Lead Delivery Manager

Lead Delivery Manager – Digital Health & Care Wales

📍 Location: Hybrid (Cardiff HQ – Onsite Every Other Friday)

💰 Contract: 6 Months (Inside IR35) | £250 per day

🕒 Full-Time | 37.5 Hours per Week

Join Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) – a pioneering Special Health Authority driving digital transformation across NHS Wales. As a Lead Delivery Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of major national digital programmes, making a real impact on healthcare accessibility and efficiency in Wales.

🔹 What You’ll Do:

✔ Lead and deliver complex, high-risk digital projects with agility and expertise.

✔ Coach and mentor teams in Agile and Lean best practices.

✔ Manage stakeholder relationships at all levels, ensuring smooth project execution.

✔ Identify and resolve blockers, optimise workflows, and drive continuous improvement.

✔ Oversee budgeting, supplier management, and resource planning.

🔹 What We’re Looking For:

✅ Proven experience in delivery management of large-scale digital projects.

✅ Deep expertise in Agile & Lean methodologies (Professional Scrum Master certification desirable).

✅ Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.

✅ Experience navigating complex, multi-disciplinary environments.

✅ Background in healthcare IT or public sector digital transformation is a plus.

Desirable Requirements:

✅ Fluency in Welsh is desirable (Levels 1-5).

✅ Understanding and knowledge of health service terminology and information requirements.

✅ Knowledge or awareness of DHCW and its role in supporting the NHS in Wales.

✅ Working knowledge of the NHS and national developments and policy initiatives.

✅ Membership of a professional organisation, such as Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, International Scrum Institute, or Agile Alliance.

If this is something you might be interested in or know someone it would be a fit for, please send your cv to zhinkinson@welovesalt.com

Rate: £250 (Inside IR35)