Delivery Manager (Specialty Lines)- London or Manchester

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About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Delivery Manager – Specialty Lines Insurance to work for our client within the Insurance sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with very good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London or Manchester.

Our client is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to oversee the successful delivery of strategic business and technology change initiatives across their Specialty Lines Insurance portfolio. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading complex programmes and workstreams, ensuring successful delivery through effective governance, stakeholder management, and cross-functional team leadership.

Responsibilities:

Lead the delivery of large-scale business and technology change initiatives within a Specialty Lines Insurance environment.
Manage delivery plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, and resource allocation across multiple workstreams.
Collaborate with underwriting, claims, operations, compliance, and technology teams to ensure successful project execution.
Establish and maintain effective governance frameworks, reporting structures, and delivery controls.
Drive stakeholder engagement across business leadership, programme sponsors, and third-party suppliers.
Ensure delivery objectives are achieved on time, within scope, and within budget.
Manage programme and project interdependencies, escalating and resolving delivery challenges as required.
Support business readiness, change management, and adoption activities.
Monitor and report on delivery performance, risks, and benefits realisation.
Promote continuous improvement and delivery excellence across the programme landscape.

About You

Proven experience as a Delivery Manager within the Insurance industry, with significant exposure to Specialty Lines Insurance.
Strong understanding of Specialty Insurance products, including Financial Lines, Cyber, Professional Indemnity, D&O, Marine, Energy, Aviation, and other Specialty classes.
Experience working within London Market, Lloyd's, Commercial, or Specialty Insurance environments.
Demonstrated success delivering complex business transformation, operational change, regulatory, or technology programmes.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage senior executives.
Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams across business and technology functions.
Advanced knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
Proficiency with delivery and project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Project.
Strong risk, dependency, budget, and resource management experience.
Minimum 10 years' experience delivering large-scale change initiatives within the Insurance sector.
Relevant certifications such as SAFe, Agile, PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, or equivalent are highly desirable.

About Us

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career.
Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad.
Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field.
Annual leave and workplace pension.

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