Manager, Delivery Manager

Delivery Manager – Digital Engineering - Technology Consulting – Belfast

In Digital Engineering we shape, concept and build innovative solutions that address the most important issues and opportunities for our clients. Our consultants work in agile, cross-functional teams addressing some of most significant issues facing society today, such as transition to sustainable energy, digitisation of government, scaling high-growth businesses, exploiting the potential of AI and improving wellness with digital healthcare.

The core capabilities of our team include:

• Digital strategy, horizon scanning, and strategic planning. Working in combined teams with Business Designers, Researchers, Strategists, Industry and Functional Specialists, we develop a vision, roadmap and case for change to address fundamental issues facing our clients, such as “how can we grow?”, “how do we respond to disruption?” and “what can we do next?”
• Digital technology delivery management. Using principles of lean start-up and agile, we manage large-scale delivery programmes that include custom software and SaaS solutions, using an ecosystem of EY, client and partner agency resources. We have a range of skills across programme management, solution architecture, product management, business analysis and delivery management, 
• Digital software engineering. Many of our solutions involve custom engineering of unique solutions and experiences created from modern web-scale technologies, such as HTML5, JavaScript, Micro-Services, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning.

As a technology specialist, EY offers you the opportunity to apply your skills in a highly strategic context, working on meaningful and impactful solutions that build a better working world. EY is a leader in Business Transformation services and the Digital Engineering team is rapidly growing to enable us to deliver more of our technology work.  This is an exciting time for new joiners who will have many opportunities to make their mark on the business and accelerate their personal and professional growth.

The opportunity

As a delivery manager you will lead the delivery across complex digital products for our clients. Working with a cross functional team you will be responsible for ensuring delivery is on time within high pressured environments. You will work alongside the team to help shape and build our delivery & product management capability and market proposition by contributing to a range of practice development initiatives. As part of this growing team, you help shape the innovative culture that makes EY such a great place to work.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex digital products within scaled agile programmes, contributing to enterprise‑level release cycles.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring alignment across product, platform, and engineering teams while actively managing dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Drive end‑to‑end product delivery by collaborating closely with peer Delivery Managers and owning the delivery roadmap for your assigned teams.
• Facilitate all Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and foster an environment where Digital Engineering teams can thrive through clarity, empowerment, and continuous delivery flow.
• Champion EY’s Agile, product‑led delivery model by promoting modern engineering practices, DevOps principles, iterative discovery, rapid feedback loops, and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Maintain strong delivery governance, including sprint reporting, financial management, dependency tracking, and progress updates for internal and client steering groups.
• Act as a role model for Agile best practice, providing coaching and guidance to clients on how to optimise delivery using Agile methods.
• Drive continuous improvement across teams, using retrospectives, delivery metrics, and performance insights to enhance team efficiency, product quality, and delivery predictability.

Skills and attributes for success 

• Experience managing the delivery of complex technical products in an Agile environment within either consulting or industry.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage confidently with technical and business stakeholders at all levels.
• Deep knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and hands‑on experience with Agile tooling such as Jira, Azure DevOps, and Confluence.
• Strong consulting background, ideally within a client‑facing environment, with the ability to influence decision‑making, manage expectations, and translate business needs into actionable delivery plans.
• Familiarity with modern engineering and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, automation, and distributed delivery models.
• Ability to operate autonomously while managing large, multi‑disciplinary delivery teams, escalating appropriately to senior leadership when required.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Experience working in end-to-end technology delivery and delivering digital projects/products
• Strong people management capability and track record in line management of consulting organisations
• Experience working in an agile environment, where agile and/or lean practices and approaches are applied as a way of working to deliver technology products
• Excellent communication skills and ability to produce high-quality written deliverables in fluent English 
• A willingness to travel and work in client sites, both in the UK and overseas as and when required

What we look for

We’re interested in candidates with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about joining Digital Engineering and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers 
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. 
 

Join us in building a better working world.  
 

Apply now.