Senior Delivery Manager - Active UK Security Clearance required

• Initial conversation with the Talent Acquisition Manager
• Technical/Final Interview with the Hiring Manager

You are an experienced Delivery Manager with a strong track record of delivering complex technology programmes, particularly within regulated or public sector environments.

You are comfortable operating in technically complex environments and working closely with engineering teams, while maintaining a clear focus on delivery outcomes.

You will bring:

• Experience delivering complex, multi-team technical programmes (cloud, DevOps, or platform engineering environments)
• A strong understanding of Agile and DevOps delivery practices
• Experience in incident management, prioritisation, and operational delivery
• Ability to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery governance effectively
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior and executive-level stakeholders
• Experience working in public sector or similarly regulated environments
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to unblock and drive delivery forward

• Lead delivery across multi-team, multi-stream technology programmes
• Ensure delivery is structured, predictable, and aligned to agreed outcomes
• Actively identify, manage, and unblock delivery risks and dependencies
• Own incident management, prioritisation, and response coordination
• Support both development and operational (DevOps) aspects of delivery

• Act as a delivery “umbrella” for engineering teams, protecting focus and removing friction
• Ensure teams are set up to succeed with clear priorities, context, and direction
• Avoid simply escalating issues - take ownership of driving resolution
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing delivery environment

• Act as a key point of contact for client delivery and stakeholder communication
• Manage expectations, trade-offs, and conflicting priorities across stakeholders
• Establish and maintain delivery governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks
• Coordinate cross-team alignment and ensure consistent communication across workstreams

• Define and track delivery metrics such as velocity, lead time, burn-down, and throughput
• Use data to assess delivery health, forecast outcomes, and inform decision-making
• Provide clear, evidence-based reporting to stakeholders

• Drive improvements in delivery practices, processes, and ways of working
• Contribute to Appvia’s evolving delivery frameworks and operating models
• Support adoption of modern delivery approaches aligned with DevOps and platform engineering

⚖️ Work-life balance

• Flexible working hours - because we know life happens outside of work
• Hybrid working - outcomes focused working
• 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
• Workplace Nursery Benefit to help working parents

💚 For your well-being

• Full Private Healthcare cover for you with partners and children covered 50%
• Death in Service
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Pension plus a salary sacrifice option for even greater savings
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free hygiene products available in the London office

🧠 Mental health support

• Free therapy through AXA
• Access to the Headspace App
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders