AMS PSR

On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Digital Delivery Manager (Inside IR35) for a 9 month contract (until December '26) based hybrid in Bristol, London, Manchester or Glasgow. 

Join the Cabinet Office’s high-profile Falcon Programme, a major transformation delivering two core outcomes:

• Migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365, and
• Implementation of a modern and secure IT platform for users across the Cabinet Office and its wider organisations

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team to help deliver these two outcomes using agile values and practices. This role requires someone with strong delivery capability across large-scale digital or infrastructure programmes. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams to drive delivery, coordinate rollouts and ensure smooth transition across a complex organisational landscape.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, organised and able to operate in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

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

• Lead and support the delivery of transformation initiatives using agile and waterfall methodologies, adapting tools and techniques to meet evolving programme needs.
• Deliver a key workstream as part of a continuous migration rollout
• Coordinate delivery across internal technical teams, suppliers and multiple business units
• Plan, track and manage migration schedules and business readiness while translating programme roadmaps into actionable delivery plans, user stories and milestones
• Produce programme reporting, RAID management and stakeholder updates
• Support financial forecasting and ensure accurate budget tracking
• Lead and facilitate meetings to ensure clear communication and alignment while identifying risks, blockers and opportunities for improvement
• Work closely with change, communications, technical and support teams to foster collaboration, remove delivery obstacles and enable a smooth rollout

Essential:

• Experience delivering complex IT infrastructure or enterprise technology projects across the full lifecycle
• Experience in large-scale migrations or platform transitions
• Strong delivery management skills with both Agile and Waterfall methods
• Experienced in matrix-managing multi-disciplinary teams, fostering a productive environment, and driving delivery flow.
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder and supplier management skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and manage multiple priorities
• Practical understanding of change management
• Experience coordinating supply chain providers and aligning resources

Desirable:

• Data migration experience, ideally Google Workspace → Microsoft 365
• Experience working on government or public sector programmes
• Knowledge of Jira or M365 tools

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, The Cabinet Office 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 Cabinet Office 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".