Crown Commercial Service

Delivery Manager

Crown Commercial Service
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeLiverpool • United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £48,027 - £54,751 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates a strong delivery mindset focused on solving user problems and driving measurable outcomes, while effectively managing backlogs and facilitating cross-functional collaboration within digital teams. Familiarity with Agile and Lean practices, as well as Government Digital Services principles, enhances the ability to deliver high-value outcomes in grant and contract services.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Strong Delivery MindsetUser Research ExperienceAgile PracticesLean PracticesBacklog Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the day-to-day rhythm of a high-performing, cross-functional digital team
  • Partner with Product Managers, designers, and engineers to establish a culture focused on measurable business and user outcomes
  • Remove impediments, optimise flow, and champion modern, lean practices
  • Drive delivery of high-value outcomes for grant and contract services
  • Identify obstacles and help the team overcome them
  • Define problems, design solutions, and prioritise team backlogs against Key Results and Outcomes
  • Focus the team on delivery of products and services
  • Dissect complex policy and operational problems, explore creative solutions, and test hypotheses
  • Work within product delivery teams delivering critical grant and contract services for the UK public sector

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Strong Delivery Mindset: demonstrable focus on solving user problems and driving measurable outcomes rather than simply delivering feature outputs
  • Experience conducting or assisting with user research and translating user insights into practical product improvements
  • Proactive, curious approach to product management, including diving into details and helping define solutions from scratch
  • Ability to manage a backlog, make clear priority calls under competing demands, and proactively unblock teams
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships with delivery partners, suppliers, and multidisciplinary team members
  • Familiarity or practical experience using AI tools to improve delivery of product outcomes (desirable)
  • Familiarity with Government Digital Services (GDS) design, security and accessibility principles (desirable)
  • Agile and Lean practices
  • Life cycle management
  • Maintaining delivery momentum
  • Applicants for London, Bristol, Manchester or York must be contracted GCA staff already based in one of those offices; external applicants are not eligible for these sites

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Generous pension scheme
  • A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
  • Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
  • Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
  • Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

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Hard Skills
User ResearchBacklog ManagementProblem DefinitionSolution DesignLife Cycle Management
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationRelationship BuildingProactive ApproachCuriosity
Tools & Technologies
AI ToolsGovernment Digital Services (GDS)
Industry Keywords
Digital Team LeadershipGrant ServicesContract ServicesPublic SectorDelivery Momentum