Senior Digital Delivery Manager at Crown Commercial Services, Liverpool/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.

As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.

We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.

The key accountability of the Senior Delivery Manager is governance across all projects and ensuring effective transition to business as usual (incident management, change management and continual improvement). As such the Senior Delivery Manager has a vital role in creating long-term healthy stakeholder relationships across the technology team.

As a Senior Digital Delivery Manager your main responsibilities will be to:

• Overseeing the creation and execution of project and programme management plans.
• Leading the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity/capability of the team.
• Matrix management of a multi-disciplinary team, including 3rd party delivery partners and performance against agreed KPIs.
• Ensuring Digital Transformation Programme principles are adhered to.
• Manage quality, completeness and timeliness of each project by ensuring the appropriate use of agile/lean project management methodology.
• Work in collaboration with the Product Managers and Technical Architects to define the roadmap for any given project/product.
• Consolidating information and reporting to CTO and Head of Technology Service Delivery.
• Managing (and escalating) risks & issues at a programme level.
• Managing dependencies across workstreams.
• Ensuring correct timing and quality of GDS assessments and Cabinet Office spend control submissions.
• Fiscal controls - ensuring the projects/work streams are delivered within budget.

Essential:

• Proven experience in leading medium-to-large digital projects, demonstrating ownership of project planning, delivery, risk management, and successful implementation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage, influence, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, both technical and non xe2 technical.
• Robust business acumen, with hands xe2 on experience in areas such as financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and supporting business case development.
• High level of technical awareness and digital literacy, with the ability to understand technical concepts, liaise confidently with technical teams, and make informed decisions.
• Demonstrable experience working within Agile delivery environments, including familiarity with Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, iterative delivery, and multidisciplinary team collaboration.

Desirable:

• Experience within both the UK Public and Private sector.
• Knowledge / experience of Digital Product Management.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, CCS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.