Senior Agile Delivery Manager at Department for Work & Pensions, UK Offices, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation
• Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now
• Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society
• Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

Role Purpose: 

The DWP is seeking a Senior Agile Delivery Manager to play a pivotal role in a major data transformation programme within the MATS Aspire portfolio, supporting the migration of critical data services onto Azure. This is an opportunity to lead complex, high-profile delivery work, bringing together technical teams, product owners, suppliers and senior stakeholders to drive outcomes, remove blockers and ensure successful delivery within a highly governed environment. The successful candidate will champion agile ways of working, lead multidisciplinary teams through change, and help shape the future of data-driven services across DWP.

As a Senior Agile Delivery Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex data and cloud transformation projects, ensuring delivery objectives, timelines and outcomes are achieved.
• Drive the successful migration of data services onto Azure, working closely with Data Engineers, Architects, Product Owners and suppliers.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, governance bodies and delivery teams, ensuring alignment to shared goals and programme priorities.
• Remove delivery impediments, manage risks, issues and dependencies, and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams.
• Champion agile principles and best practice, facilitating workshops, ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives across multidisciplinary teams.
• Oversee business case development, governance activities, budgets and supplier relationships to ensure effective programme delivery.

Essential:

• Strong experience delivering complex programmes within Agile environments, with a practical understanding of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale transformation initiatives, including cloud migration projects, ideally within Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience operating within data-focused technical environments, working closely with Data Engineers, Technical Architects and engineering teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, manage competing priorities and navigate complex governance structures.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language, enabling effective communication between technical and non-technical audiences.

Desirable:

• Previous experience delivering digital, data or technology programmes within UK Government departments such as DWP, HMRC, DVLA, Home Office or similar organisations.
• Strong understanding of GDS delivery standards, service assessments and government governance frameworks.
• Experience leading teams through government assurance processes, stage-gate reviews and formal approvals while maintaining delivery pace and stakeholder confidence.

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

Disability Confident 

As a Disability Confident employer, DWP encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, DWP welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the 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.