SC Cleared - NI Programme Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Programme Leadership
• Lead the overall transformation programme.
• Develop and maintain the integrated programme delivery strategy.
• Establish programme vision, objectives and success criteria.
• Ensure delivery aligns with contractual and business requirements.
• Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Governance & Assurance
• Establish and operate Programme Board governance.
• Chair delivery governance forums as required.
• Ensure compliance with programme assurance and governance requirements.
• Provide independent assessment of programme health, risks and readiness.
• Manage escalations and executive decision-making processes.
• Planning, Controls & Delivery
• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Manage critical path activities and dependencies.
• Ensure effective resource planning and forecasting.
• Monitor delivery progress against baseline plans.
• Drive corrective action where required.
• Financial & Commercial Management
• Maintain financial oversight of programme delivery.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, actual costs and contingencies.
• Assess financial impacts of scope changes.
• Support commercial governance and contractual reporting.
• Risk & Issue Management
• Own programme RAID management.
• Ensure proactive management of programme risks and dependencies.
• Escalate strategic issues appropriately.
• Drive mitigation and resolution activities.
• Stakeholder & Supplier Engagement
• Build Effective Relationships With LPS Executive Team
• Department of Finance stakeholders
• Programme Board members
• Delivery Partners
• External Suppliers
• You will manage stakeholder expectations, facilitate collaboration across organisations and ensure successful programme delivery through effective engagement and communication.
• Benefits Realisation & Operational Readiness
• Define and track programme success measures.
• Ensure outcomes remain aligned to business case objectives.
• Coordinate readiness assessments.
• Support business change and adoption activities.
• Oversee successful transition into live service.

Essential Experience

• Minimum 10 years' programme leadership experience.
• Delivery of complex transformation programmes exceeding £20m.
• Public Sector delivery experience.
• Multi-supplier delivery management.
• Experience leading programmes across both business and technology domains.
• Strong governance and assurance expertise.
• Experience managing senior executive stakeholders.
• Budget and commercial management experience.
• Proven delivery of large-scale business transformation programmes.

Desirable Experience

• Land Registry or Property Services experience.
• Northern Ireland Public Sector experience.
• Government transformation programmes.
• Data migration and digital modernisation programmes.
• Cloud and SaaS implementation programmes.

Qualifications

• Ideally, candidates will hold:
• MSP Practitioner
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Agile Practitioner (preferred)
• P3M3 Awareness (preferred)
• Management of Risk (MoR) (desirable)

This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in a high profile public sector transformation programme that will have a lasting impact on the future of land and property services across Northern Ireland.

If you have a proven track record leading complex transformation programmes, driving stakeholder engagement at executive level and delivering successful outcomes in challenging environments, we would like to hear from you.