Government Digital Service

Location Bristol, London, Manchester

Job grade Grade 7

Contract type Permanent

Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours

Salary £58,275 - £71,040

Closing date Sun 08 Nov 2026

Reference 487940

Profession Digital, Data & Technology

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We are seeking passionate Senior Delivery Managers who thrive in fast-paced environments and possess expert knowledge of Agile and other methodologies to enable national scale delivery at pace.

Working within the Products and Services directorate, you will be working as part of a growing cross-functional team, as well as working with internal and external stakeholders across government and the wider public sector.

You will be core to making decisions that build a high performing team, adept at breaking down barriers, planning at a higher level whilst getting into the details to make things happen when needed.

As a Senior Delivery Manager, You’ll

- lead and motivate multiple multi-disciplinary teams, helping them organise and plan their work, ensuring they deliver timely products and services that actually meet users’ needs
- co-create and co-own plans and progress using recognised lean/agile practices, and communicate status to senior stakeholders and users appropriately
- provide useful and accurate delivery metrics to facilitate continual improvement
- facilitate an inclusive team environment where innovation and challenge are welcomed from all colleagues
- delivery to the agreed goals, actively tackling impediments, risks and blockers, and communicating and escalating where necessary
- continually improve the effectiveness, efficiency and cohesion of teams
- work with senior leaders and stakeholders in GDS to ensure all needs are understood and to influence strategic direction
- develop, guide and coach your delivery manager line reports
- manage stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and effective communication, taking into account organisational context and different needs and priorities, dealing constructively with conflicting views
- work in partnership with product and technical leads on high profile work in ambiguous, complex and/or uncertain domains
- promote continual improvement, positive communication and collaboration across the organisationusing the principles of agile at scale

Person specification Our delivery professionals work on a diverse range of projects, products and services within GDS and across government departments.

You’ll have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy working in a demanding, high profile agile environment. You’ll be passionate about agile working, care about technology and know how to make projects succeed. You’ll share the belief that how you work is as important as what you deliver.

We’re Interested In People Who

- have a significant track record in successfully delivering digital projects and products
- use agile practices to ensure the iterative and timely delivery of products and services that serve real user needs
- facilitate effective workshops which give a voice to all participants and provide concrete outputs that enable delivery
- lead successful high functioning multidisciplinary delivery teams which are aligned to the organisation’s strategic priorities and the needs of stakeholders
- actively tackle impediments, risks and blockers, and communicating and escalating where necessary

Benefits There are many perks of working at GDS, including:

- flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
- a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
- 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days
- an extra day off for the King’s birthday
- an in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
- career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
- a focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
- job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
- advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
- death in service benefits
- cycle to work scheme and facilities
- access to an employee discounts scheme
- 10 learning days per year
- volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year)
- access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning

Any move to Government Digital Service from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments.

You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk Office attendance The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK.

The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of adaptable working options (including occasionally working from home).

Things you need to know





Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:

- a simple application screening process - we only ask for a CV, responses to 2 knockout questions and a security check question Important tip - please ensure that your responses include how you meet the skills and experience listed in the “person specification” section above
- a 20 minute phone interview
- a 75 minute interview based on the behaviours and competencies listed and your experience. The interview will include a 15 minute presentation based on a topic provided in advance and a series of interview questions

Depending on how many applications we get, there might also be an extra stage before the video interview, for example a phone interview or a technical exercise. In The Event We Receive a High Volume Of Applications, We Will Conduct The Initial Sift Against The Lead Criteria Which Is
- have a significant track record in successfully delivering digital projects and products
- use agile practices to ensure the iterative and timely delivery of products and services that serve real user needs

In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. We’ll be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role. For this role we’ll be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours:
- working together
- changing and improving
- making effective decisions
- developing self and others
- communicating and influencing
- delivering at pace

Skills We’ll also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for the Delivery profession:

- agile and Lean practices
- communicating between the technical and non-technical
- maintaining delivery momentum
- planning
- team dynamics and collaboration

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Recruitment Timeline

Sift completion: 13/11/2026

Phone screens: 23/11/2026

Panel interviews: w/c 30/11/2026

Candidates that do not pass the interview but have demonstrated an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I; Strategy.

Sponsorship

DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality Requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a recent window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service





Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

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Recruitment team

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Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission by email: [email protected] Or in writing: Civil Service Commission, Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.

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