Programme Manager

Overview

In this role, you will lead a portfolio of transformation initiatives within a busy transformation team at a leading professional services firm. You will coordinate multiple workstreams, manage risks, and ensure business outcomes align with strategic objectives. You’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders, project teams, and suppliers to embed governance and best practices. The position offers exposure to cross-functional change and the chance to shape operating models in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of a portfolio of transformation projects and change initiatives
• Coordinate activities across multiple business functions and regions
• Develop and monitor programme plans, milestones, and deliverables
• Align workstreams and dependencies with Project Managers
• Identify, manage and mitigate programme risks, issues and challenges
• Escalate risks and implement mitigation plans
• Support resource planning and allocation across projects
• Contribute to governance, reporting and stakeholder communications
• Promote adoption of programme management methodologies and best practices
• Assist design and implementation of new operating models and ways of working
• Ensure projects deliver value for money and align with strategic objectives
• Handle competing priorities and tight deadlines
• Build relationships to enable effective change delivery
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and influence decisions when requirements conflict
• Prepare documents, reports and presentations for senior leadership and boards

Key requirements

• Demonstrable experience managing programmes and large-scale transformation initiatives
• Strong programme and project management skills with experience across multiple workstreams
• Proactive, solutions-focused and adaptable approach
• Experience identifying and managing programme risks and resolving complex issues
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong documentation, reporting and governance experience
• Experience using Agile and Waterfall methodologies

• Stakeholder management
• Influencing and negotiation
• Proactivity and adaptability
• Agile
• Waterfall
• Governance

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