Core Cloud Delivery Manager

The Delivery Manager is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of the Client Core Cloud services, ensuring platforms, products, and supplier outcomes are delivered on time, within tolerance, and to production-grade standards., Delivery & Execution Own delivery across one or more Core Cloud workstreams (platform, migration, security uplift, tooling, or service onboarding). Translate strategy, roadmaps, and funding intent into executable delivery plans with clear milestones, dependencies, and tolerances. Drive delivery through discovery, Alpha, beta, and live phases without losing momentum. Actively manage delivery risk, technical debt, and operational constraints

Stakeholder & Governance Management Operate confidently across Client senior stakeholders, DDaT leadership, architects, security teams, and commercial functions. Run delivery governance forums with clarity and pace, focusing on decisions, not theatre. Provide clear, honest delivery reporting (RAG, risks, mitigations, forecast confidence). Challenge optimism bias and escalate early when delivery is at risk.

Multi-Supplier & Team Leadership Coordinate delivery across multiple suppliers and internal teams, ensuring clear ownership and zero gaps. Enable engineering teams by removing blockers rather than adding process drag. Foster a delivery culture that values predictability, quality, and operational readiness.

Agile, Lean & Assurance Alignment Apply Agile pragmatically using Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid approaches as appropriate. Ensure delivery aligns with GDS Service Manual, Client assurance gates, and NCSC expectations. Balance speed with assurance

Financial & Commercial Awareness Track delivery against funding envelopes and call out burn-rate risks early. Support commercial governance, change control, and scope management. Ensure value is demonstrable, not implied.

Proven experience delivering large-scale cloud or platform programmes in complex environments. Strong background in public sector digital delivery, ideally within central government. Demonstrable experience managing multi-supplier delivery under tight assurance constraints. Comfortable working with cloud platforms (AWS) and understanding modern DevOps delivery models. Strong grasp of delivery metrics, forecasting, dependency management, and risk control. Confident communicator who can challenge senior stakeholders constructively. Experience working under security, compliance, and regulatory constraints.

Desirable Experience Experience delivering or operating core cloud, shared platforms, or landing zones. Familiarity with Client governance, GDS assessments, or cross-government platforms. Exposure to FinOps, platform reliability, or live service operations. Experience supporting migration programmes or large-scale onboarding.

Behaviours & Ways of Working Outcome-focused: you care about what lands, not what was attempted. Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of bringing order without bureaucracy. Calm under pressure; credible when things go wrong. Willing to say this won't land early and back it up with evidence.

London/Croydon - £550 per day Inside IR35 status Contract Posted by: eTeam Workforce Limited Posted: Friday, 13 February 2026 We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.