Agile Delivery Manager (Public Sector) in London

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference on a range of exciting government projects and shape the growing delivery management community. We are looking for experienced and adaptive Delivery Managers who can apply their agile delivery expertise pragmatically to guide teams to successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll apply your agile expertise to lead delivery in one or two workstreams, adapting your agile approach to suit the team and client needs.
• You’ll focus on successful execution of projects, applying a delivery mindset to continuous planning and management of project problems and risks; ensuring the team is on track for success and working to mitigate potential issues and risks before they impact delivery.
• You’ll be a key point of contact for clients, building strong relationships and developing a deep understanding of their needs and desired outcomes, translating asks into feasible delivery plans.
• You’ll focus on optimising team culture, performance, and health, supporting individuals and teams to operate at their peak and finding innovative ways to improve ways-of-working.
• You’ll contribute to building the Farsight delivery management community of practice, including coaching other delivery managers.
• You have a breadth of experience in agile frameworks and methods, and have applied these in multiple stages of the project lifecycle in service or software delivery.
• Building and managing relationships. You can build and maintain strong relationships, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and recognising the different needs of the diverse range of team members and clients we work with.
• Planning and project execution. You have experience collaborating with team members and clients to ensure the project roadmap will deliver what’s needed in the desired time-frame. You can assess feasibility of delivery and identify risks and dependencies which may impact success, taking appropriate action before they become issues.
• You can put plans into practice, keeping planning collaborative and agile and adjusting it as new learning comes to light.
• You can coordinate a multi-disciplinary team to keep them focused on delivery, ensuring each team member’s contribution feeds into priorities and the critical path.
• Commercial acumen. You are familiar with a range of contract framework approaches and can apply that knowledge to manage a project budget and identify commercial risk and opportunity.
• You can adjust your delivery management approach, including agile techniques and leadership approach to suit different client context and team needs.

Nice to have:

• Experience of government digital service assessments
• Experience in another discipline, e.g. product management, service design, development

Why Version 1? At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.