Programme Manager - Spanish Speaking
Posted 1 day ago by Totaljobs
£650 Per day
Inside
Remote
South East London (SE1)
Summary: The Programme Manager (Spanish Speaking) role involves leading and coordinating strategic programmes for North American stakeholders, requiring exceptional programme delivery expertise and strong stakeholder management skills. The position demands fluency in both Spanish and English, with a focus on managing risks and dependencies across multiple workstreams. The successful candidate will work remotely during US-aligned hours, ensuring effective communication and delivery in a complex international environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage large-scale transformation and migration programmes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Drive programme governance, planning, risk management, and delivery activities.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of programme objectives.
- Facilitate meetings, workshops, and programme reviews in both Spanish and English.
- Manage programme communications, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
- Support critical migration and transformation activities through key delivery phases.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience operating as a Senior Programme Manager within a large and complex Financial Services organisation.
- Fluent English and business-level Spanish (spoken and written).
- Ability to confidently engage with senior stakeholders in Spanish.
- Strong programme governance, planning, risk, and dependency management experience.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability and willingness to work a consistent shift pattern aligned to North American business hours.
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: South East London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Programme Manager (Spanish Speaking)
Location: United Kingdom - Remote
Working Pattern: US-aligned hours (typically 1:00pm – 9:00pm UK time)
Rate: £650p/d inside IR35
Language Requirement: Fluent Business-Level Spanish & English
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead and coordinate strategic programmes across North American stakeholders. This is a high-profile role requiring exceptional programme delivery expertise, strong stakeholder management capabilities, and the ability to operate effectively within a complex international environment.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior stakeholders, driving programme outcomes, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring successful delivery across multiple workstreams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage large-scale transformation and migration programmes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Drive programme governance, planning, risk management, and delivery activities.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of programme objectives.
- Facilitate meetings, workshops, and programme reviews in both Spanish and English.
- Manage programme communications, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
- Support critical migration and transformation activities through key delivery phases.
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience operating as a Senior Programme Manager within a large and complex Financial Services organisation.
- Fluent English and business-level Spanish (spoken and written).
- Ability to confidently engage with senior stakeholders in Spanish. Conversational Spanish alone will not be sufficient.
- Strong programme governance, planning, risk, and dependency management experience.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability and willingness to work a consistent shift pattern aligned to North American business hours.
Desirable Experience
- Experience delivering technology, infrastructure, or transformation programmes.
- Understanding of core infrastructure concepts, including:
- Servers
- Storage technologies
- Mainframe environments
- Logical Partitions (LPARs)
- Capacity management and data sizing concepts
- Whilst deep infrastructure expertise is preferred, candidates with strong programme management experience and a solid understanding of infrastructure fundamentals will also be considered.
Working Hours
This role requires a consistent working pattern aligned to North American stakeholders, typically 1:00pm – 9:00pm UK time. As programme activity intensifies, flexibility may be required to support key migration events, stakeholder meetings, and delivery milestones during US business hours.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a highly experienced programme leader who thrives in fast-paced transformation environments, can navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, and is comfortable operating across international teams whilst delivering critical business outcomes.