Principal Delivery Manager – Defence

🔥 12 hours ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Kainos

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

💰 Venture Round on 1986-04

Healthcare • Marketing • Logistics

Kainos is a technology company focused on solving real problems for its customers and enhancing business operations through innovative IT solutions. With specialties in Enterprise Content Management, Application Management Services, Systems Integration, and Digital Transformation, Kainos serves clients across various sectors including healthcare, commercial, and the public domain. Their emphasis on building strong relationships and delivering impactful solutions is reflected in their two main business areas: Digital Services and Workday Practice, aimed at improving the lives of people and the functionality of organizations globally.

📋 Description

• Lead complex, high-value digital programmes across multiple teams, workstreams and suppliers • Define programme success factors, including long-term impact, client satisfaction and continuous improvement • Provide senior delivery leadership and balance client priorities, commercial interests and impact on employees • Set programme direction, align plans, and manage dependencies, risks and delivery challenges • Own programme financial performance, profitability targets, forecasting and reporting of cost, revenue and margin • Ensure compliance with contracts and commercial terms • Build trusted relationships with Director and C-level stakeholders • Identify and develop opportunities to grow Defence sector accounts • Contribute to account strategy, customer conversations, proposals, bids and pitches • Work with Sales, Account Leads and Account Management to shape client responses • Create inclusive, high-performing multidisciplinary teams • Lead, coach and develop delivery leaders and programme teams • Own capacity and staffing across engagements and support onboarding • Contribute to recruitment, succession planning and Delivery capability growth • Establish programme governance, accountability, decision-making and technical quality standards • Manage programme risks, issues and dependencies and provide assurance across workstreams and suppliers • Ensure compliance with confidentiality, non-disclosure and information security requirements • Encourage innovation and implement improvements that increase efficiency and client value • Share learning and contribute to continuous improvement across Kainos

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience delivering complex digital programmes within a consultancy, professional services or comparable environment • Digital delivery experience and stakeholder management in a complex environment • Proven experience leading large-scale digital transformation programmes across multiple teams and suppliers • Experience working within Agile delivery environments • Strong track record of delivering successful outcomes while balancing customer needs, commercial objectives, and delivery performance • Experience establishing programme governance and managing risks, issues and assurance within complex delivery environments • Experience building trusted relationships and influencing senior stakeholders, including Director and/or C-level decision makers • Experience leading, developing and coaching high-performing teams, including line management responsibility • Excellent communication, influencing and decision-making skills • Flexibility to work on customer sites and travel when required • Active SC clearance • Must have lived in the UK continuously for 5 years and complete background checks • Desirable: experience in central government, healthcare, defence or another highly regulated environment • Desirable: broad technology experience and awareness of emerging trends, including AI • Desirable: business development and account growth experience • Desirable: evidence of securing follow-on work or expanding existing client relationships • Desirable: experience leading improvements to management, delivery or leadership practices

🏖️ Benefits

• People-first culture • Support for employee growth and development • Diverse and inclusive workplace • Recruitment accommodations and adjustments tailored to candidate needs

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