Lead Delivery Manager at Ministry of Justice, UK Office/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

The Ministry of Justice is seeking an experienced Lead Delivery Manager to stabilise and lead delivery across a large, complex digital delivery area within Prisons Digital.

This is a senior role operating above single-team level, leading a delivery management function comprising approximately 15 Delivery Managers and overseeing delivery across 50+ digital products. The successful candidate will be accountable for improving delivery confidence, governance and performance, while enabling teams to deliver value predictably and at pace.

As a Lead Delivery Manager , your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead and coordinate delivery across multiple digital products and teams, providing clear oversight and direction.
• Build, lead and support a high performing Delivery Management function.
• Work closely with senior Product Management to shape MVPs, prioritise backlogs and optimise value delivery.
• Establish and report meaningful delivery metrics including throughput, cycle time, forecasting and quality measures.
• Manage escalations and engage confidently with senior stakeholders across Digital and the wider organisation.
• Own delivery governance, planning, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Oversee supplier performance, contracts and budgets in partnership with Commercial and Finance colleagues.
• Ensure effective delivery handover and transition to permanent civil service teams.

Essential:

• Experience leading delivery across multiple teams or products in a digital environment.
• Strong background in Agile and product aligned delivery.
• Proven ability to stabilise or recover complex delivery environments.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Public sector or large scale organisational experience is highly desirable.

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

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ 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.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Ministry of Justice guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 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.