Delivery Manager - Projects & Change

If you decide that this Delivery Manager - Projects & Change position is the role for you, then you'll be joining the UK's largest group of property services, a business that is constantly looking to improve, and one that offers both exciting challenges and job satisfaction., Reporting into the Change & Portfolio Director, the Delivery Manager - Projects & Change will support the strategic development of change plans and lead the end-to-end delivery of key initiatives across the organisation. Responsible for taking a leading role in digital enabled and operational change, ensuring it is delivered effectively, on time, and with measurable business outcomes.

The Delivery Manager - Projects & Change will act as the bridge between the technical function and critical areas of the operational business, facilitating strong partnerships, aligning priorities, and ensuring business change is embedded sustainably.

This role requires strategic oversight, hands-on delivery leadership, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders whilst driving clarity, pace, and operational adoption., Delivery Leadership

• Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of complex transformation programmes and projects.
• Manage cross-functional delivery squads, ensuring clear responsibilities and alignment with organisational priorities.
• Drive delivery discipline using Agile, hybrid, or traditional methodologies as appropriate.
• Proactively identify and resolve delivery risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating when required.

Transformation Strategy & Change Enablement

• Translate strategic objectives into actionable delivery roadmaps.
• Ensure solutions are designed with clear business value and operational readiness in mind.
• Work with process owners, SMEs, and operational leaders to design and implement impactful solutions with well thought through operational readiness.
• Monitor and measure outcomes post-implementation, ensuring long-term benefits are realised

Governance, Planning & Budget Management

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, commercial agreements, and resource plans.
• Maintain accurate delivery documentation including delivery plans, RAID logs, decision logs, and status reporting.
• Support governance forums and contribute to portfolio-level prioritisation and planning.

Team Leadership & Performance

• Lead and motivate multi-disciplinary delivery teams to achieve shared goals.
• Provide coaching, structure, and clarity to ensure effective collaboration.
• Champion continuous improvement, learning, and best practice across the delivery community.
• Potential line management and mentoring of more junior project personnel.

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If shortlisted you will attend an initial introductory interview of approximately 30 minutes via Microsoft Teams to test basic fit for the role and soft skills, provide some more in-depth information about the position and company, and allow you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

If all goes well, a final interview of up to 1 hour will be arranged. This will take place in-person at our Leicester Head Office.

If successful, we make the offer and get the ball rolling

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Significant experience and proven success delivering medium-large scale complex business change transformation programmes in a Programme/Portfolio Management role?

Are you able and willing to spend a few days a week at our Leicester Head Office with occasional travel to other UK sites (most notably our St. Ives office in Cambridgeshire) as the role requires it?

Do you have valid right to work in the UK?, * Proven experience delivering medium-large scale transformation programmes.

• Strong track record of partnering with operational business areas to drive change and embed new ways of working.
• Demonstrable ability to manage budgets, risks, dependencies, and third parties.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to turn around challenges quickly and effectively.
• Solid understanding of technology delivery (software, infrastructure, platforms, or data).
• Excellent communication and storytelling capability-able to translate complex information into clear business language.
• Familiarity with project management and Agile tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project).
• Experience working in Agile and hybrid delivery models.

Competitive Salary of £70,000.00-90,000.00, Hybrid Working Options, 25 Days' Holiday (Plus 8 Days Public Holiday), Option To Buy Or Sell an additional 5 days' Holiday, Pension, Life Assurance, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Pay, Free Conveyancing Legals, 24-hour GP service, Retail Discounts, Free Parking, Plus Many More!

Simplify is the UK's leading conveyancing and property services business, comprising nine businesses which include some of the largest conveyancing law firms in the UK, two leading independent property services businesses as well as being the market-leading direct to consumer online conveyancer.