Delivery Manager (Defence Sector)

As Delivery Manager at Kainos, you ensure digital services and platforms meet user needs and agreed outcomes, while upholding governance and quality standards. You empower cross-functional teams, foster growth, and nurture strong client relationships to unlock follow-on business. You’ll balance delivery excellence with commercial oversight, contributing to Kainos’ mission of people-first collaboration and impact at scale.

• Establish and enforce project governance and technical quality across the lifecycle
• Manage risks, issues, and confidentiality requirements; escalate when needed
• Drive project profitability with accurate forecasting and reporting of budgets and resources
• Lead and develop teams, set clear goals, provide feedback, and manage performance
• Foster constructive client and stakeholder relationships; coordinate with suppliers and third parties
• Support business development and account management to position Kainos for new profitable work
• Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and alignment across capability areas
• Support recruitment and onboarding to enable organizational growth

• Active SC clearance
• 3+ years in a similar role with UK defence sector organizations
• 3+ years delivering bespoke software projects from scratch using agile for external customers
• Experience staffing, allocating, and pricing manpower for large defence-scale projects in the UK
• Strong managerial skills (direct and indirect)
• Experience in strategic customer relations with technical teams and defence leadership
• Strong commercial awareness; managing finances, costs, and budgets (5M+)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Highly flexible and willing to travel/work away from home base

• interpersonal skills
• leadership
• communication
• agile methodology
• staffing and resource planning
• budgeting and financial reporting