Digital Delivery Manager (Active SC Clearance Required)

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Digital Delivery Manager (Active SC Clearance Required), 6 Months (Up to 2 years), Central London, Outside IR35

Our Central Government Client require an experienced SC Cleared IT Project Delivery Manager with recent experience of managing projects within a both agile and waterfall environments and procurement delivery. Problem solving, team building and governance skills essential. Ability to bring strong servant-leadership without disrupting effective established team as important as well-proven professional skills.

You will work closely with and report to the Civil Service Senior Project Manager. You will have support from one project support staff for each project and will need to work closely alongside: Business Change Managers, Portfolio Director, Agile Delivery teams, Technical Design Architect, Business Design Architect and Business Analysts.

Duties

* Act as Digital Delivery Manager covering two projects, commercial and software development supporting the overall delivery of the wider portfolio.

* Identify and unblock issues that may delay development

* Liaise with internal/external stakeholders

* Manage project budget ensuring accurate forecasting, monitoring and accounting

* Deliver against all internal reporting/governance requirements (budget, risks, issues, interfaces, progress)

* Liaise with commercial teams ensuring critical contract delivery milestones are met

* Work with teams ensuring smooth development of, and support for new software

* Report to Senior Project Manager on concerns, issues and risks outside of agreed tolerances.

Key Skills / Experience

* Project management - apply appropriate planning and progress monitoring tools to support an agile development project

* Governance - effective reporting and escalation through a waterfall governance process including risks, issues, dependencies, progress and budgets.

* Problem solving - ability to identify potential problems and issues proactively and work through them to effective conclusion

* Team working - ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of established professionals and specialist - both civil servants and contractors

* Commercial awareness - experience of delivering procurement's, developing business requirements, business integration of suppliers

* Budgetary and finance - develop forecasts, produce monitoring reports and maintain project budget to tight constraints

* Recent experience of working in Government environment.

* Relevant recent experience of combining project management disciplines in an agile delivery environment where waterfall style governance is required but mustn't adversely impact agile delivery approach.

* Ability to build trust and relationships with disaffected stakeholders.

* Valid SC clearance