Senior Technology Delivery Manager

Strategic Capability Lead (Home Office Digital) – Product, Delivery & Architecture at UK Home Office

As a Senior Technology Delivery Manager, you will be accountable for team performance and the delivery of complex technology products and services over one or more teams. You will set up your teams for success and represent them to stakeholders and suppliers, building successful relationships across and beyond the organisation. You will find and remove blockers and inefficiencies, using data to continually push for better ways of working, leading to better outcomes. As a senior member of the Home Office Technology Delivery community, you’ll share knowledge and experience with colleagues across the department and wider Government, building skills and applying good practice and standards. You will support the UK’s security and prosperity through the products and services that you help to deliver.

Within Home Office Digital, End User Compute & Collaborate (EUC&C) develop, maintain, and support End User Devices, Collaboration tools and Voice and Video products and services to approximately 67,000 users from across the Home Office, including the Private office, operational arms of Border force and Immigration Enforcement. EUC&C also offer users the ability to collaborate efficiently, on joint documentation, with other government departments. The Programme vision is: “to empower Home Office Staff by providing an outstanding designed user experience through the right IT products.”

The successful candidates will help provide technology solutions specifically in support to EUC&C delivery. As a Senior Technology Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for multiple delivery teams to deliver highly complex, technical and risky products within agreed timescales, to cost and quality standards. You will own senior stakeholder relationships, effectively translating technical concepts, influencing and negotiating when required.

We’re recruiting Digital, Data and Tech professionals to join the Home Office, working in a wide range of roles. Watch this video to hear from members of the team talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here.

What you will do

• Take responsibility for delivery of technology products and services, facilitating and coaching teams in using the most appropriate methodologies in complex, ambiguous situations. Facilitate structured approaches to problem-solving and competing user needs, continuously improving processes and performance.
• Create and maintain realistic plans, keeping delivery on track within quality, cost, and time constraints. Remove blockers to success, managing stakeholders and engaging with governance as appropriate.
• Develop motivated, functioning teams, empowering collaboration and delivery while giving direction and constructive feedback. Monitor the profile and health of teams and work with them to resolve issues.
• Ensure that risks are identified, understood, and mitigated, involving specialists where necessary.
• Manage engagement with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Collect and use feedback to measure, develop and enhance stakeholder relationships and resolve issues.
• Act as a routine contact point for suppliers involved in delivery. Monitor supplier performance and help to resolve problems with suppliers.

What you will bring

• Leading teams in different delivery approaches, such as Agile and Waterfall, guiding them in implementing the most appropriate methodology for the situation, while continuously reflecting and challenging them to inspect and improve processes.
• Facilitating teams in the delivery of technology products and services throughout their lifecycle.
• Creating the best team makeup for the situation, bringing people together into a motivated team, identifying and rectifying issues in the team dynamic.
• Identifying, prioritising and managing risks, issues and dependencies.
• Communicating and mediating between technical and non-technical stakeholders, managing stakeholder expectations, resolving issues and improving relationships.
• Monitoring the performance of suppliers and acting as a point of contact with them.
• Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
• Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).
• Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
• Recognition and inclusion: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.
• Learn more about our Benefits – Home Office Careers

Additional Information

• This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you typically need to have been resident in the UK for at least three years.
• Unfortunately we cannot offer sponsorship.
• Your CV and Personal Statement will both be assessed.
• Your Personal Statement should clearly evidence your experience against the essential skills, using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Make full use of the word count to create a comprehensive and compelling application.