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Programme Delivery Manager - Digital Transformation, Public Sector

Olive Jar Digital

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience in large-scale programme delivery, particularly in a public sector or complex organisational environment
  • Proven ability to design and embed delivery management functions and governance structures
  • Strong facilitation skills, with experience running alignment workshops or similar sessions with senior stakeholders
  • Deep understanding of agile and hybrid delivery models

Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive Programme Delivery Plan and roadmap, outlining how key milestones will be met on time, to quality, and within budget
  • Lead the design and facilitation of a face-to-face Programme Alignment Workshop to ensure stakeholder alignment, visibility of plans, and shared understanding of delivery approach
  • Identify and manage programme-level risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery outcomes
  • Establish an efficient and effective programme governance and assurance framework

About the company

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Olive Jar Digital

Digital Transformation Consulting

Olive Jar Digital has extensive experience in building highly secure, resilient, highly available and scalable websites. We focus on user experience and only build what the end user needs and understands. We deliver our projects using the Agile methodology, in particular Scrum and Kanban. This enables us to deliver on time, on budget and focus on priorities that could shift at any moment. The consultants we engage are either people that we have worked with over the years, have been recommended based on their performance, or have been interviewed and tested by us first. With Olive Jar you get a professional, honest service where we look to build a relationship with you and support you over the years to come. We believe that in order to track the quality of performance effectively, our delivery team, the end client, and our account management team need to buy into a Continual Service Feedback and Improvement ethos. The resources we can provide include: • Full Agile Teams • Delivery Managers • Business Analysts • Technical Architects • Scrum Masters • User Experience Designers • Visual Designer • User Researchers • Developers / Developers in Test • Testers Specialties: IT Consultancy, Software Support, Software Development, Website Design, Agile Delivery, Continuous Delivery

Company details

IndustryDigital Transformation Consulting
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

Permanent, or Fixed Term Contract
UK-wide
Hybrid/ Remote

About the role
Olive Jar Digital is at the forefront of enabling digital transformation for public sector and enterprise organisations. We are looking for a highly capable Programme Delivery Manager to join us in supporting a key strategic initiative for one of our major clients. You will play a critical role in designing, mobilising, and implementing a robust delivery management function within the client’s digital and data services environment. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and embed a consistent, scalable approach to programme and delivery management that will drive effective and sustainable change.
 

Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive Programme Delivery Plan and roadmap, outlining how key milestones will be met on time, to quality, and within budget.
  • Lead the design and facilitation of a face-to-face Programme Alignment Workshop to ensure stakeholder alignment, visibility of plans, and shared understanding of delivery approach.
  • Identify and manage programme-level risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
  • Establish an efficient and effective programme governance and assurance framework.
  • Oversee phased delivery of the Programme Roadmap with prioritisation of business needs, applying agile methods where appropriate.
  • Design and implement an operating model for the Delivery function, incorporating clear design principles.
  • Provide guidance and support for recruitment into key delivery management roles across the organisation.
  • Mobilise and coach delivery teams, supporting onboarding and capability development to ensure the function is fully operational.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer and deliver a long-term capability uplift within internal teams.
  • Establish a fit-for-purpose Delivery Centre of Excellence to drive quality and consistency in delivery practices.
Experience & Skills Required
  • Demonstrated experience in large-scale programme delivery, particularly in a public sector or complex organisational environment.
  • Proven ability to design and embed delivery management functions and governance structures.
  • Strong facilitation skills, with experience running alignment workshops or similar sessions with senior stakeholders.
  • Deep understanding of agile and hybrid delivery models.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and coaching capabilities.
  • Familiarity with digital transformation principles and operating model development.
  • Previous consultancy or advisory background in programme delivery.
  • Experience working with government digital capability frameworks.
  • Confident communicator with a collaborative, pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
Benefits 
  • 25 Days Annual Leave per annum (plus 8 Bank Holidays as standard)
  • Health Insurance
  • Pension Scheme
  • Annual Bonus Scheme
  • Annual Salary Review
  • Electric Car Scheme

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