then be accountable for the reporting of our work, helping to hold the area to account for its effectiveness overall
• work with our delivery managers to identify, communicate and manage risks, issues, dependencies and blockers – help identify and resolve issues before they arise
• work within GDS processes, and with senior delivery groups across GDS to track progress against plans and directly manage delivery managers and lead delivery managers and develop a wider community of talented delivery managers

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