This advert is for current internal applicants only. External applications will be rejected.
Grade A - £55,172 (National) or £61,028 (London – for London office based or homebased workers within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £600 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles – please note this will be pro rata.
Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week. Talk to us about compressed hours or flexible working.
Contract Type: 12 month Secondment opportunity to support with project work. Internal applicants must obtain written confirmation from their line manager, granting permission to be released from their current role, before applying for this opportunity.
Location: Homebased
Closing Date: Wednesday 02 September 2026 at 11.59pm
Make a difference
Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in Digital Change Delivery that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it!
As a Senior Agile Programme Delivery Manager, you’ll help deliver digital products and services that improve how CQC regulates, supports and protects people using health and social care services.
Picture this
You’ll lead large-scale digital programmes that help colleagues work more effectively and deliver better outcomes for people who rely on health and social care services. Working with a wide range of teams and stakeholders, you’ll turn complex challenges into practical solutions that deliver real value. As a Senior Agile Programme Delivery Manager in Digital Change Delivery, you might:
- Lead the launch of a large, complex digital programme, bringing together multiple delivery teams and creating the governance, plans and controls needed for success.
- Coordinate high-risk delivery activity across several services, managing dependencies and overcoming barriers to ensure benefits are realised for users.
The role
You’ll play an important part in delivering our mission. In this role, you’ll:
- Lead programme delivery: Oversee a portfolio of complex digital programmes, ensuring products and services are delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
- Support and develop teams: Lead, coach and empower multidisciplinary delivery teams, helping them adopt effective ways of working and stay focused on delivering value.
- Work with stakeholders and partners: Build strong relationships with senior leaders, business teams and external suppliers to ensure priorities, resources and delivery plans remain aligned.
Show us
We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:
- Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes that include significant business change, with responsibility for outcomes, risks, budgets and delivery performance.
- Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams, including coaching colleagues and supporting teams to use agile delivery approaches to achieve shared goals.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and partners to manage priorities, resolve challenges, secure resources and drive successful delivery across complex programmes.
Compliance
Note for internal candidates:
This is a secondment/fixed term
opportunity. Please read the recruitment and selection policy section on
secondments. You must discuss your application with your line
manager before applying.
To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to
work in the UK. Without valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the
role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some
roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
Next steps
If you apply, you’ll need to create a profile and complete an online application form. Your application will be completely anonymous. Please see our information for applicants for more details on the process. We contact every applicant to let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.
You can read the full details of the role in the Job Description
If you’d like to have an informal chat about the role you can contact – Michelle Bartlett, Deputy Director - Technology Change Delivery; michelle.bartlett@cqc.org.uk. For general enquiries, please email recruitment@cqc.org.uk
The Benefits
We
offer a wide range of benefits, including:
- Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
- Training and development opportunities.
- Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
- NHS pension scheme, with around 23.7% employer contribution.
- Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!
Please see our benefits page for the full list.
Equity for all
We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether they’re a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds). If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.
We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process, we’ll work with you to remove any barriers. Visit our accessibility page for more on this. If you’d like to chat, please contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk. Please note, if you have previously informed us of adjustments you need for interview or within your role these are not carried over and must be discussed for each individual application you make.
We promote a workplace where fairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger. See our ED&I page for more about this.
We welcome
applications from everyone, and colleagues can find support
and community among our many employee networks. This includes people of any:
- Age
- Sex
- Gender identity or expression
- Sexual orientation
- Religion or belief
- Ethnicity
- Disability
Values and vision
We are guided by our core values, which shape our work and our culture.
Excellence – being a high-performing organisation.
Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Integrity – doing the right thing.
Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can.
We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.
A Note on AI
AI tools can be great for research and refining ideas, but we want to learn about you. If you use AI or Chatbots to help you with your application, keep these points in mind:
- AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your application must reflect your real skills and experience.
- Spell-checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
- Do not copy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
- Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity and may lead to your application being withdrawn or termination of your employment.
Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation with business change, managing outcomes, risks, budgets and performance; leading multidisciplinary teams; and engaging senior stakeholders and partners.
Key Responsibilities
- leading programmes
- coaching teams
- managing stakeholders
Job Details
- Category: Project and Program Management
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time, Contract, Temporary
- Workplace: Remote — United Kingdom
- Salary: GBP 55,172 – 61,028 / year
- Languages: English
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Retirement plan
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