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Our work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens.\nWe are passionate about user-centred design, agile delivery, and building digital services that make a real difference. Our teams work at the forefront of innovation, helping organisations transform and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that truly matter.\nOverview\nWe are seeking a collaborative and empathetic Senior Delivery Manager to support the delivery of AI and automation products for one of our public sector clients. Acting as a servant leader, you will help nurture a culture of learning, transparency and trust - guiding blended \"Rainbow Teams\" of supplier experts and civil servants, and building sustainable capability within the client's teams.\nThis is a hands-on delivery role within a structured and governed environment, where team health, transparency and outcome focus are central to how we work.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport the effective delivery of complex AI and automation solutions by creating the right environment for the team to succeed.\n\nFocus deeply on the health and happiness of the team, building trust, managing team dynamics, and motivating people so they can do their best work.\n\nAct as a central point of support for delivery challenges, working collaboratively to navigate risks, issues and dependencies, and to maintain a sustainable, healthy delivery flow.\n\nFacilitate open and constructive communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, strengthening relationships and mediating across the wider organisation.\n\nCoach, mentor and support other delivery managers and teams in Agile and Lean practices, tailoring approaches to each team's needs and encouraging experimentation.\n\nLead collaborative planning processes, coordinating gently across multiple services and teams while keeping sight of the bigger picture beyond immediate product delivery.\n\nRequired Skills & Experience (GDD Framework - Grade 7 equivalent)\nAgile and Lean Practices: Highly experienced in creating, adapting and supporting delivery approaches throughout the product life cycle, in live production environments.\n\nCommunication: Skilled at mediating, building consensus, and translating needs between technical and non-technical groups, including senior stakeholders.\n\nMaintaining Delivery Momentum: Capable of unblocking issues through innovative, team-focused problem-solving.\n\nTeam Dynamics and Collaboration: Expertise in accelerating team development, providing thoughtful feedback, and resolving challenges collaboratively.\n\nPlanning, governance and assurance experience across a service or multiple teams.\n\nDesirable Experience\nExperience taking services through a GOV.UK Service Standard assessment.\n\nCoaching certifications (e.g. ICAgile, Scrum Alliance, Kanban University).\n\nExperience supporting multi-team delivery (Scrum of Scrums, LeSS, Spotify-style tribes).\n\nExperience in regulated, security-conscious or high-assurance environments.\n\nExperience delivering digital services within the UK central government or the wider public sector.\n\nAdditional Requirements\nEligibility for BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) clearance, please flag in your application if you already hold this.\n\nThis role is based with our client in Newcastle upon Tyne. We work flexibly and hybrid, typically expecting on-site time around once a week or once a fortnight for key collaborative workshops, ceremonies and knowledge-sharing, with the exact pattern shaped around what the team needs. We support flexible working practices to help our teams maintain a healthy work-life balance.\n\nHow We Work\nIt is our mission to make digital easy through intelligent systems that predict needs, automate complexity, and drive measurable value for the citizens and organisations we serve.\nOur values:\nCollaboration: We are stronger as a team than as individuals. We tackle problems and celebrate wins together.\n\nCreate Value Early: We find the quickest route from idea to product, because the people we serve rely on us to do what's best.\n\nIntegrity: Teamwork requires trust. 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