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We also have a significant presence in London, Lincoln and Portsmouth.\nOur name was chosen as an amalgamation of two Japanese words, to reflect our ethos: \"Not & Overburden\"\nThis principle applies to every aspect of our organisation from technology, process and infrastructure, through to people, culture and leadership. People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri, so that collectively, we can realise our mission of making the UK a safer place to be.\nWe work in an Agile-first environment that values transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. As the Delivery Lead, your core focus will be to foster a culture of high-quality delivery and active collaboration.\nAt Naimuri, we work on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5+ years. Here are some things we’ve worked on to give a sense of some of the types of deliveries you may lead for us:\nLead part of a large SAFE Agile Release Train, composed of several multidisciplinary SCRUM teams in a long term delivery into an important government customer.\nTaking a small software innovation team and driving a Proof of Concept demonstrator through the software development life cycle into full Production.\nEngaging with senior customer stakeholders within a call off contract to drive positive change, and produce better Statements of Work and outcomes for both Naimuri and the customer.\nCoach and lead positive change in customer adoption of Agile Ways of Working.\nWork with large government research organisations to shape and deliver cutting edge research is the assurance of AI and its adoption in Defence and wider government.\nDirecting a team and owning the creation of multi-million pound proposals and contract renewals, from inception to signing on the dotted line. \nAbout The Role:\nAs a Delivery Lead at Naimuri, you'll have the autonomy to make impactful decisions, the space to solve difficult challenges, and the support of a strong Delivery community.\nThis role is about more than just project management: If the following describes the way you work, then I’d really like to speak to you:\nYou have strong experience of Agile delivery management, involving high level planning, forecasting, resource allocation, workflow management, and managing priorities to timescales and/or milestones. \nYou have strong stakeholder and customer management skills in order to facilitate regular updates, provide operational & status reporting, and expectation management.\nYou are comfortable with owning responsibility for your team's Agile Ways of Working & team processes, and have experience of running multidisciplinary teams.\nHave an experience and understanding of commercial processes and paperwork, such as business cases, purchase orders, development & submission of proposals and managing budgets. \nAre able to establish quick and reliable rapport with partner organisations to manage stripy team members’ performance.\nYou live and breathe RAID management and incorporate the identification, management, mitigation, reporting and escalation as part of normal day to day delivery management.\nYou are comfortable reporting delivery progress against features, identifying and managing issues, blockers, dependencies and risks to delivery.\nSense and adopt the appropriate management style required by the situation.\nYou maintain team morale, handle conflict within the team and counsel team members as needed.\nYou are a role model. You lead and set performance and behavioural standards for everyone.\nLearning and Progression at Naimuri:\nContinuous Personal Development, or Personal Kaizen, is a core part of Naimuri's culture, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to develop in a transparent and supportive environment.\nYou will be assigned a Mentor, usually outside of your team, who can help guide and support you on your development journey.\nNaimuri actively encourages training, through internal knowledge sharing and external courses. You are empowered to identify and pursue opportunities for further training.\nWe have a Naimuri progression framework, which recognizes that continuous personal development drives greater proficiency and depth in skills, roles, knowledge, or leadership. It provides a clear direction for growth and reinforces achievements that support your Personal Kaizen.\nLocation & Flexibility:\nBase: This will be based at our Head Office in Salford Quays, Manchester.\nHybrid Working: We offer hybrid working. This consists of a minimum of 3 days working in the office or customer site, but you are welcome to spend more time on-site if preferred.\nTravel: Occasional visits to customer sites around the country may be required.\nPay and Benefits:\nNaimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role's base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.\nA full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process. 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