Senior Delivery Lead

Senior Delivery Lead / Senior Programme Manager - 9-12 months+ - £1,000pd Inside IR35 DOE - Primarily Remote (UK) with occasional travel to London and key delivery sites across the UK

Security Clearance: SC Clearance required (or eligibility to obtain SC Clearance)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Lead / Senior Programme Manager to join a major public sector transformation programme. This is a high-profile leadership role overseeing the delivery of a complex, large-scale cloud and data migration initiative that will modernise critical national infrastructure.

The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership across a multidisciplinary delivery organisation, initially leading a team of approximately 35 people with responsibility for scaling the function to over 100 resources as the programme progresses.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced delivery professional who is comfortable operating at executive level, driving large transformation programmes and managing complex stakeholder landscapes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of a large-scale cloud transformation and data migration programme.
• Provide strategic leadership across multiple delivery workstreams, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing delivery organisation, scaling from approximately 35 to over 100 team members.
• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, including CXO-level executives, programme boards and government leadership.
• Drive delivery governance, planning, risk management and programme reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including technology, architecture, infrastructure, security, data and business change.
• Manage programme dependencies, risks, issues and escalations across multiple suppliers and delivery partners.
• Ensure delivery milestones are achieved while maintaining quality, governance and compliance standards.
• Foster a collaborative, outcome-focused culture across internal teams and external partners.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale transformation programmes / Data Migration programme within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong background as a Senior Delivery Manager, Programme Manager or Delivery Lead on multi-million-pound technology programmes.
• Demonstrable experience leading and scaling large multidisciplinary teams.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at executive and board level.
• Experience establishing robust delivery governance, programme controls and reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, suppliers and senior stakeholders within complex delivery environments.
• Strong leadership skills with a reputation as a dependable, credible and trusted delivery professional—a genuine "safe pair of hands."

Highly Desirable

• Previous experience delivering programmes within the UK public sector or central government.
• Experience leading large-scale cloud migration, infrastructure modernisation or data centre exit programmes.
• Knowledge of migrating legacy/on-premise environments to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Experience delivering complex data migration programmes involving critical business services.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery methodologies.

Security Clearance

Candidates must either hold active SC Clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the Security Check (SC) vetting process prior to engagement.

This temporary contract is inside IR35 and will require working under the direction of the client delivery manager as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will follow established delivery processes and working practices

This temporary contract is the successful candidate to undergo and be eligible for UK Security Vetting at SC/DV level. Clearance sponsorship will be provided where required. Due to the nature of the work, candidates should meet the relevant residency requirements. If applicable, reserved post nationality restrictions will be confirmed by the client. Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.

More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:

United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

List of national security vetting clearance levels with guidance on who requires clearance and what checks are completed.