Senior Delivery Manager – Appvia – Active UK Government Security Clearance required
Title
Senior Delivery Manager
Location
London, UK (Hybrid – 1‑2 days per week in office)
Contract
Permanent, Full‑time
Start Date
Immediate start preferred. Latest start date: 1 August.
Package
£60,000 – £80,000 plus 10% bonus, 10% shares and benefits.
About Us
Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform engineering, and AI enablement consultancy, helping organisations design, build, and operate modern cloud platforms at scale.
We work across public and private sector organisations, delivering outcomes in complex and highly regulated environments. Our focus is on enabling teams to improve delivery performance, adopt modern engineering practices, and build secure, scalable platforms that support long‑term change.
Our work spans cloud migration, platform engineering, DevOps transformation, and developer enablement, combining strong engineering expertise with pragmatic delivery.
About The Role
We are looking for a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex technology programmes across Appvia’s customer engagements. The role sits within the Delivery team, reporting to a Principal Delivery Manager, and works closely with engineering leadership and client stakeholders. The successful candidate will manage multi‑team and multi‑stream delivery, ensuring programmes are delivered effectively while maintaining high standards.
This is an active delivery role that requires the candidate to enable and protect teams, remove blockers, manage complexity, and create conditions for engineering success. The candidate will operate as the “umbrella” for the team, taking ownership of delivery challenges.
While deep platform engineering expertise is not required, a strong technical foundation and the ability to engage with cloud, DevOps, and platform engineering concepts is needed.
Interview Process
- Initial conversation with the Talent Acquisition Manager
- Technical/Final Interview with the Hiring Manager
Security Clearance
Active SC clearance is mandatory at the time of application.
Typical requirements to maintain SC clearance:
- British Citizen or holder of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
- Residence in the UK for the last 5 years
- No unspent criminal convictions
- No significant financial irregularities or concerns that may affect clearance status
Requirements
About you
You are an experienced Delivery Manager with a strong track record of delivering complex technology programmes, particularly within regulated or public sector environments. You are comfortable in technically complex environments, work closely with engineering teams, and maintain focus on delivery outcomes.
Key Skills
- Experience delivering complex, multi‑team technical programmes (cloud, DevOps, or platform engineering)
- Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps delivery practices
- Experience in incident management, prioritisation, and operational delivery
- Ability to manage dependencies, risks, and governance
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including senior and executive engagement
- Experience working in public sector or similarly regulated environments
- Proactive, ownership‑driven mindset with ability to unblock and drive delivery forward
Key Responsibilities
Delivery Leadership
- Lead delivery across multi‑team, multi‑stream technology programmes
- Ensure delivery is structured, predictable, and aligned to agreed outcomes
- Actively identify, manage, and unblock delivery risks and dependencies
- Own incident management, prioritisation, and response coordinationSupport both development and operational (DevOps) aspects of delivery
Team Enablement
- Act as a delivery umbrella for engineering teams, protecting focus and removing friction
- Ensure teams have clear priorities, context, and direction
- Take ownership of driving resolution rather than escalating issues
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high‑performing delivery environment
Stakeholder Management & Governance
- Key point of contact for client delivery and stakeholder communication
- Manage expectations, trade‑offs, and conflicting priorities across stakeholders
- Establish and maintain delivery governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks
- Coordinate cross‑team alignment and consistent communication across workstreams
Data‑Driven Delivery
- Define and track delivery metrics such as velocity, lead time, burn‑down, and throughput
- Use data to assess delivery health, forecast outcomes, and inform decision‑making
- Provide clear, evidence‑based reporting to stakeholders
Continuous Improvement
- Drive improvements in delivery practices, processes, and ways of working
- Contribute to Appvia’s evolving delivery frameworks and operating models
- Support adoption of modern delivery approaches aligned with DevOps and platform engineering
Benefits
Work‑life balance
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working with outcomes focus
- 25 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays
- Additional day off for birthday
- Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
- Workplace nursery benefit
Well‑being
- Full private healthcare cover with partners and children covered 50%
- Death in service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric car scheme
- Pension plus salary sacrifice option
- Employee assistance programme
- Free hygiene products in London office
Mental health support
- Free therapy through AXA
- Access to the Headspace App
- Trained mental health first Aiders
Other Fun Perks
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Own MacBook Pro while at Appvia
- Dog friendly office
- Wear what makes you comfortable
- Free snacks in the office
- Pool table & ping pong
- Regular team socials, board game nights, industry meetups and more
We are an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage, respect, and recognise diversity of thought and background throughout the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity, and disability status.
