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Job requirements
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Proven and demonstrated ability to collaborate openly with senior stakeholders and sponsors to break down complex strategic outcomes into deliverable outputs, and maintain alignment between business goals and delivery execution
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully developing and maintaining outcome based delivery plans for complex digital, data and technology initiatives from initiation through to business as usual handover
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully managing and assuring delivery using blended teams comprising internal resources and third-party suppliers, establishing effective governance, managing dependencies, and ensuring the successful delivery of agreed business outcomes
- Experience
Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams where competing priorities exist
- Skills/Knowledge
Proven and demonstrated experience of using insights from agile delivery metrics to improve delivery throughput
- Education/Qualifications
Proven and demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise of agile delivery management acquired through master’s degree or equivalent qualification/experience
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education/Qualifications
Proven and demonstrated experience of working with other IT, project and programme management frameworks including ITIL, Prince2 and MSP
Job overview
As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will oversee the successful delivery of a portfolio of complex digital, data and technology initiatives that support NICE’s strategic priorities. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, senior stakeholders and external partners, you will shape, plan and deliver change using the most appropriate delivery approaches, ensuring work is well governed, focused on value and centred on user and organisational outcomes.
You will play a key leadership role across delivery planning, portfolio oversight, stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement, while supporting and line-managing Agile Delivery Managers.
Interviews will be held face to face in our Manchester office.
Main duties of the job
What you’ll be expected to do / bring to the role:
- Oversee the end‑to‑end delivery of large or complex digital and technology initiatives, from business case through to live operation, using agile and/or waterfall approaches as appropriate.
- Manage delivery risk, dependencies, resourcing and capacity across multiple workstreams, using data‑driven insights to inform planning and decision‑making.
- Develop collaborative and productive relationships with senior stakeholders, delivery teams and third‑party suppliers, influencing without direct authority.
- Provide clear, accurate and transparent reporting on delivery performance, risks, progress and benefits, using tools such as JIRA and other delivery systems.
- Support effective portfolio and governance practices, ensuring work aligns to NICE strategy, corporate standards and public‑sector best practice.
- Line manage and support Agile Delivery Manager(s), providing leadership, coaching and performance management.
- Support continuous improvement, embedding effective delivery practices, service management principles and lessons learned across the organisation.
- Bring effective communication, facilitation and workshop-design skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and help resolve complex delivery issues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
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This advert is for Senior Delivery Manager with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum plus 10% recruitment and retention premium. The contract type is Fixed term: 14 months (until 31st March 2028). The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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