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Delivery Lead (SC Clearence)

Posted: 28/10/26
Recruiter:FDM Group
Reference:3204946496
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Team Leader
Salary:Competitive
Location:Preston, Lancashire
Description:

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of projects and workstreams, ensuring agreed objectives, milestones and outcomes are achieved.
  • Develop and deliver effective communication and stakeholder engagement approaches across the programme.
  • Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, technical specialists and wider business functions.
  • Translate complex or technical information into clear, concise communications for different audiences.
  • Coordinate activity across multiple teams, ensuring priorities, dependencies and responsibilities are understood.
  • Provide clear reporting on delivery progress, risks, issues, dependencies and key decisions.
  • Facilitate workshops, stakeholder sessions, governance meetings and delivery reviews.
  • Identify and manage risks and issues, escalating where appropriate and driving actions through to resolution.
  • Support change and transformation activity by ensuring stakeholders remain informed and engaged throughout delivery.
  • Drive collaboration across teams and maintain momentum against agreed delivery plans.
  • Ensure communications are timely, consistent and aligned with wider programme objectives

About you:

  • Active SC clearance.
  • Ability to work onsite in Preston 3 days per week.
  • Proven experience working as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager or similar delivery-focused role.
  • Strong professional background in communications, stakeholder engagement or strategic communications.
  • Experience leading the delivery of complex projects or transformation initiatives.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging with senior stakeholders.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences.
  • Experience managing delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
  • Confident facilitating workshops, meetings and governance sessions.
  • Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex delivery environments.

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