Delivery Manager

Success Profile

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of experience skills and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.

Experience:

1. You have practitioner-level ability in Agile and Lean practices adeptly showing and comparing processes fostering experimentation resiliently adapting and reflecting employing a blended approach depending on the context measuring and evaluating outcomes and helping teams in managing and visualizing outcomes effectively.
2. You have practitioner-level ability in communicating between technical and non-technical stakeholders adeptly interpreting their needs managing stakeholder expectations handling both active and reactive communication and supporting or hosting difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders.
3. You have practitioner-level ability in keeping delivery momentum helping the teams delivery flow and actively addressing internal and external risks issues and dependencies even when ownership exists outside the team.
4. You have expert-level ability in making processes work effectively finding and challenging increasingly complex or unnecessarily complicated organizational processes adding value and coaching the organization in inspecting and adapting processes as well as guiding teams through the implementation of new processes.
5. You have practitioner-level ability in planning understanding the environment and prioritizing tasks using data managing dependencies supplying delivery confidence addressing blockers and ensuring ability planning for teams.

Experience is assessed at sift along with a more in-depth assessment at interview.

Technical Skills:

This role is aligned to the Delivery Manager role within the Product and Delivery Job Family.

You can find out more about the skills required here.

These skills are assessed by technical assessment designed to represent the role. Candidates reaching this stage will receive a Technical Assessment Candidate Pack which outlines the specific skills to be assessed plus the method of assessment.

Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions (Level 3)

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here.

Behaviours are assessed at interview. Full details will be shared in advance with all candidates invited to this stage.

How to apply

Apply online providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 750 words) which provides evidence of how you meet each of the 5 Experience criteria listed in the Success Profile above.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application but all statements and examples provided must be truthful factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others or generated by artificial intelligence and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please see ourcandidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.

If invited for further assessment this will consist of an interview and DDaT Technical assessment where the behaviours experiences and technical skills outlined in the Success Profile will be assessed.

Interviews and DDaT Technical assessments are scheduled for w/c17th November or 24th November 2025 however these may be subject to change.

About us

The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education health the economy justice housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.

Our staff are part of theUK Civil Service working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more aboutwhat we offer.

As part of the UK CivilService we uphold theCivil Service Nationality Rules.

Working pattern

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week we offer flexible working including full-time part-time flexitime and compressed hours depending on the needs of the role.

From October 2025 the Scottish Government will require staff in hybrid-compatible roles to work in-person 40% of the time either in an office or other agreed work location.

If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for please contact

Security checks

Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks Identity Right to work Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).

You can find out more about BPSS on theUK Government website or read about the different levels of security checks in ourCandidate Guide.

DDaT Pay Supplement

This post is part of the Scottish Government Digital Data and Technology (DDAT) profession as a member of the profession you will join the professional development system. This post currently attracts a 5000.00 annual DDAT pay supplement applicable after a 3-month competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly and there is one currently underway. Changes will be communicated when the review is concluded.

Equality Statement

We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.

Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.

Further information

Find out more about our organisation what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.

Read our Candidate Guidefor further information on our recruitment and application processes.

Apply Before: 9th November 2025 (23:59) - This role is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship organisations only.