Programme Manager

Summary: The Programme Manager role requires extensive experience in strategic portfolio management, particularly within Financial Services technology. The position involves leading teams, managing stakeholders, and developing business cases for significant financial initiatives. The role is hybrid, based in Birmingham, and requires strong leadership and communication skills to navigate complex organizational dynamics.

Key Responsibilities:

• 8 years plus strategic portfolio management or relevant experience, ideally within Financial Services technology functions and working with C-level executives
• Strong emotional intelligence and leadership: Navigate organisational complexities, foster a positive work culture, and lead teams effectively.
• Strong stakeholder management capability and excellent communication at all levels of seniority
• Detailed understanding of the financial & strategy planning
• Experience working with annual operations plans and multi-million dollar global programs and initiatives
• Excellent commercial awareness and proven ability to develop multi-year business cases worth over $100m
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure technology landscape and industry
• Experience of working in a diverse global team
• Flexible and adaptable to changing activities, schedules, workloads and priorities that are potentially highly restricted in nature, unpredictable, wide ranging, complex and time sensitive requires the simultaneous handling of a broad range of issues
• Proven leadership & strong teamwork skills, seeking to influence within and outside of the team and successfully encourage teams to work together
• Experience of continuous improvement

Key Skills:

• 8 years plus strategic portfolio management experience
• Strong emotional intelligence and leadership skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Detailed understanding of financial and strategy planning
• Experience with annual operations plans and global programs
• Commercial awareness and ability to develop significant business cases
• Knowledge of infrastructure technology landscape
• Experience in diverse global teams
• Adaptability to changing priorities and complex issues
• Proven leadership and teamwork skills
• Experience in continuous improvement

Salary (Rate): £450 per day

City: Birmingham

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other