Agile Delivery Manager | NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence


Company:	NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Manchester, M1 3BN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	29 Jun 2026
Closing date:	7 Aug 2026

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Summary

Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision-making.

As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this goal by empowering our workforce to do great things!

The Agile Delivery Manager will lead the successful delivery of digital change and transformation initiatives at NICE, working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes that support high quality health and care guidance.

Reporting to a Senior Delivery Manager, the role focuses on planning, coordinating and assuring delivery across complex programmes, influencing stakeholders, managing risk and capacity, and ensuring work is aligned to organisational strategy and best practice in agile delivery.

Please note: The initial assignment will be to support our Infrastructure, Cyber and IT Operations initiatives whilst balancing requirements of other programmes who need support.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the DirectGov website for more information on eligibility.

Please note this vacancy may be closed early if sufficient suitable applications are received so we encourage an early application.

What the successful candidate will do/bring

• Lead the end to end delivery of one or more digital change initiatives, ensuring clear plans, priorities, dependencies and outcomes are defined and achieved

• Apply agile delivery methods and tools to manage work, enable incremental value delivery and adapt to changing priorities

• Build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, confidently influencing and negotiating to resolve competing demands and remove barriers to delivery

• Establish and support collaborative, high performing multidisciplinary teams within a matrix management environment

• Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and capacity, providing accurate and transparent reporting on delivery progress and performance

• Use data, insights and delivery metrics to inform decisions, improve processes and support continuous improvement

• Design and facilitate workshops and engagement activities to solve complex problems and align teams around shared objectives

• Bring strong communication, analytical and organisational skills, with the confidence to operate credibly at senior levels and across organisational boundaries

The Planning, Delivery & Oversight team is responsible for aligning DDAT activity planning to the NICE strategy and overseeing and ensuring that work is completed. It also plays a key role in maximising value from technology through digital change and adoption, and has cross-cutting responsibility for budget, internal and external governance, and reporting.

We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.

We are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make. NICE offer:

• Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK

• Flexible working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times

• Exclusive discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card

Time to recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

• Inclusive staff networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud – we celebrate diversity

• Tailored development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities

If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today!

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

This advert closes on Monday 13 Jul 2026

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