People Programme Manager

Overview

In this fixed-term role, you will lead delivery of a large, multi-location people transformation programme aligned with the People Strategy. You’ll partner with People Leadership to maintain momentum across workstreams, governance, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring delivery targets and risks are managed. You’ll provide structure and oversight across the programme lifecycle and coach junior team members. This position offers the chance to shape transformation outcomes in a collaborative, change-ready environment with visible impact.

Pay / Benefits

• 30 days holiday with option to buy up to 2 additional days
• Pension with employer contributions of 10% of basic salary
• Private medical insurance for employee and family
• Short term remote work abroad up to 20 days per year

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a large, complex transformation programme with multiple workstreams and locations within agreed timeframes
• Develop and gain agreement to programme plans with monitored interdependencies
• Maintain accurate programme information (plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, status) across the full lifecycle
• Collaborate with the People team and stakeholders to identify and manage dependencies, risks, and issues
• Facilitate governance with clear status updates and risk/issue reporting for decision-making
• Contribute to process and tool improvements to enhance delivery efficiency
• Coach and develop junior team members and share best practices

Key requirements

• Experience leading large-scale People/HR programmes with multiple workstreams
• Proven ability to manage project controls (risks, issues, dependencies, plans, governance)
• Strong understanding of project management methodology and related tools/templates
• Exceptional communication, collaboration and stakeholder management across matrix environments
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to bring structure to complexity
• Ability to maintain momentum and alignment through multi-phase transformation

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Stakeholder management
• Project controls (risks, issues, dependencies, plans)
• Governance and reporting
• Lifecycle management of programmes

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