Senior Delivery Manager

Senior Delivery Manager
Location: Southampton (Hybrid working)
Salary: £44,000
Contract: Full-time, Permanent

We are seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to join a growing Digital and Technology function. This role is responsible for leading the delivery of complex, high-impact digital, data and technology initiatives across the organisation.
Reporting to the Head of IT Portfolio, you will take accountability for delivering large and medium-sized projects across applications and infrastructure. You will operate in a hybrid working model based from Southampton, with flexibility between office and home working.
This position requires a confident delivery leader who can operate in complex environments, engage senior stakeholders and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards. You will also play a key role in strengthening delivery capability across the wider team through mentoring and best practice leadership.

Key responsibilities
. Lead the end-to-end delivery of digital, data and technology projects and initiatives
. Take ownership of complex and high-risk projects, ensuring successful outcomes
. Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks and dependencies
. Build strong relationships with project sponsors and senior stakeholders
. Provide clear reporting and proactive risk management, escalating where required
. Apply appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Lean) depending on project needs
. Ensure robust project planning, governance and change control
. Manage cross-project dependencies within a wider portfolio environment
. Drive collaboration across technical and business teams
. Coach and mentor Delivery Managers and Product Owners to enhance delivery performance

Required experience
. Proven experience delivering complex digital or technology-enabled change
. Strong background working across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery models
. Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in fast-paced environments
. Demonstrable experience managing budgets, risks and delivery governance
. Strong stakeholder management experience, including engagement at senior level
. Experience balancing competing priorities and resolving conflicting demand

Skills & attributes
. Strong leadership presence with the ability to motivate and align teams
. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
. Commercially aware with strong risk and issue management capability
. Organised, structured and delivery-focused
. Comfortable operating in complex, evolving environments
. Proactive and solutions-driven mindset

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Delivery Manager who enjoys leading complex technology change, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering measurable outcomes in a dynamic digital environment.

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