Offre d'emploi Head of Delivery Management (GOV.UK App - Products and Services) - GDS - G6

For this role, you must demonstrate significant experience in:

• delivery of a public facing product / programme at national scale

• delivery of multiple streams within a product portfolio, minimising risk and optimising for success

• developing and leading high-performing teams through the full product life cycle, identifying and mitigating risks across all stages

• solving and unblocking issues between teams or departments at the highest level

• superpower levels of attention to detail

• managing stakeholder expectations and moderating discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales

• It would be desirable if you have recent experience of leading app development and/or Ai programmes of work

Bristol, London, Manchester

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

1. joining up public sector services

2. harnessing the power of AI for the public good

3. strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure

4. elevating leadership and investing in talent

5. funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation

6. committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (), the world-leading and at the forefront of coordinating the UK’s geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.

We’re part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.

The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you’ll be working with some of the world’s most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.

The Government Digital Service (GDS), part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), exists to help government create brilliant public services that empower people in the UK. We work at the very centre of government to drive digital transformation, focused on users in line with the blueprint for modern digital government.

The Products & Services Directorate (P&S) within GDS is responsible for the app, as well as common capabilities, products and tools for others to use and create great public services that are accessible, inclusive and easy to use:

• app: building a personalised and proactive relationship with users, making it easier to interact with government 

  • AI: maximising opportunities of current technological advances to develop citizen facing AI experiences

  • Mailbox, Pay, Notify, Forms and Emergency Alerts: building services once, to be used across government, local authorities and police forces

Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation’s highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.