Programme Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 19 March 2026

LOCATION

Not specified

TYPE

Full-time

LEVEL

Mid-Senior level

SKILLS

Programme Planning Budget Management Risk Management Leadership Communication Procurement

FULL DESCRIPTION

If you’re great at what you do, have a passion for people, technology and a fantastic client-focused delivery mindset, get in touch and tell us about yourself. We may have an opportunity waiting just for you.

Responsibilities

Planning and designing the programme and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
Defining the programme’s governance arrangements
Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme – focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the programme, and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other programmes and corporate, technical and specialist standards
Managing the programme’s budget on behalf of the SRO, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses
Ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the programme’s individual projects
Ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the programme’s individual projects
Reporting the progress of the programme at regular intervals to the SRO if this role is also defined

Additional Skills

Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
Good understanding of the procurement process including negotiation with third parties
Sufficient seniority and credibility to advise project teams on their projects in relation to the programme