Senior Delivery Manager - GDS - G7

Location

Bristol, London, Manchester

About the job

Job summary

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

1. joining up public sector services
2. harnessing the power of AI for the public good
3. strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
4. elevating leadership and investing in talent
5. funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
6. committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK’s geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.

We’re part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.

The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you’ll be working with some of the world’s most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.

Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation’s highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need

Job description

We are hiring across two teams for this role, the National Data Library (NDL) and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). 

The NDL will transform the way the Government manages its data supporting the successful delivery of the AI Opportunities Action Plan (AIOAP); the blueprint for modern digital government; and the Government’s missions on growth, clean energy, safety, opportunity and health. Achieving these ambitious outcomes would require close collaboration across the public sector and with various user groups.

The Technology Management team in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer provides expert advice on how the public sector uses technology and delivers improved outcomes for the government. This role in particular will be focused on delivering a new approach to how the public sector manages and remediates its legacy IT.

As a Senior delivery manager you will be responsible for driving delivery across multidisciplinary teams and will:

Oversee and manage the delivery roadmap products and services, facilitating an inclusive team environment where innovation and challenge are welcomed from all colleagues.

• work in partnership with product and technical leads on high profile work in ambiguous, complex and/or uncertain domains
• communicate status to more senior people and users appropriately including useful and accurate delivery metrics to facilitate continual improvement and resource planning.
• focus on driving successful delivery through Agile practices, collaborative workshops, tackling risks and blockers and inclusive team ceremonies
• develop, guide and coach others in your team, including line reports
• manage stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and effective communication, taking into account organisational context and different needs and priorities, dealing constructively with conflicting views 
• ensure alignment on priorities and delivery across the directorate and teams in GDS

Person specification

We’re interested in people with

• the ability to actively address the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists.
• the ability to identify dependencies in plans across services and co-ordinate delivery.
• the ability to mediate between people and strengthen relationships, adopting the appropriate communication method with stakeholders at all levels.
• the ability to create and tailor the right agile approach for a team, challenging, evaluating and iterating the approach through the life cycle. 
• the ability to facilitate effective workshops which challenge complex organisational processes and provide concrete outputs that enable delivery. 
• leadership and development of successful high functioning multidisciplinary delivery teams which are aligned to the organisation’s strategic priorities and the needs of stakeholders.
• the ability to take responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers.