Programme Manager

• Translate strategic priorities into a coherent programme roadmap, delivery architecture and mobilisation plan.
• Establish programme governance, reporting, assurance, escalation and decision-making arrangements.
• Lead integrated planning across projects, resources, dependencies, finances, risks and benefits.
• Build trusted relationships with Directors, service leaders, Members and delivery partners as appropriate.
• Challenge constructively, maintain pace and hold senior owners to agreed commitments.
• Commission and direct project management and business analysis activity.
• Oversee programme risks, issues and interdependencies, intervening where delivery is off track.
• Provide clear executive and board reporting focused on outcomes, decisions and paths to green.
• Manage scope and change across the programme, protecting agreed outcomes while enabling informed reprioritisation.
• Embed sustainable programme-management capability, coaching and good practice.Extensive leadership of large-scale business-change or transformation programmes.
• Strong governance, assurance and senior stakeholder-management experience.
• Evidence of mobilising programmes from a low baseline or recovering stalled delivery.
• Credibility in politically sensitive and complex public-service environments.
• Local-government experience is strongly preferred, with relevant portfolio depth
• MSP training or equivalent programme-management expertise is desirable.

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