Senior Delivery Manager

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Job description Job responsibilities

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications Essential

• Proven and demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise of agile delivery management acquired through master's degree or equivalent qualification/experience

Education/Qualifications Desirable

• Proven and demonstrated experience of working with other IT, project and programme management frameworks including ITIL, Prince2 and MSP

Experience Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully developing and maintaining outcome based delivery plans for complex digital, data and technology initiatives from initiation through to business as usual handover

Experience Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully managing and assuring delivery using blended teams comprising internal resources and third-party suppliers, establishing effective governance, managing dependencies, and ensuring the successful delivery of agreed business outcomes

Experience Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams where competing priorities exist

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of using insights from agile delivery metrics to improve delivery throughput

Other Essential

• Proven and demonstrated ability to collaborate openly with senior stakeholders and sponsors to break down complex strategic outcomes into deliverable outputs, and maintain alignment between business goals and delivery execution

Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential

• Proven and demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise of agile delivery management acquired through master's degree or equivalent qualification/experience

Education/Qualifications Desirable

• Proven and demonstrated experience of working with other IT, project and programme management frameworks including ITIL, Prince2 and MSP

Experience Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully developing and maintaining outcome based delivery plans for complex digital, data and technology initiatives from initiation through to business as usual handover

Experience Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully managing and assuring delivery using blended teams comprising internal resources and third-party suppliers, establishing effective governance, managing dependencies, and ensuring the successful delivery of agreed business outcomes

Experience Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams where competing priorities exist

Skills/Knowledge Essential

• Proven and demonstrated experience of using insights from agile delivery metrics to improve delivery throughput

Other Essential

• Proven and demonstrated ability to collaborate openly with senior stakeholders and sponsors to break down complex strategic outcomes into deliverable outputs, and maintain alignment between business goals and delivery execution

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of DDAT Delivery

Edward James Murgatroyd

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum plus 10% recruitment and retention premium

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

14 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

907-942-DIT

Job locations

3rd Floor

3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN

United Kingdom

Job overview

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will oversee the successful delivery of a portfolio of complex digital, data and technology initiatives that support NICE's strategic priorities. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, senior stakeholders and external partners, you will shape, plan and deliver change using the most appropriate delivery approaches, ensuring work is well governed, focused on value and centred on user and organisational outcomes.