Programme Manager – Technology Transformation

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the programme from mobilisation through to implementation, transition and formal closure.
• Build and maintain an integrated programme plan covering milestones, critical path, dependencies, resources and key decision points.
• Coordinate multiple cross-functional workstreams and ensure activity remains aligned to overall programme objectives.
• Drive delivery at pace, challenging slippage, removing blockers and ensuring actions and milestones are completed.
• Proactively manage programme risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating critical matters where appropriate.
• Own programme governance, controls and executive-level reporting, providing clear visibility of progress, risks, costs and decisions.
• Manage programme budgets, forecasts, resource requirements and financial performance.
• Work closely with senior sponsors and stakeholders to resolve competing priorities and enable timely decision-making.
• Coordinate third-party suppliers and delivery partners where required.
• Ensure business change, communications, training and operational readiness are incorporated into the overall delivery plan.
• Oversee transition into BAU, ensuring appropriate operational handover, benefits tracking and programme closure.

Experience Required

• Significant experience delivering large-scale, complex transformation programmes from mobilisation through to completion within Financial Services.
• Strong experience managing multiple interdependent workstreams within complex organisations.
• Proven ability to build and manage integrated programme plans, critical paths and cross-programme dependencies.
• Strong programme financial management experience, including budgets, forecasting and resource planning.
• Extensive experience managing RAID, change control, governance and delivery assurance.
• Experience working directly with senior sponsors, steering committees and executive stakeholders.
• Strong track record of identifying delivery challenges early and driving corrective or recovery actions.
• Experience delivering technology-enabled transformation and organisational change is highly desirable.
• Comfortable operating across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.
• Previous experience delivering End User Technology / End User Computing (EUC) transformation programmes would be highly desirable.

About You

• You will be a delivery-focused Programme Manager who is comfortable taking ownership in a complex and fast-moving environment.
• You will be able to bring structure to ambiguity, quickly understand what needs to happen and translate strategic objectives into practical delivery plans.
• You will be confident challenging teams, resolving blockers and influencing senior stakeholders while maintaining strong programme controls.
• Above all, you will have a track record of taking complex programmes from plan through to successful delivery, while maintaining momentum, accountability and clear visibility for senior leadership.