Agile Delivery Manager
The closing date is 13 July 2026
Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision-making.
As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this goal by empowering our workforce to do great things!
The Agile Delivery Manager will lead the successful delivery of digital change and transformation initiatives at NICE, working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes that support high quality health and care guidance.
Reporting to a Senior Delivery Manager, the role focuses on planning, coordinating and assuring delivery across complex programmes, influencing stakeholders, managing risk and capacity, and ensuring work is aligned to organisational strategy and best practice in agile delivery.
Please note: The initial assignment will be to support our Infrastructure, Cyber and IT Operations initiatives whilst balancing requirements of other programmes who need support.
Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the DirectGov website for more information on eligibility.
Please note this vacancy may be closed early if sufficient suitable applications are received so we encourage an early application.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end to end delivery of one or more digital change initiatives, ensuring clear plans, priorities, dependencies and outcomes are defined and achieved
- Apply agile delivery methods and tools to manage work, enable incremental value delivery and adapt to changing priorities
- Build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, confidently influencing and negotiating to resolve competing demands and remove barriers to delivery
- Establish and support collaborative, high performing multidisciplinary teams within a matrix management environment
- Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and capacity, providing accurate and transparent reporting on delivery progress and performance
- Use data, insights and delivery metrics to inform decisions, improve processes and support continuous improvement
- Design and facilitate workshops and engagement activities to solve complex problems and align teams around shared objectives
- Bring strong communication, analytical and organisational skills, with the confidence to operate credibly at senior levels and across organisational boundaries
About us
The Planning, Delivery & Oversight team is responsible for aligning DDAT activity planning to the NICE strategy and overseeing and ensuring that work is completed. It also plays a key role in maximising value from technology through digital change and adoption, and has cross-cutting responsibility for budget, internal and external governance, and reporting.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Benefits
- Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK
- Flexible working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times
- Exclusive discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light CardTime to recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Inclusive staff networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud – we celebrate diversity
- Tailored development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
- Proven and demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise acquired through degree level or equivalent qualification/experience, with specialist knowledge of agile delivery management gained through practical experience and training/development
- Proven and demonstrated experience of working with other IT, project and programme management frameworks such as ITIL, Prince2 and MSP
Experience
- Proven and demonstrated experience in the creation and maintenance of delivery roadmaps that influence stakeholder decision-making
- Proven and demonstrated experience in improving delivery performance of a team using data driven insights and metrics
- Proven and demonstrated experience in leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams where ambiguity exists along with competing priorities
Skills and Knowledge
- Proven and demonstrated experience of managing complex agile projects that deliver measurable business outcomes using digital industry standards and processes
Other Criteria
- Proven and demonstrated experience of transparently reporting delivery progress and emerging risks within a wider portfolio of projects
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Compensation
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearpro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours
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