Associate Delivery Manager

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Associate Delivery Manager Location: London

Salary: £48,000 - £72,000

Clearance: You must currently hold the highest UK Government clearance level

What’s your possible? At Northrop Grumman UK, you are part of a team driving innovation where it matters most, solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. We call it Defining Possible .

This mindset goes beyond our customer solutions. It is the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. Whether you’re building your delivery management career or looking to accelerate your project leadership experience, you’ll be supported to learn, grow and make a real difference.

This is more than just a job. It’s a mission. We’re looking for an Associate Delivery Manager to join our Delivery Team, supporting mission-critical programmes across defence, national security and government environments.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your project and delivery management career whilst working alongside experienced Delivery Managers, technical specialists and customer stakeholders. You’ll gain exposure to the full project lifecycle, helping teams deliver innovative solutions that support complex customer missions.

As part of a collaborative and supportive environment, you’ll have the opportunity to learn on the job, take ownership of meaningful work packages and develop the skills needed to progress into more senior delivery and project leadership roles.

What You’ll Do

• Support the planning, coordination and delivery of projects within customer-facing and internal programmes.
• Work alongside Delivery Managers and project teams to track progress, manage actions and help ensure delivery milestones are achieved.
• Assist with project governance activities including reporting, risk and issue management, financial tracking and forecasting.
• Build effective relationships with customers, delivery teams and business stakeholders.
• Support Agile and Lean delivery practices, facilitating collaboration and continuous improvement across teams.
• Help identify and remove delivery obstacles whilst ensuring project information remains accurate and up to date.

What We’re Looking For Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting projects, programmes or operational delivery activities in a professional environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• An interest in project management, delivery management and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience using collaboration and productivity tools such as Microsoft Office, Teams, Jira, Confluence or similar platforms.
• A proactive mindset with a willingness to learn, develop and take ownership of tasks.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience working within Agile, Scrum, Lean or project delivery environments.
• Knowledge of project governance, RAID management, forecasting or resource planning.
• Understanding of commercial project delivery, contracts or financial management processes.
• Experience working within defence, national security, government or highly regulated environments.
• Relevant qualifications or working towards qualifications such as PRINCE2 Foundation, AgilePM, APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) or equivalent.

We recognise that talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Your potential, enthusiasm and transferable skills may make you an excellent addition to our team.

Benefits We recognise that our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we offer a competitive and flexible benefits package, including:

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Compressed fortnight working pattern with every other Friday off
• Private healthcare, dental cover, life assurance and pension
• Flexible benefits package including critical illness cover and health cash plan
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• Annual performance incentive programme
• Professional development and career progression opportunities
• Access to training, mentorin…