Strategy Programme Manager (6m Contract)

Summary: The Strategy Programme Manager at HeliosX will lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives aimed at driving the company's growth in the healthcare sector. This role requires strong leadership and strategic thinking to manage complex projects while ensuring alignment among diverse stakeholders. The position is critical for supporting the company's ambitious goals of expanding into new territories and enhancing customer relationships. The contract is initially for six months, with potential for extension or conversion to a permanent role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead high stakes, cross-functional projects from discovery to delivery, ensuring business priorities are met.
• Drive alignment across teams with different workflows and priorities to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Ensure rigorous tracking of project milestones, timelines, and dependencies while driving accountability across teams.
• Build and maintain deep, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across the business to ensure alignment and buy-in for strategic initiatives.
• Act as a thought partner to project sponsors, challenging assumptions and providing expert advice to drive smarter decisions.
• Support the leadership team by creating clear project roadmaps, identifying risks early, and offering solutions to mitigate them.
• Refine and implement best-in-class project management systems, including tooling, processes, roles and responsibilities, and metrics to improve efficiency and delivery across teams.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring all projects follow structured methodologies and maintain high standards.
• Maintain focus on prioritization, ensuring the team remains aligned on high-impact work and avoids distractions.

Key Skills:

• Strong experience in project or programme management, ideally within fast-paced, high-growth environments such as consulting, tech, consumer health, or e-commerce.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders in ambiguous and fast-changing environments.
• Experience managing projects across a wide range of functions, including Product, Operations, Tech, Marketing, and Clinical.
• Expert in project planning, resource allocation, timeline management, and risk management.
• Comfortable in data and reporting, analyzing and presenting project performance metrics, dashboards, and insights to senior leaders.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills to identify issues early and provide effective solutions under pressure.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive projects forward even in uncertain or changing business conditions.
• Resilience and ability to maintain momentum in the face of setbacks and conflicting priorities.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other