Senior Technology Delivery Manager

Working within the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect Office, this role operates at the centre of Home Office Digital. You will work closely with architect professionals and support cross‑organisational delivery by enabling effective governance, assurance and decision‑making across portfolios, helping ensure that architecture, strategy and delivery are aligned. This is a high‑impact role suited to someone who enjoys operating in complexity, influencing across boundaries, and turning strategic intent into practical, deliverable outcomes. 

You will work across multiple programmes and initiatives, you will coordinate delivery efforts end‑to‑end, managing dependencies and sequencing to ensure progress against critical timelines. You will operate comfortably across organisational boundaries to keep delivery aligned and moving. 

Main Responsibilities

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:   

• Work across delivery, architecture and engineering teams to coordinate delivery activity, manage dependencies, and enable effective decision‑making. 
• Take responsibility for delivery of technology products and services, facilitating and coaching teams in using the most appropriate methodologies in complex, ambiguous situations. Facilitate structured approaches to problem-solving and competing user needs, continuously improving processes and performance. 
• Support Architecture Communities of Practice (CoP), by helping to coordinate activity, clarify outcomes and maintain delivery momentum. 
• Create and maintain realistic plans, keeping delivery on track within quality, cost, and time constraints. Remove blockers to success, managing stakeholders and engaging with governance as appropriate. 
• Develop motivated, functioning teams, empowering collaboration and delivery while giving direction and constructive feedback. Monitor the profile and health of teams and work with them to resolve issues. 
• Ensure that risks are identified, understood, and mitigated, involving specialists where necessary.  
• Support architects and stakeholders to translate architectural risks and decisions into actionable delivery plans. 
• Manage engagement with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Collect and use feedback to measure, develop and enhance stakeholder relationships and resolve issues. 
• Act as a routine contact point for suppliers involved in delivery. Monitor supplier performance and help to resolve problems with suppliers. 

UK residency and security requirements       

For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers. 

Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. 

However, in exceptional circumstances security clearance applications for candidates who have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years may be considered. Failure to meet this residency requirement will result in your security clearance application being rejected.