Delivery Managers - Department for Culture, Media and Sport - SEO

Location

Manchester

About the job

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join the DDaT team at DCMS, as we strive to collaborate across the department to deliver user-centred services that drive smarter working, innovation and efficiency.  Our mission centres on four priorities: building a secure, resilient, and modern technology foundation; developing digital and data capability across DCMS; driving efficiency and value through modern corporate services; and fostering a high-performing, empowered workforce.

Our plans include critical investment in our corporate systems, ensuring they are fit for purpose and reducing the manual input required. Equally, there is ongoing development of the way the department delivers its policy outcomes via digital and data services, using AI where needed to maximise the value these can bring to users in the department or throughout the society we serve.  

Aligned with the productive and agile state agenda, we embed DDaT expertise across departmental teams to enable early engagement with policy development, to support cost-effective delivery.

Job description

As a Delivery Manager, you will:

• Manage multi-disciplinary teams to develop and improve services and products. You’ll collaborate on plans and progress, using a thorough understanding of the variety of disciplines involved in digital delivery, including engineering, service design, product management, and user research. You’ll apply the most appropriate Agile and Lean tools and techniques, and foster an inclusive environment for innovation and challenge.
• Drive delivery momentum, solve issues and unblock problems. You’ll set a sustainable pace whilst ensuring teams are working towards delivery commitments and specific outcomes.You’ll provide useful metrics to track delivery. You’ll encourage a culture of growth and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively between complex stakeholder groups. You’ll bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. You’ll use your awareness of context to balance and align needs and priorities, and deal with conflicting views.

Person specification

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:

Essential requirements:

• Experience in building, motivating and facilitating diverse teams to deliver products and services
• Experience supporting multiple projects simultaneously  through different phases of their life cycle
• Experience in applying Agile and Lean delivery methodologies effectively.
• Experience of communicating between technical and non-technical stakeholders and effectively managing stakeholder expectations

Desirable skills:

• Ability to balance changing priorities and deal with ambiguity.
• Ability to understand trends, practices and policy within the broader organisation and identify how these will impact on your work. 
• Experience of commercial and contract management, and ensuring compliance with government assurance standards

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Emilia Stubbs, Head of Delivery, and will take place on: Thursday 29th January, 11am

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form by 3pm the day before the session is due to take place and you will be sent an invitation. Invites will only be sent after this deadline has passed. 

Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk