Associate Director, Government Public Sector, Technical Delivery Manager, Deloitte Digital

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Do you want to be at the heart of some of our most impactful work, helping governments to improve how they serve citizens day to day? We help our Government and Public Sector clients to fulfil their missions with innovative solutions that genuinely change lives.

We are proud of the impact we achieve with our clients, the strength of our relationships, and the variety of skills and expertise we bring to help them succeed. We’re passionate about public services and relentless in tackling complex challenges. As natural collaborators, we listen, bring fresh thinking, and provide our clients with the support they need to push boundaries and be boldly ambitious.

At Deloitte Digital, we combine the discipline of Deloitte with the power of creativity. We connect people, ideas, technology, and capabilities in innovative ways to create new solutions to some of the world's biggest problems.

We deliver forward-thinking solutions that address the challenges of today and tomorrow.

If you're ready to grow your career and make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

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We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Technical Delivery Manager to support the successful delivery of complex, high-impact technology programmes and projects across our work in central government.

This role needs a strong delivery professional who thrives in fast-paced environments, with a deep understanding of Agile methodologies, the GDS Service Standard, a proven track record in the public sector, and a passion for driving digital transformation to serve the public effectively.

As a Technical Delivery Manager, you will help public sector organisations deliver enhanced services and achieve strategic goals. You'll support government clients in leveraging digital, data, and technology to improve efficiency, citizen engagement, and resilience.

Types of work you would be involved in:

• GDS Compliant & Personalised Citizen Services: You will support the design and implementation of citizen-facing digital services, ensuring compliance with GDS Service Standards while helping build in personalisation and proactive features to anticipate citizen needs. This involves working with multi-disciplinary teams across user research, service design, solutions, architecture, and agile development to create intuitive and effective public services. 
• AI-Powered Citizen Engagement: You will support the integration of AI into citizen-facing services, helping develop solutions that enhance interactions through intelligent automation, next best action, virtual assistants, and predictive support. 
• CRM & Contact Centre Transformation: You will contribute to the transformation of CRM and Contact Centre platforms, including Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and Creation, helping modernise systems to improve citizen relationship management and streamline communication channels. This involves supporting the implementation of new technologies and processes to enhance agent effectiveness and citizen satisfaction. 
• Seamless Omnichannel Service Delivery: You will help develop and integrate omnichannel approaches, supporting a consistent and unified citizen experience across touchpoints including web, mobile applications, and other digital channels. This work focuses on contributing to cohesive digital journeys that are easy to navigate and highly accessible.
• Data-driven delivery: You will support data-driven delivery by using insights, forecasting, tooling, and AI to improve delivery efficiency and inform better decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• As a Technical Delivery Manager, you will lead and support delivery teams, focusing on the successful execution of projects or significant workstreams for some of our most important public sector clients.
• You will contribute to delivery direction by ensuring your projects align with client and organisational goals, while helping foster a high-performing technical team.
• You will deliver projects that make a difference fostering a culture of one team with our central government clients.
• Market Development and Business Development: Support the identification of emerging client needs, contribute to opportunity shaping, and help develop compelling proposals for public sector engagements. Contribute to client engagement, thought leadership, and the development of Deloitte's service offerings. 
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and coach team members within project teams or workstreams, supporting their professional growth while promoting best practices and governance models. 
• Lead Agile Technical Delivery: Lead the delivery of complex digital products, services, or significant workstreams, ensuring delivery is aligned with client objectives and Deloitte's quality standards. Apply agile principles and modern delivery methodologies to support successful outcomes. 
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Build and manage trusted relationships with public sector stakeholders, delivery leads, and ecosystem partners. Act as a credible advisor, understanding client needs, supporting strategic conversations, and helping identify future opportunities. 
• Contribute to Technical Strategy & Vision: Contribute to technical strategy, vision, and roadmaps for client programmes or major workstreams. Support the identification and development of innovative solutions, using emerging technologies to address public sector challenges. 
• Technical Oversight & Guidance: Provide technical guidance and delivery oversight across projects or workstreams, helping ensure architectural integrity, technical quality, and alignment with client and Deloitte standards. Support teams in navigating complex technical challenges and delivery decisions. 
• Quality Assurance & GDS Compliance: Ensure technical solutions meet high-quality standards, user needs, and comply with relevant government digital service (GDS) standards and accessibility guidelines.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Support a culture of continuous improvement within delivery teams, introducing practical improvements and using performance insight to enhance efficiency and value.
• Financial & Resource Management: Support financial and resource management for projects or workstreams, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and commercial discussions. Contribute to delivery efficiency and value for both clients and Deloitte. 
• Risk Issue & Dependency Management: Identify, assess, and manage project or workstream-level risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely mitigation and clear communication.

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Essential: 

• Strong, demonstrable experience, proven experience, in a senior delivery or consulting role such as Associate Director, Senior Manager, or Delivery Lead within a leading consulting firm or complex public sector organisation, with a strong focus on digital transformation and delivery. Experience with identity solutions and concepts, particularly within a public sector context.
• Experience supporting business development and sales activity, including identifying client needs, contributing to proposal development, and helping shape opportunities within the public sector.
• Ability to understand client demand, articulate value propositions, and contribute to practical solutions that address complex public sector challenges.
• Proven track record of supporting the shaping, winning, and delivery of large-scale digital transformation programmes or significant workstreams, from discovery and design through to live service and measurable impact. 
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and experience working within Agile frameworks.
• Solid technical background with an understanding of modern software development practices, cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure), DevOps, and architectural principles.
• Experience supporting commercial management, resource planning, budgeting, and client discussions within a consulting or public sector delivery environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with senior government clients, delivery stakeholders, and industry partners. 
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with experience engaging with senior stakeholders. 
• Thorough understanding of government digital service standards (GDS), security principles (e.g., NCSC), and data protection regulations (GDPR). 
• Experience in managing third-party suppliers and navigating public sector procurement processes.
• Strong leadership potential, with a track record of supporting and developing team members.
• Comfortable working with Directors and Partners to support account growth, delivery assurance, and client relationship development. 

Desirable:

• Experience with legacy system modernisation and migration projects.
• Knowledge of user research, service design, and accessibility best practices.
• Experience in a specific domain is relevant to our Public Sector business (e.g., health, defence).

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Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further details as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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“What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte’s clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.” -Dan, Technology and Transformation 

"I get to work on projects that help clients in a sector I feel truly passionate about.” -Rhiannon, Technology and Transformation 

“Everyone always says, “it’s the people,” and that’s true. Working for a brand you feel proud of feels pretty good too. And you don’t have any stress about fitting into a particular stereotype, because there are so many different types of people in Deloitte Digital.” -Gillian, Technology and Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter about the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So, we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So, we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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