Programme Manager
Posted 2 weeks ago by HM Revenue & Customs
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
England, United Kingdom
Summary: As a Programme Manager, you will oversee large-scale, complex projects, ensuring effective governance, risk management, and business readiness for change. The role demands expertise in project methodologies and the ability to influence stakeholders while delivering results through others. You will also mentor junior team members and contribute to building professional capability within the organization. Your leadership will significantly impact departmental objectives and manage associated risks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage one or more large scale, complex or contentious projects.
- Establish governance and assurance processes.
- Monitor project progress and manage complex risks and issues.
- Ensure business readiness for change.
- Develop and maintain strategic partnerships and relationships.
- Coach and mentor less experienced team members.
- Influence stakeholders at senior levels.
- Deliver results through effective negotiation.
- Build high performing teams and lead Agile delivery teams.
Key Skills:
- Experience managing medium or high complexity projects with budgets exceeding £5m.
- MSP Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM Practitioner certification.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Business case development experience.
- Significant knowledge of project delivery practices.
- Experience in building and developing high performing teams.
- Experience leading Agile delivery teams in a central government environment.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Contingent Labour Contract - Initial 6 Months which may be extended. Hybrid - Any HMRC Regional Centre
As an experienced Programme Manager, you will have responsibility for one or more large scale, complex or contentious projects. This will include associated business change activities, establishing appropriate governance and assurance processes, monitoring progress, managing complex risks and issues and ensuring business readiness for change. The role requires professional expertise in the effective use of established project methodologies and techniques. You will be responsible for the overall integrity and coherence of your project(s).
As a Programme Manager you will develop and maintain strategic partnerships and relationships, influencing others where there may be divergent and conflicting views. You will need to demonstrate delivery of results through others as well as effective negotiation at senior levels. This role requires significant leadership, management and influencing skills and potentially with external organisations. Work at this level can have a major impact on the achievement of departmental objectives or bear a significant risk for the department.
As a Programme Manager you will coach and mentor less experienced and more junior members of the team and play an active role in building the profession to help build professional capability within CCG.
Essential Criteria
- Successfully managed several medium or high complexity projects with a budget exceeding £5m whole life costs.
- MSP Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM Practitioner.
- Excellent written and drafting skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment under minimal supervision.
- Excellent verbal communication skills with ability to present and brief at director level.
- Business case development experience.
- Significant knowledge and understanding of project delivery practice.
- Experience in building and developing high performing teams.
- Experience leading Agile delivery teams in a central government environment.