Delivery Manager

Job Description

Overview

Empowering projects in a complex world.

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions.

As a Delivery Manager in our Secure Government division, you’ll be part of our Transformation Solutions Practice. Your role will be to help our clients maximise the benefit of digital transformation and enable innovative ways of working. Working directly with clients, you'll be supported to identify, shape and manage better delivery capabilities. You'll have all the support you need to lead your own work streams and work as part of Agile delivery teams across our market.

Your role

• •Manage successful delivery of IT and digital products/services for clients.
• •Work within multidisciplinary and often Agile teams across the Secure Government market.
• •Coordinate digital delivery activity across teams and stakeholders.
• •Engage with technical teams, clients and suppliers to maintain delivery progress.
• •Ensure outputs meet agreed performance, quality and security expectations.
• •Bring structure to IT delivery by managing risks, dependencies and release cycles.
• •Maintain effective communication flows across delivery teams.
• •Support adoption of modern digital ways of working.
• •Shape delivery approaches and uphold digital governance standards.
• •Ensure alignment to value‑driven technology outcomes.

About you

• •Experience managing IT or digital product/service delivery in structured or Agile environments.
• •Strong stakeholder management skills, engaging confidently with technical teams, clients and suppliers.
• •Understanding of IT delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevOps, Scrum, SAFe) and digital‑first practices.
• •Ability to oversee backlogs, release plans, sprint cycles and technical delivery workflows.
• •Experience managing risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies across digital teams.
• •Strong organisational skills, coordinating activity across engineering, architecture and cyber teams.
• •Ability to identify delivery challenges collaboratively and develop actionable, technology‑focused solutions.
• •Clear written and verbal communication, producing high‑quality technical and delivery reporting.
• •Experience working with suppliers, commercial teams or service providers within IT environments.

We support flexible working and welcome applications that align with our policies. While hybrid working is part of life at AtkinsRéalis, many Secure Government projects require more onsite collaboration due to security and client requirements. For these positions, candidates must be able to work onsite at least four days per week.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.