Delivery Manager

  • Manpower UK Ltd
  • May 11, 2026
Full time Other

Job Description

Delivery Manager - Specialist Housing & Care
Homebased - with occasional travel to London/Bradford

About the Role
We're looking for a Delivery Manager to drive the successful delivery of projects and workstreams across a complex, regulated organisation.
This is a hands-on delivery role responsible for ensuring work is well-planned, controlled and coordinated, bringing together Design, Digital, Data, Change Enablement and operational teams within an award-winning not-for-profit Specialist Housing and Care organisation.
You will play a key role in ensuring delivery is predictable, transparent and supports both operational continuity and successful change adoption.


What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead delivery of assigned projects/workstreams, maintaining clear plans, milestones and delivery rhythms
  • Apply consistent PMO standards to ensure delivery is controlled, auditable and aligned to programme expectations
  • Manage RAID, dependencies and progress reporting with accuracy and discipline
  • Partner with Product Owners to maintain clarity of scope, priorities and backlog readiness
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
  • Coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment and effective sequencing
  • Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies, escalating early with clear recommendations
  • Provide insightful, timely reporting to support decision-making and governance


What We're Looking For

  • Proven experience delivering projects or workstreams in complex, multi-disciplinary environments
  • Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches
  • Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and sprint delivery
  • Solid knowledge of planning, scheduling and RAID management (including Microsoft Project)
  • Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills across technical and operational teams
  • Track record of producing high-quality, reliable delivery reporting

Desirable:

  • Delivery qualification (e.g. APM, PRINCE2 Foundation)
  • Agile certification (e.g. Scrum Master, SAFe)


Apply Now
If you're passionate about delivering complex change efficiently and safely, and thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments - we'd love to hear from you.