Programme Manager | Business & Technology Transformation
Yorkshire | Hybrid – 2 days per week | Outside IR35
We are supporting a well-established and highly regulated organisation undergoing a significant multi-year transformation programme. As investment in strategic change continues, there is an opportunity for an experienced Programme Manager to join a growing change function and play a key role in delivering a portfolio of business and technology initiatives.
This is a high-profile position responsible for leading complex programmes that combine both technical and business outcomes, ensuring change is delivered effectively, on time, within budget and aligned to strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale transformation programmes from initiation through to implementation and business adoption.
- Define, manage and control programme scope, schedules, budgets, dependencies, risks and benefits.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, sponsors and executive leadership teams.
- Establish and lead effective governance forums, steering committees and decision-making processes.
- Manage third-party suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring agreed outcomes and commitments are achieved.
- Drive collaboration across business and technology teams, ensuring alignment of priorities and delivery objectives.
- Oversee programme financial management, reporting, forecasting and benefit realisation activities.
- Ensure risks, issues and dependencies are proactively identified, managed and escalated where appropriate.
- Support business readiness, operational transition, cutover planning and adoption activities.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the wider change and delivery function.
Experience Required
- Proven track record delivering large-scale transformation programmes within complex and regulated environments.
- Strong experience leading programmes involving both business change and technology delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience engaging at executive and board level.
- Experience managing programme governance, financial control, suppliers and delivery partners.
- Strong understanding of programme and project delivery methodologies including Agile, Waterfall or hybrid approaches.
- Experience overseeing cross-functional teams across analysis, engineering, testing, operations and business functions.
- Demonstrable experience managing programme risks, dependencies and competing priorities within fast-paced environments.
- Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills.
- Experience operating within highly regulated industries.
- Exposure to target operating model design and implementation.
- Experience delivering digital, platform, migration, integration or customer-focused transformation initiatives.
- Professional programme or project management certifications such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or Agile qualifications.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a business with an ambitious transformation agenda where you will have visibility across senior leadership, influence key strategic initiatives and play a major role in delivering meaningful organisational change.
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