Delivery Manager- Telford or Hove

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an experienced Delivery Managers to lead the successful delivery of complex technology and transformation work within a secure client environment. You will play a key role in leading medium to large multidisciplinary teams, ensuring complex work packages and services are delivered predictably, efficiently and to the required quality standards. Working across software, data, integration, transformation and live-service environments, you will provide clear leadership across planning, governance, financial control, resources, risks, dependencies and stakeholder management. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in either Telford or Hove.

The role requires strong delivery leadership, commercial awareness and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders while establishing the governance, delivery rhythm and controls required to maintain momentum and achieve successful outcomes.

All candidates must either hold current SC security clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo SC security clearance.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to take ownership of complex or higher-risk work packages and services, leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating delivery across multiple projects, technologies and interdependencies.

You will establish effective delivery plans, governance and reporting while maintaining control across scope, schedule, cost, capacity, quality, risks and dependencies. Working closely with client stakeholders, Delivery Managers, Project Managers, Service Delivery Managers, engineering teams and commercial functions, you will identify and remove blockers, manage change and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to support effective decision-making.

You will also play an important role in developing team capability, improving delivery performance and driving continuous improvement across delivery practices, tooling and governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Owning delivery plans, schedules, milestones, outcomes and delivery controls for assigned work packages and services
• Leading medium to large multidisciplinary teams across complex technology and transformation environments
• Establishing an effective delivery rhythm, governance cadence and accurate reporting across scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk and dependencies
• Coordinating delivery across multiple teams, projects and services and resolving blockers and interdependencies
• Maintaining integrated schedules, capacity forecasts and resource plans aligned to delivery priorities
• Managing project budgets, forecasting costs and monitoring actual expenditure against forecasts
• Anticipating future resource requirements and supporting effective recruitment, onboarding and deployment
• Maintaining RAID, dependency and change-control records with clear ownership, mitigation and escalation routes
• Assessing the delivery impact of changes to scope, requirements, schedules, resources and service commitments
• Supporting controlled implementation, transition and handover while protecting live services and customer outcomes
• Providing clear incident, problem and change updates where delivery interacts with live service operations
• Building effective relationships with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, project managers, service managers and commercial leads
• Communicating delivery concerns, risks and recommendations clearly and gaining timely stakeholder decisions
• Coaching and supporting junior delivery professionals and contributing to capability development, knowledge sharing and team wellbeing
• Promoting Agile, engineering, operational and delivery standards, including automated delivery practices where appropriate
• Using delivery data and corporate tooling to improve transparency, productivity, predictability and decision-making
• Identifying and implementing practical improvements that increase delivery efficiency, quality and client value