Delivery Manager

Delivery Manager

Initial 6 month engagement

Flexible remote working

emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.

We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives within the pensions sector. This role will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of complex policy administration and operational platforms, ensuring delivery remains aligned to strategic business objectives.

Working closely with programme teams, business stakeholders, third-party suppliers, and internal technology teams, the Delivery Manager will play a key role in driving delivery excellence across the programme lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex technology and business transformation initiatives.

• Oversee solution and architecture reviews to ensure alignment with business and technical requirements.

• Review and challenge delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, and risks.

• Support programme governance and change management activities.

• Ensure solutions and delivery outcomes remain aligned with wider business strategy and transformation objectives.

• Collaborate with internal teams, external vendors, and key stakeholders to drive successful programme delivery.

• Provide regular reporting and updates to programme leadership.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale policy administration, platform implementation, or business transformation programmes within financial services.

• Strong programme and project delivery management experience.

• Demonstrated ability to align technology delivery with strategic business goals.

• Experience working within the life, pensions, insurance, or wealth management sector.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Experience working with third-party suppliers and cross-functional delivery teams.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of change management principles and methodologies.

• Experience with policy administration platforms or core business systems transformations.

• Familiarity with complex enterprise technology environments.

Our People

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle.

We pride ourselves on;

• Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.

• Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.

• Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model

• Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development

• Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise

• Providing an transparent performance and career management experience.

Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and build lasting value in disciplines such as:

• Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction

• Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs

• Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation

Interested?

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.

If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately, our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential. 

“emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin”