SME , delivery lead

The role requires a structured, detail-oriented leader who can coordinate multiple stakeholders, ensure compliance with MOD governance, and deliver timely, high-quality outputs in a complex programme environment.

Key Responsibilities

Approvals Management:
• Lead the planning, coordination, and management of all approval processes for Defence Digital projects, ensuring alignment with MOD and Defence Digital governance standards.
• Ensure all submissions, recommendations, and artefacts for approvals (OBC, FBC, and other decision points) are complete, accurate, and presented in line with required templates and protocols.
• Act as the primary point of contact for approval-related queries and ensure timely responses to decision-making authorities.

Full Business Case (FBC) Support:
• Support the preparation and review of FBCs, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, costings, benefits, and programme dependencies.
• Work with finance, commercial, and technical teams to validate assumptions, consolidate evidence, and ensure accurate representation of project and programme deliverables.
• Facilitate approvals boards and governance meetings, providing necessary briefings and artefacts to support decision-making.

Stakeholder Coordination:
• Liaise across project, programme, and portfolio stakeholders to ensure all approvals, competition activities, and FBC requirements are understood and met.
• Maintain strong relationships with MOD sponsors, finance, legal, and technical authorities to ensure integrated delivery.

Monitoring and Reporting:
• Maintain comprehensive records of approvals, ITN progress, and FBC development activities.
• Report on status, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership, boards, and governance forums.
• Identify and escalate potential issues impacting timelines, compliance, or programme outcomes.

Continuous Improvement:
• Identify opportunities to enhance approval, ITN, and FBC processes for efficiency, clarity, and alignment with MOD best practice.
• Support lessons learned capture and dissemination across programmes to improve governance and delivery outcomes.