Job Vacancy Senior Delivery Manager - Planning Inspectorate - SEO

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you’ll guide the delivery of digital products from initial discovery through to live service. You’ll work with product owners, software engineers, testers and other specialists to understand user needs, plan delivery, and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams.

You’ll build strong relationships with stakeholders, support your team to remove blockers, and ensure delivery remains aligned to technical, security and organisational requirements. You’ll also mentor Delivery Managers and contribute to continuous improvement across the wider Digital & Data function. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Leading the end‑to‑end delivery of complex digital projects, ensuring progress against agreed time, cost and quality expectations. 

• Supporting multidisciplinary teams to deliver user‑focused products and enhancements. 

• Managing risks, issues, dependencies and change using appropriate digital delivery tools and processes. 

• Facilitating agile ceremonies, tracking delivery metrics, and resolving blockers. 

• Working with architecture, infrastructure and security teams to ensure designs meet organisational standards. 

• Planning releases into production, including go/no‑go reviews and transition into live service. 

• Monitoring and forecasting budgets, resources and delivery plans. 

• Building effective stakeholder relationships and ensuring clear, accessible communication. 

• Coaching and supporting Delivery Managers to develop their practice. 

Salary 

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. Internal rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest  

This role is being advertised at SEO grade with a starting salary of £46,689  

Working hours:  

Standard working week is 37 hours, flexible working hours policy available.

Office Attendance 

This role is contractually based in Bristol, 10 minute walk from Temple Meads train station. We recognise and value the mutual benefits of hybrid working and have a flexible approach to in person attendance, which can vary dependent on the requirements of individual business units - the details of which can be discussed with candidates if invited to attend an interview.