Program Manager

Company: MRI Software
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will lead IT and product initiatives end-to-end, guiding teams from planning to execution to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery aligned with business and technical goals. You will partner with Product Management and IT as a cross-functional leader, coordinating stakeholders and driving decisions to bring offerings to market. You’ll manage risk, adapt plans, and communicate effectively with executives in a fast-paced, distributed environment. This position offers a collaborative, people-focused culture and a flexible hybrid work model.

Pay / Benefits

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Personal Pension
  • Parental Leave
  • 25 days annual leave + 15 hours Flex Time Off
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Responsibilities

  • Create and optimize structured program schedules and milestones across product releases and launch teams
  • Set deadlines and deliver quality outputs while adapting plans to changing data
  • Hold team members accountable for commitments, milestones, resources, and deliverables
  • Identify, document, and mitigate key program risks with contingency plans
  • Track dependencies and report progress to stakeholders
  • Analyze trade-offs to recommend workable solutions and drive consensus
  • Frame communications with appropriate context for intended audiences
  • Ensure essential documents are created and shared to align the program
  • Define clear success criteria, objectives, and requirements for the team
  • Facilitate program meetings to update status and resolve issues
  • Foster cross-group collaboration and ownership of initiative success

Key requirements

  • 3+ years in a software development or technology-driven environment
  • 8+ years delivering complex IT programs in enterprise settings with multiple workstreams
  • Experience with Product and Engineering teams is beneficial
  • Experience with geographically dispersed technical teams and third-party vendors
  • Ability to interpret technical concepts into business-focused communications
  • strong planning and prioritization
  • exceptional communication to executives and cross-functional leaders
  • analytical and strategic thinking
  • experience delivering IT programs across infrastructure, cloud, networking, security, or enterprise applications
  • managing technical dependencies, environments, releases, migrations, upgrades, service transitions
  • familiarity with JIRA (preferred)

Posted: September 14th, 2026