We are seeking an experienced Data Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex data and digital transformation projects within a User-Centred Design (UCD) environment, aligned to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards.
You will be responsible for managing one or more agile delivery teams, ensuring data-driven products and services are delivered to time, cost, quality, and user needs. Working across multidisciplinary teams, you will remove delivery barriers, manage dependencies, and create the conditions for high-performing teams to thrive.
This role requires a strong understanding of agile delivery, stakeholder management, and the governance required to successfully deliver services through the GDS life cycle, from discovery through to live.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of data and digital projects using Agile methodologies.
- Drive delivery within a UCD framework, ensuring solutions meet user needs and GDS standards.
- Work closely with Product Managers, Service Designers, User Researchers, Data Architects, and Technical Teams to define and deliver product roadmaps.
- Facilitate collaborative planning, prioritisation, and sprint delivery activities.
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery milestones across multiple workstreams.
- Ensure products and services are delivered to the appropriate quality standards throughout Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases.
- Track delivery progress, reporting outcomes and providing clear communication to stakeholders.
- Support resource planning and contribute to portfolio-level delivery management activities.
- Foster a continuous improvement culture, embedding agile best practice across delivery teams.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams in a Matrix-managed environment.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience delivering complex data, digital, or technology transformation projects within the public sector or highly regulated environments.
- Strong knowledge of Government Digital Service (GDS) standards, service assessments, and the service life cycle.
- Experience working within User-Centred Design (UCD) multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrable success delivering projects using Agile delivery methodologies including Scrum and Kanban.
- Experience managing multiple priorities, competing stakeholder demands, and complex dependencies.
- Strong risk, issue, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams without direct line management responsibility.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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