Delivery Lead – Public Sector

• Lead complex delivery, with accountability for governance, quality and financial outcomes.
• Work effectively as part of a supplier ecosystem, managing dependencies to enable successful delivery.
• Maintain a proactive, “no surprises” delivery culture with strong forecasting, risk management, and transparent stakeholder reporting.
• Achieve high client satisfaction through consistent, high-quality delivery and collaborative ways of working.
• Act as a senior escalation point, resolving complex workstream-level commercial, operational, and delivery challenges.
• Budgeting, forecasting and cost control for the workstream.
• Manage obligations within the contract.
• Support business development activity, including cost modelling, delivery assurance and mobilization.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, change control, quality, and configuration management.
• Ensure robust application of project governance, assurance, and reporting frameworks.
• Implement and monitor KPIs aligned to client outcomes and business objectives.
• Operate within Central Government processes including GDS Service Standards and Technical Code of Practice.
• Lead a major workstream with cross-disciplinary, distributed teams across internal service lines and partner ecosystems.
• Drive high-performance team culture through structured objective setting, feedback, development, and performance management.
• Secure and mobilise appropriate resources in collaboration with Practices and Service Lines.
• Foster continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing to deliver measurable benefits for clients and the business.

• Proven track record of leading complex Government sector programmes
• Led large-scale transformation and policy-driven digital services (tax, compliance)
• Demonstrated success managing distributed, multi-supplier, and client-side teams.
• Advanced stakeholder management, negotiation, and conflict resolution capabilities.
• Strong commercial acumen, including financial modelling, margin management, and experience across multiple contracting approaches.
• Deep understanding of UK Government procurement and governance frameworks.
• Practical experience with Agile, Scaled Agile, MSP, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and risk with a forward-looking, solution-oriented mindset.
• Must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC)

Experience working on data migration programmes

• Range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
• Continuous growth and development opportunities
• Opportunity to have flexible work options
• Disability Confident Committed Employer