Delivery Lead (Secure by Design)
£550-650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Months | Hybrid, South West
We are supporting a major government programme seeking an experienced Delivery Lead to drive Secure by Design (SbD) activities across a complex portfolio of defence projects.
This is not a traditional project management role. The environment is fast-moving, ambiguous, and often involves multiple workstreams progressing simultaneously with evolving priorities and unclear end states. Success will require someone who can bring structure, challenge assumptions, manage stakeholders, and ensure security remains embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle.
You will act as the bridge between technical teams, security specialists, programme leadership, and end customers, ensuring that security considerations are understood, prioritised, and delivered effectively across both deployed and cloud-based environments.
What you'll be doing
- Leading Secure by Design activities across multiple concurrent projects and programmes.
- Driving delivery in complex environments where requirements, priorities, and outcomes may evolve over time.
- Working closely with technical, security, and programme stakeholders to ensure security requirements are understood and implemented.
- Providing assurance that security controls, processes, and governance align with MOD and government standards.
- Supporting the development and maintenance of security artefacts including RMADS and associated assurance documentation.
- Managing stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical audiences, translating complex security concepts into clear delivery actions.
- Supporting decision-making where there may be uncertainty, competing priorities, or incomplete information.
What we're looking for
- Demonstrable experience delivering Secure by Design (SbD) within MOD or wider government environments.
- Strong understanding of security assurance, accreditation, and risk management processes.
- Experience working with both deployed/on-premise systems and cloud-based environments with cloud expertise highly beneficial.
- Proven ability to operate effectively across multiple unlinked projects and programmes simultaneously.
- Comfortable working in environments with ambiguity, changing priorities, and evolving objectives.
- Experience with RMADS, DART, RBC, or similar security assurance frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Good understanding of current cyber security threats, governance, and assurance approaches.
- Knowledge of NCSC guidance, CySAAS, and broader government security standards.
Desirable
- Active SC Clearance
- CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent security qualifications.
- Experience working with NCSC CAF.
- Knowledge of identity management, PKI, SIEM platforms, vulnerability management, cryptography, and wider enterprise security technologies.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping and assuring security delivery across a nationally important defence programme, working alongside senior stakeholders in a highly complex operational environment.