Delivery Manager in Wokingham

• Own and maintain delivery plans, milestones and dependencies
• Manage RAID logs and provide early warning of delivery risks with mitigation actions
• Provide structured delivery reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums
• Lead executive reporting activities, Programme Management Boards, Project Hubs / Checkpoints and Cost Monitoring Framework narratives
• Ensure delivery aligns with programme and business objectives
• Challenge priorities, scope and sequencing using NESO business and product knowledge
• Establish and nurture relationships with key stakeholders
• Build alignment across business, operational, technology delivery and third-party teams
• Influence decision-making and resolve delivery blockers
• Capture, manage and track benefits to ensure value realisation
• Manage budgets, cost tracking, forecasting and financial governance
• Lead investment governance, sanction approvals, business case updates, steering committees and project closures
• Drive vendor and commercial management, including RFPs
• Oversee contract performance, scope control and commercial risk management
• Lead multidisciplinary teams delivering digital products and services
• Ensure solutions are designed, developed, tested, deployed and supported effectively
• Provide coaching, peer mentoring and collaborative delivery leadership
• Provide line management and development opportunities where required
• Develop and use delivery management frameworks, artefacts, tools and techniques
• Ensure solutions are ready for live operation with CNI and operational support teams
• Embed operational considerations early to minimise operational risk
• Coordinate communication, change impact, incident preparedness and release readiness
• Coordinate transition into service, support arrangements, training and business readiness
• Support deployed applications and platforms
• Improve operational handovers, service acceptance and incident response mechanisms

Requirements

• Strong delivery leadership experience in multi-team, multi-vendor technology environments
• Ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple teams and suppliers
• Excellent understanding of business and operational objectives and stakeholder landscapes
• Proven delivery governance capability, including RAID management, milestone planning, reporting, roadmap alignment and dependency management
• Strong project and programme management skills, including cost management, budget forecasting and investment governance
• Experience leading commercial activities, including RFPs, vendor negotiations, contract management and supplier performance tracking
• Ability to build strong relationships across business teams and act as a trusted partner
• Ability to work through ambiguity, structure complex challenges and drive clarity across technical and non-technical teams
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Demonstrated leadership behaviours including ownership, accountability, calm decision making and structured problem solving
• Experience with CNI operations, SRE practices, DevOps models or real-time operational systems
• Experience enabling product-centric delivery and shaping cross-functional ways of working
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK by the start of employment
• Visa sponsorship may not be available and will be considered in line with business requirements

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong delivery leadership in multi-team, multi-vendor technology environments, with a focus on managing complex dependencies, stakeholder engagement, and effective governance. Proficient in budget management, vendor negotiations, and ensuring alignment with business objectives while fostering collaborative team dynamics.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Delivery Leadership
• RAID Management
• Budget Forecasting
• Vendor Management
• Stakeholder Engagement

Hard Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Cost Management
• Dependency Management
• Investment Governance
• RFP Management
• Contract Management
• SRE Practices
• DevOps Models
• CNI Operations

Soft Skills

• Communication Skills
• Influencing Skills
• Relationship Building
• Problem Solving
• Leadership

Industry Keywords

• Digital Products
• Operational Support
• Commercial Risk Management
• Service Transition
• Business Readiness

Tools & Technologies

• Delivery Management Frameworks
• Governance Tools
• Reporting Tools
• Change Management Tools
• Incident Response Mechanisms