Digital Delivery Manager
-700 per day (Umbrella) | Inside IR35 | 6-Month Contract | DV Cleared | Hybrid (London/Northwood)
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Overview
A leading government defence organisation is seeking an experienced Digital Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of critical digital and technology programmes within a highly secure environment. The chosen candidate must have DV clearance, coupled with experience working within a multidisciplinary team interacting with End Users across Digital products, ideally within the defence sector who is happy to travel onsite 2 to 3 days per week in London.
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The successful candidate will possess a strong background delivering complex digital transformation initiatives within defence, national security, government, aerospace, or other highly regulated sectors.
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Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of digital projects and services.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, schedules, milestones, and reporting frameworks.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensure delivery aligns with strategic objectives and operational requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with military, government, commercial, and technical stakeholders.
• Act as the primary point of contact for delivery-related activities.
• Facilitate effective communication across programme teams and leadership groups.
• Ensure compliance with organisational governance frameworks and delivery standards.
• Produce and present status reports, delivery dashboards, RAID logs, and programme updates.
• Support assurance activities and governance reviews.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate programme risks.
• Manage inter-project dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Drive resolution of issues impacting delivery performance.

• Proven experience delivering complex digital, technology, or transformation programmes.
• Strong project and delivery management expertise.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities within fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
• Experience working within defence, government, aerospace, national security, or other highly regulated sectors.
• Understanding of governance, assurance, and delivery frameworks.
• Experience operating within secure or classified environments.