Senior Delivery Manager
| Posting date: | 27 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £60,445 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 437789 |
Summary
The digital specialists team in Digital Transformation is small and consists of delivery managers, product managers, user researchers, service designers and technical architects. We all work together on projects, as well as using suppliers to supplement our delivery teams. We also work closely with our assurance and capability teams to raise the standard of digital delivery within DHSC and its arm’s length bodies.
As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will take an agile approach in working as part of multidisciplinary teams on digital projects – primarily at discovery and alpha phase – across a range of different health and social care policy areas.
In addition, you will provide advice for policy teams. This could be facilitating a workshop with policy colleagues to help them define a problem statement or providing information about the Service Standard and phases of digital delivery.
You will also support our digital and technology assurance team as an assessor on a digital Service Assessment panel. You will coach and mentor people in your team and across the department in agile practices and fostering a culture of improvement.
You will need to be a persuasive communicator, able to manage stakeholder expectations and moderate discussions about complex topics, as well as mediating between people and strengthening team relationships.
You will develop and share your knowledge and experience of delivery management by building your own network of digital specialist colleagues across government and being involved with communities of practices.
Following the announcement earlier this year that NHS England will be integrated into the DHSC, the DHSC-NHSE Transformation programme is working on bringing us together to create a new cohesive organisation. The Prime Minister and Secretary of State are committed to the 10 Year Health Plan, published in July, which emphasises commitments to innovation and technology and a digitally enabled NHS.
This role is being offered on a 12-month fixed term appointment/loan/secondment basis but there may be an option for it to become permanent once the future shape of the department is clear. This role currently has no line management responsibilities, but in future this could be a possibility.
As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will take an agile approach in working as part of multidisciplinary teams on digital projects – primarily at discovery and alpha phase – across a range of different health and social care policy areas.
In addition, you will provide advice for policy teams. This could be facilitating a workshop with policy colleagues to help them define a problem statement or providing information about the Service Standard and phases of digital delivery.
You will also support our digital and technology assurance team as an assessor on a digital Service Assessment panel. You will coach and mentor people in your team and across the department in agile practices and fostering a culture of improvement.
You will need to be a persuasive communicator, able to manage stakeholder expectations and moderate discussions about complex topics, as well as mediating between people and strengthening team relationships.
You will develop and share your knowledge and experience of delivery management by building your own network of digital specialist colleagues across government and being involved with communities of practices.
Following the announcement earlier this year that NHS England will be integrated into the DHSC, the DHSC-NHSE Transformation programme is working on bringing us together to create a new cohesive organisation. The Prime Minister and Secretary of State are committed to the 10 Year Health Plan, published in July, which emphasises commitments to innovation and technology and a digitally enabled NHS.
This role is being offered on a 12-month fixed term appointment/loan/secondment basis but there may be an option for it to become permanent once the future shape of the department is clear. This role currently has no line management responsibilities, but in future this could be a possibility.
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