Jr. Delivery Manager

Hi All,

This role is ideal for candidates looking to develop their delivery management expertise within Defence Digital.

Jr. Delivery Manager

Type Perm

Model Hybrid

SC candidates required

2 days Travel to client office

Responsibilities

Scheduling and Dependencies Support:

• Assist in maintaining and updating project schedules, milestone tracking, and timelines.

• Support the identification, monitoring, and management of project and programme dependencies.

• Provide status updates to senior delivery managers and programme stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accuracy.

• Support integration with other project management disciplines, including risk, cost, and configuration management.

Benefits Management:

• Assist in tracking expected project benefits, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.

• Maintain benefit registers and provide regular reporting to enable senior decision-making.

• Support analysis of changes or delays that may impact benefits realisation.

Competition and Approvals Support:

• Provide administrative and coordination support for procurement activities, including Invitations to Negotiate (ITN) and other competitive processes.

• Support the preparation of documentation, assessment of options, and collation of approvals-related artefacts.

• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure timely submission, review, and approval of changes or procurement actions.

• Maintain records of decisions, change requests, and competition outcomes for audit and traceability.

Stakeholder Coordination:

• Work collaboratively with project, programme, and portfolio teams to ensure smooth delivery and effective communication.

• Provide status updates, dashboards, and reports to senior delivery managers and governance boards.

• Escalate issues, risks, or conflicts that could impact schedule, dependencies, benefits, or approvals.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, tools, and reporting.

• Support knowledge sharing and embedding of best practice across project and programme teams.

Requirements

Essential:

• Some experience in project or programme support, ideally in Defence or government environments.

• Familiarity with project management processes, scheduling, and dependency tracking.

• Basic understanding of benefits management and programme-level reporting.

• Ability to coordinate and support procurement/competition activities.

• Strong organisational, analytical, and communication skills.

• Able to work effectively across multiple stakeholders and teams.

Our Leadership Standards

Leading inclusively and safely: Build trust through honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes: Make decisions that benefit the broader organization.

Delivering for the customer: Execute brilliantly on priorities that add value.

Commercially savvy: Bring strong commercial focus and external perspective.

Growth mindset: Identify opportunities for growth for yourself and the organization.

Building for the future: Create diverse, future-ready teams where everyone can thrive.

Why Join Us?

We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact.

Flexible working options: job share, reduced hours, or other arrangements.

If you don’t meet every requirement, please apply anyway—we welcome diverse experiences.

Be part of a team that fosters innovation and provides opportunities to be your best.

Regards

Chaya