Principal Delivery Manager (Public Sector)

Location: Home worker, United Kingdom; Belfast, United Kingdom; Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Flexibility to work on customer sites and travel when required. Eligible to achieve SC clearance by having lived continuously in the UK for 5 years and passing background checks.

Company

hirify.global delivers digital transformation programmes, Workday solutions, and technology services for public and private sector clients.

What you will do

• Lead complex, high-value digital transformation programmes across multiple teams, workstreams, and suppliers, ensuring measurable outcomes for customers and end users.
• Set programme direction, define success factors, align plans, and manage dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery challenges.
• Own programme financial performance, including forecasting, reporting, profitability, contracts, commercial compliance, and account growth opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with Director and C-level stakeholders and contribute to account strategies, proposals, bids, pitches, and procurement responses.
• Lead, coach, and develop delivery leaders and multidisciplinary teams while managing capacity, staffing, recruitment, and succession planning.
• Establish governance and assurance, maintain technical quality standards, protect confidentiality and information security, and implement continuous improvements.

Requirements

• Significant experience delivering complex digital programmes within a consultancy, professional services, or comparable environment.
• Digital delivery experience and stakeholder management in a complex environment.
• Proven experience leading large-scale digital transformation programmes across multiple teams and suppliers.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong record of delivering successful outcomes while balancing customer needs, commercial objectives, and delivery performance.
• Experience establishing programme governance and managing risks, issues, and assurance in complex delivery environments.
• Experience building trusted relationships with and influencing senior stakeholders, including Director and/or C-level decision makers.
• Experience leading, developing, and coaching high-performing teams, including line management responsibility.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and decision-making skills in complex stakeholder environments.
• Flexibility to work on customer sites and travel when required.
• Eligible to achieve SC clearance, requiring continuous UK residence for 5 years and background checks.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering programmes within central government, healthcare, defence, or another highly regulated environment.
• Broad technology experience and awareness of emerging trends, including AI, with curiosity about improving delivery effectiveness and customer outcomes.
• Strong business development and account growth experience, including account planning, bids, proposals, and procurement activities.
• Evidence of securing follow-on work or expanding existing client relationships.
• Experience leading improvements to management, delivery, or leadership practices across a team, account, or organisation.

Culture & Benefits

• People-first culture focused on collaboration, creativity, inclusion, and meaningful impact.
• Support for individual growth, development, coaching, and career progression.
• Inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
• Candidate accommodations and recruitment adjustments are available when required.