Programme Manager

Overview

In this Programme Manager role, you lead large-scale ERP transformation and integrated SaaS initiatives to deliver measurable business value. You will align multi-workstream programmes with strategic objectives, coordinating with executives, partners, and tech teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery. You will drive governance, risk management, and change activities to enable successful adoption and outcomes. This is a chance to shape complex transformations in a global, multi-vendor environment with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement and delivery excellence.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible/remote working
• Pension
• Private healthcare cover
• Life assurance
• Employee discount scheme
• Educational assistance and certifications (AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale ERP and enterprise transformation programmes across multiple workstreams and geographies
• Define programme vision, objectives, scope, governance structures, and measurable business outcomes
• Establish and maintain integrated programme plans, ensuring alignment across business, technology, data, testing, and change management teams
• Provide leadership and direction to programme teams, project managers, solution architects, and delivery partners
• Manage executive stakeholder relationships, acting as the primary point of contact for programme governance and strategic decision-making
• Drive programme governance, steering committee reporting, status management, and executive communications
• Oversee programme budgets, forecasts, commercial performance, and financial controls to ensure successful delivery within approved funding
• Proactively manage programme risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change requests across all programme workstreams
• Coordinate implementation and deployment activities, including cutover planning, business readiness, and go-live governance
• Ensure effective collaboration between business teams, system integrators, vendors, and internal technology functions
• Drive quality assurance, testing oversight, and operational readiness to ensure successful programme outcomes
• Support organisational change management, user adoption, training, and business transition activities
• Promote continuous improvement, delivery excellence, and adherence to programme management standards and methodologies
• Support business development, programme mobilization, and pre-sales activities where required

Key requirements

• 12–15 years of progressive experience in Programme Management, ERP Transformation Delivery, Portfolio Management, or Enterprise Change Programmes within complex enterprise environments
• Proven experience leading large-scale ERP transformation programmes involving leading ERP platforms such as Oracle, SAP, Workday, or Microsoft Dynamics
• Strong experience delivering integrated business transformation initiatives involving cloud and SaaS applications such as ADP, Concur, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise platforms
• Demonstrated success managing multi-million-dollar programmes with multiple workstreams, suppliers, and stakeholders
• Deep understanding of programme governance, strategic planning, risk management, financial management, and organisational change
• Experience overseeing programme lifecycle activities including planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization
• Strong knowledge of delivery methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, and enterprise transformation frameworks
• Proven ability to influence and engage senior executives, steering committees, and cross-functional leadership teams
• Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills
• Experience working within multi-vendor and global delivery environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related discipline (Master’s degree preferred)
• Professional certifications such as PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe, Agile, or ITIL are highly desirable

• stakeholder management
• leadership
• communication
• Oracle ERP Cloud
• ADP
• Concur

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