Are you interested in leading the assured delivery of transformational pension projects, balancing innovation, governance and high‑performing teams?
The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire-fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland.
The Delivery Manager will have responsibility and accountability for delivery of legislative events and business transformational changes in the SPPA and be the point of decision making before escalating into the Business Transformation Senior Leadership Team.
This role will have specific responsibility for delivery of legislative remedy projects, operating under fixed deadlines, retrospective data correction, and heightened assurance, audit and stakeholder scrutiny.
Responsibilities
Drive continuous improvement and adaptive delivery - Apply Agile, Lean and hybrid approaches pragmatically; challenge inefficient processes; embed learning; and guide teams through process and lifecycle transitions.
Qualifications
You should have a recognised project management qualification. Success profileSuccess profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.
Technical / Professional Skills:
You can find out more about the technical elements required, here: Delivery manager - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
Experience:Demonstrable experience of leading projects of change.
Behaviours:
Changing and Improving - Level 3
Making effective decisions - Level 3
You can find out more about Success Profiles here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot How to apply
Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1,000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.
Sifting will commence from 27/05/2026.
Assessments are scheduled for w/c 08/06/2026, however this may be subject to change.
Recruitment Principles
As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.
About usThe Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire-fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland for over 640,000 key workers. The Agency administers these public service pension schemes on behalf of Scottish Ministers with an annual pension spend to over 200,000 pensioners to the value of more than £3.7 billion. Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, observing the Civil Service Code and working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules You can also find out more about careers at the SPPA here - SPPA Careers | SPPA (pensions.gov.scot)
Working patternOur standard hours are 35 hours per week. We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options, with two days minimum working on site at SPPA. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.
Security checksSuccessful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide Equality statement We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation. Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.
Further information Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.
We will hold a reserve list for this post for 12 months.
Apply Before: 25/05/2026 (23:59) - This role is open to internal candidates, OGD and Common Citizenship organisations only.
The devolved government for Scotland is responsible for matters that are devolved from Westminster. Areas of responsibility include the economy, health, education, justice, rural affairs, environment, and transport.
