Programme Manager, Director

Job Description

This is an opportunity to put your skills to the test in an exciting new career challenge as you define and lead a strategic portfolio of strategic change programmes you'll own all 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 are offering this role at director level What you'll do In your new role, you'll be accountable for the 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 programme with a clear line of sight to customer value being delivered in accordance with the investment portfolio and funding requirements. you'll be delivering customer value by defining the programme, including the preferred methodology working with a range of stakeholders, while making sure they follow the appropriate objectives, structure and scope. you'll also be: Working with delivery teams and the relevant centres of excellence, to make sure the appropriate resources, with the right skills and capabilities to deliver customer value, are assigned to deliver the programme Building, managing and maintaining a positive working relationship with senior stakeholders across multiple franchises, domains and functions, influencing decision making in line with business objectives Understanding the impacts other programmes or domain backlogs may have and manage the dependencies The skills you'll need we'll look to you to bring knowledge and experience of programme and portfolio management theories, models and practices, such as Agile and DevOps environments. you'll also need: At least ten years of experience in scaled agile change management in delivering strategic projects that support a business strategy and its growth agenda Familiarity with d ata management, customer and reference data An appropriate programme management qualification To be a very capable communicator with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, with good collaboration and stakeholder management skills