Programme Manager, Director

Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital XIn everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India.Join us as a Programme Manager

• This is an opportunity to put your technical skills to the test in an exciting new career challenge as you lead a strategic portfolio of technology programmes
• You’ll have overall accountability for programme plans, controls, resource plans and progress reporting, keeping a constant focus and challenge on delivering customer value
• Joining a fast paced and forward thinking environment, you’ll benefit from valuable stakeholder exposure, and will gain great recognition for you and your work
• We're offering this role at director level
  

What you'll do
In your new role, you’ll be accountable for our technology programme and project lifecycles to deliver sustainable business and customer outcomes, while ensuring all governance, risk, finances and resources are managed effectively across a range of delivery methodologies. You’ll prepare a financial business case for the technology programme with a clear line of sight to customer value being delivered in accordance with the technology investment portfolio and funding requirements.You’ll drive the focus on delivering customer value by following the defined programme as directed by senior managers, including the preferred technology methodology in partnership with various stakeholders, while making sure they follow the appropriate objectives, structure and scope.You’ll also:

• Work with various teams and the relevant centres of excellence, to ensure the appropriate resources, with the right skills and capabilities to deliver customer value, are assigned to deliver the programme
• Lead global transformation programs and deliver large programs using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid models, managing multi-million-GBP budgets
• Build, manage and maintain a positive working relationship with senior stakeholders across multiple franchises and functions, influencing decision making in line with business objectives
• Lead conceptual, logical and physical data modelling, establish data ownership, data quality frameworks, reconciliation and governance models across reference data
• Define and execute platform roadmaps, ensuring scalability, resilience, security, and regulatory compliance
• Understand the impacts other programmes or domain backlogs may have and manage the dependencies
  

The skills you'll need
You’ll need knowledge and experience of programme and portfolio management theories, models and practices, such as mandatory, regulatory and scaled Agile and DevOps environments.You’ll also need:

• An appropriate programme management qualification
• Experience of managing and controlling costs to a budget
• Experience of delivering strategic programmes that support the business strategy and its growth agenda
• To be a very capable communicator with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, with good collaboration and stakeholder management skills