Informed Solutions
Altrincham, Cheshire
About us Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. At a certifiedyou'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. About the role We are looking to expand our established Delivery Management team with an experienced and motivated Delivery Manager to help deliver complex, high-impact digital transformation programmes for public sector clients. As a Delivery Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring our multidisciplinary teams, including User Centred Design Specialist, Technical Architects, Software Engineers and QA Automation testers - deliver innovative, user-centred digital services that make a real difference to citizens and communities. You'll foster a culture of collaboration, empowerment, and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery is assured, and of exceptional quality. You'll also work closely with clients to build trusted relationships, manage expectations, and enable long-term success. You will also play a key role in our Delivery Management Community of Practice, helping to share knowledge, drive improvement, and champion best practice across teams and projects. At Informed Solutions, we are committed to the growth and development of our people. You'll benefit from structured career progression, accredited training, and opportunities to gain new skills and certifications, all within a supportive environment that encourages curiosity, continuous learning, and the chance to take on increasingly complex and impactful projects. Role Responsibilities Lead high-performing agile teams to deliver complex digital products and services on time, within budget, and to a high standard. Build strong, trusted client relationships, ensuring excellent communication and satisfaction throughout delivery. Collaborate with clients and internal teams to design intelligent, achievable delivery plans that align with agile principles and best practice. Proactively monitor delivery progress, risks, and issues, ensuring quality and performance standards are maintained. Manage project artefacts including RAID logs, highlight reports, delivery plans, and budget/resource tracking documentation. Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies and delivery governance activities (e.g. sprint reviews, stand-ups, retrospectives, and project boards). Work collaboratively with client and partner Delivery Managers, contributing expert advice and assurance. Coach, mentor, and support colleagues, promoting continuous learning and professional development. Contribute to our delivery community by sharing insights, championing innovation, and supporting the adoption of new methods and tools. Essential Skills and Experience Proven experience leading the successful delivery of complex digital or software development projects using agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams in user-centred design and DevOps environments. Strong delivery assurance, risk management, and progress tracking capabilities. A solid technical understanding to work confidently with technical leads in identifying and managing requirements, dependencies, and issues. Demonstrable commercial awareness and experience managing budgets, contracts, and Statements of Work in a consultancy or client-facing setting. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and pragmatic approach. Ability to balance multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment. A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering measurable value. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience delivering services in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) Service Standard. Previous experience within a digital consultancy or transformation environment, ideally working with UK public sector clients. Understanding of cloud technologies, modern software engineering practices, and DevOps principles. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or Azure DevOps. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high-quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision-making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. We work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving innovation and problem-solving workplace environment where no two days are the same. This requires you to have the foundations of personal resilience, professional adaptability, and flexibility in working alongside others with a positive mindset. We appreciate that this workplace culture and the level of variety won't suit everyone. However, after significant consultations with colleagues at all levels, we understand that these are the fundamentals of success in undertaking the complex, innovation work which is the DNA of Informed Solutions. These shared foundations are important to team cohesion, performance, and mutual personal support. As colleagues, we thrive in successfully problem solving together to deliver real-world impact; and value the variety of challenges and opportunities to learn, grow, and progress on a personal and professional level. Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culturethat is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflectshow we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.
About us Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. At a certifiedyou'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. About the role We are looking to expand our established Delivery Management team with an experienced and motivated Delivery Manager to help deliver complex, high-impact digital transformation programmes for public sector clients. As a Delivery Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring our multidisciplinary teams, including User Centred Design Specialist, Technical Architects, Software Engineers and QA Automation testers - deliver innovative, user-centred digital services that make a real difference to citizens and communities. You'll foster a culture of collaboration, empowerment, and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery is assured, and of exceptional quality. You'll also work closely with clients to build trusted relationships, manage expectations, and enable long-term success. You will also play a key role in our Delivery Management Community of Practice, helping to share knowledge, drive improvement, and champion best practice across teams and projects. At Informed Solutions, we are committed to the growth and development of our people. You'll benefit from structured career progression, accredited training, and opportunities to gain new skills and certifications, all within a supportive environment that encourages curiosity, continuous learning, and the chance to take on increasingly complex and impactful projects. Role Responsibilities Lead high-performing agile teams to deliver complex digital products and services on time, within budget, and to a high standard. Build strong, trusted client relationships, ensuring excellent communication and satisfaction throughout delivery. Collaborate with clients and internal teams to design intelligent, achievable delivery plans that align with agile principles and best practice. Proactively monitor delivery progress, risks, and issues, ensuring quality and performance standards are maintained. Manage project artefacts including RAID logs, highlight reports, delivery plans, and budget/resource tracking documentation. Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies and delivery governance activities (e.g. sprint reviews, stand-ups, retrospectives, and project boards). Work collaboratively with client and partner Delivery Managers, contributing expert advice and assurance. Coach, mentor, and support colleagues, promoting continuous learning and professional development. Contribute to our delivery community by sharing insights, championing innovation, and supporting the adoption of new methods and tools. Essential Skills and Experience Proven experience leading the successful delivery of complex digital or software development projects using agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams in user-centred design and DevOps environments. Strong delivery assurance, risk management, and progress tracking capabilities. A solid technical understanding to work confidently with technical leads in identifying and managing requirements, dependencies, and issues. Demonstrable commercial awareness and experience managing budgets, contracts, and Statements of Work in a consultancy or client-facing setting. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and pragmatic approach. Ability to balance multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment. A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering measurable value. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience delivering services in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) Service Standard. Previous experience within a digital consultancy or transformation environment, ideally working with UK public sector clients. Understanding of cloud technologies, modern software engineering practices, and DevOps principles. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or Azure DevOps. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high-quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision-making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. We work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving innovation and problem-solving workplace environment where no two days are the same. This requires you to have the foundations of personal resilience, professional adaptability, and flexibility in working alongside others with a positive mindset. We appreciate that this workplace culture and the level of variety won't suit everyone. However, after significant consultations with colleagues at all levels, we understand that these are the fundamentals of success in undertaking the complex, innovation work which is the DNA of Informed Solutions. These shared foundations are important to team cohesion, performance, and mutual personal support. As colleagues, we thrive in successfully problem solving together to deliver real-world impact; and value the variety of challenges and opportunities to learn, grow, and progress on a personal and professional level. Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culturethat is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflectshow we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.
Ultra Electronics Group
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Company: Ultra Intelligence & CommunicationsCyber (UK) Business Provide Decision Advantage to Mission Partners Around the World Join us in our mission to provide the world's military members with the latest, most customizable solutions and capabilities, enabling mission success anywhere around the globe. At Ultra Intelligence and Communications (I&C), we provide critical, tactical capabilities to enhance and accelerate decision-making in the most challenging environments. By joining us, you will experience unrivaled opportunities for growth and innovation and be a part of a dynamic and diverse team that pushes boundaries and drives meaningful change in intelligence and communications. Cyber Business Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.# Job Description The Project/Systems Engineering function in Ultra provides expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle. It ensures that both project and statutory requirements are suitably met and works to improve the effectiveness of the systems engineering approach within the company. It is responsible for the system requirements, the resulting architecture, the design and integration of the solution. It is responsible for ensuring we design to cost and design for manufacture. A professional at this grade applies technical / professional knowledge, making reasoned independent judgements based on practice and significant previous experience. Often seen as a referral point or more senior team member, to escalate more complex challenges and opportunities. This role is expected to act independently with minimal guidance, and may mentor project managers/early careers. Responsible for / Key responsibilities Responsible for assuring the Systems Engineering (in-process verification and validation) and delivery of conclusive evidence via System Integration, Verification and Validation (IV&V) processes and activities. Ensure the correctness and completeness of work products and solutions, from the requirements phase onwards, executing an evidence creation strategy in order to progressively gain internal and external acceptance. Create and maintain IV&V artefacts such as Strategies, Plans, Procedures, Compliance Matrices and Reports, to progressively assure the desired outcomes. Carry out IV&V responsibilities in accordance with IV&V processes and industry practices, so that internal, qualification and acceptance events are completed to an agreed level of maturity. Lead the cross-discipline development of any supporting test equipment/rigs/fixtures, via a lifecycle approach; creating requirements, support the design, development, testing of and maintenance, enabling the associated development and in-service test events. Responsible for all safety and security aspects relating to IV&V events and facilities used by the project. Actively participates, and is a key stakeholder, at engineering design reviews and project gates/reviews, owning the preparation, delivery and resulting actions of TRR. To support the Qualification activities, to include in house and external test houses. Responsible for the utilisation of any external IV&V facilities/test houses, i.e. organising interoperability testing, collaboratively developing test harnesses/fixtures etc. with test houses. Actively contributes to improving processes, tools and techniques that to increase the adoption, quality and efficiency of SE, IV&V engineering. Provides specialist knowledge and support to the wider engineering team. Exemplifies, leads, mentors and coaches IV&V to engineers and non-technical resources; sharing knowledge willingly and constructively to aid consistent application of IV&V principles, processes and methods. Manage security of information as defined in the Security Aspects and Government regulations. The role is expected to provide Line Management, Technical Management or Subject Matter Expert responsibilities:o Line management of a team of systems engineers (2-6), responsible for their development, training and approval of the team's requests (e.g. annual leave etc.).o Technical management of a team of systems discipline engineers (1-5) on a project, their tasking and being responsible for the quality of their technical delivery and adherence to schedule and budget. o Subject Matter Expertise, and recognised as an expert in a specific subject matter, such as a specific product/technology/tooling/practice type or area. Essential Qualifications / skills /requirements Has extant/recent SC security clearance Is flexible to travel within the UK to support external stakeholders, test houses and customers. Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or have applicable defence industry experience. Knowledge of Systems Engineering/V&V experience of solutions formed of Hardware, Software and Firmware components. Has designed and delivered special to type test equipment to meet the diverse requirements generated across multi-concurrent projects. Safety and security management for test environments including laboratories, able to build a business case to ensure that test environments are suitably available, safe & secure. Demonstrable experience of INCOSE/ISO 15288 Systems Engineering of complex solutions and delivered IV&V in accordance with ISO 29119. Desirable Responsibilities To be familiar with environmental facilities and their operation under the guidance of environmental test team Assesses tasks to define Basis of Estimate costing for bid and change processes. Actively reviews professional publications; champions Systems Engineering/IV&V industry standards; active member and promotes related professional organisations. Experienced in the implementation of test facilities/equipment in relation to ISO 17025. Desirable Qualifications / skills /requirements INCOSE member - ASEP/CSEP IV&V/Test related certification/recognition. Experienced in test automation, frameworks and marriage with manual testing for an overall test campaign. Environmental, EMC, EMI, TEMPEST etc design for and/or test experience Modelling to understand test scope, test environment requirements and/or to validate. Scripting languages: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash, Rest, MySQL. Development approaches, iterative, incremental, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), hybrid and similar models.# Notice Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements. Our Benefits Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including: Annual Bonus Private Medical Cover 25 days' holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 Pension Contribution 4 x Life Assurance Cover Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to you holding the required security clearance# Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking,
Company: Ultra Intelligence & CommunicationsCyber (UK) Business Provide Decision Advantage to Mission Partners Around the World Join us in our mission to provide the world's military members with the latest, most customizable solutions and capabilities, enabling mission success anywhere around the globe. At Ultra Intelligence and Communications (I&C), we provide critical, tactical capabilities to enhance and accelerate decision-making in the most challenging environments. By joining us, you will experience unrivaled opportunities for growth and innovation and be a part of a dynamic and diverse team that pushes boundaries and drives meaningful change in intelligence and communications. Cyber Business Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.# Job Description The Project/Systems Engineering function in Ultra provides expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle. It ensures that both project and statutory requirements are suitably met and works to improve the effectiveness of the systems engineering approach within the company. It is responsible for the system requirements, the resulting architecture, the design and integration of the solution. It is responsible for ensuring we design to cost and design for manufacture. A professional at this grade applies technical / professional knowledge, making reasoned independent judgements based on practice and significant previous experience. Often seen as a referral point or more senior team member, to escalate more complex challenges and opportunities. This role is expected to act independently with minimal guidance, and may mentor project managers/early careers. Responsible for / Key responsibilities Responsible for assuring the Systems Engineering (in-process verification and validation) and delivery of conclusive evidence via System Integration, Verification and Validation (IV&V) processes and activities. Ensure the correctness and completeness of work products and solutions, from the requirements phase onwards, executing an evidence creation strategy in order to progressively gain internal and external acceptance. Create and maintain IV&V artefacts such as Strategies, Plans, Procedures, Compliance Matrices and Reports, to progressively assure the desired outcomes. Carry out IV&V responsibilities in accordance with IV&V processes and industry practices, so that internal, qualification and acceptance events are completed to an agreed level of maturity. Lead the cross-discipline development of any supporting test equipment/rigs/fixtures, via a lifecycle approach; creating requirements, support the design, development, testing of and maintenance, enabling the associated development and in-service test events. Responsible for all safety and security aspects relating to IV&V events and facilities used by the project. Actively participates, and is a key stakeholder, at engineering design reviews and project gates/reviews, owning the preparation, delivery and resulting actions of TRR. To support the Qualification activities, to include in house and external test houses. Responsible for the utilisation of any external IV&V facilities/test houses, i.e. organising interoperability testing, collaboratively developing test harnesses/fixtures etc. with test houses. Actively contributes to improving processes, tools and techniques that to increase the adoption, quality and efficiency of SE, IV&V engineering. Provides specialist knowledge and support to the wider engineering team. Exemplifies, leads, mentors and coaches IV&V to engineers and non-technical resources; sharing knowledge willingly and constructively to aid consistent application of IV&V principles, processes and methods. Manage security of information as defined in the Security Aspects and Government regulations. The role is expected to provide Line Management, Technical Management or Subject Matter Expert responsibilities:o Line management of a team of systems engineers (2-6), responsible for their development, training and approval of the team's requests (e.g. annual leave etc.).o Technical management of a team of systems discipline engineers (1-5) on a project, their tasking and being responsible for the quality of their technical delivery and adherence to schedule and budget. o Subject Matter Expertise, and recognised as an expert in a specific subject matter, such as a specific product/technology/tooling/practice type or area. Essential Qualifications / skills /requirements Has extant/recent SC security clearance Is flexible to travel within the UK to support external stakeholders, test houses and customers. Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or have applicable defence industry experience. Knowledge of Systems Engineering/V&V experience of solutions formed of Hardware, Software and Firmware components. Has designed and delivered special to type test equipment to meet the diverse requirements generated across multi-concurrent projects. Safety and security management for test environments including laboratories, able to build a business case to ensure that test environments are suitably available, safe & secure. Demonstrable experience of INCOSE/ISO 15288 Systems Engineering of complex solutions and delivered IV&V in accordance with ISO 29119. Desirable Responsibilities To be familiar with environmental facilities and their operation under the guidance of environmental test team Assesses tasks to define Basis of Estimate costing for bid and change processes. Actively reviews professional publications; champions Systems Engineering/IV&V industry standards; active member and promotes related professional organisations. Experienced in the implementation of test facilities/equipment in relation to ISO 17025. Desirable Qualifications / skills /requirements INCOSE member - ASEP/CSEP IV&V/Test related certification/recognition. Experienced in test automation, frameworks and marriage with manual testing for an overall test campaign. Environmental, EMC, EMI, TEMPEST etc design for and/or test experience Modelling to understand test scope, test environment requirements and/or to validate. Scripting languages: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash, Rest, MySQL. Development approaches, iterative, incremental, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), hybrid and similar models.# Notice Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements. Our Benefits Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including: Annual Bonus Private Medical Cover 25 days' holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 Pension Contribution 4 x Life Assurance Cover Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to you holding the required security clearance# Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking,