Technical Programme Manager
Posted 2 days ago by HM Revenue & Customs
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
United Kingdom
Summary: The Technical Programme Manager will play a crucial role in the ETMP Regeneration Programme, focusing on the migration of HMRC’s Enterprise Tax Management Platform from ECC6 to S/4HANA. This position involves extensive collaboration with programme directors and IT delivery leads to ensure effective planning, coordination, and delivery assurance. The role requires strong leadership in managing dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communication throughout the programme. The successful candidate will contribute to governance structures and documentation to support informed decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Help lead the development of detailed programme plans, timelines, and delivery roadmaps.
- Act as a trusted delivery partner to senior leaders, providing hands-on support in managing dependencies, risks, and milestones across workstreams.
- Coordinate the technical delivery of the S/4HANA migration, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and delivery best practices.
- Facilitate clear, timely communication between technical teams, programme leadership, and business stakeholders.
- Contribute to the maintenance of governance structures, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards to support informed decision-making.
- Support the review of supplier proposals, manage delivery expectations, and ensure third-party contributions align with programme objectives.
- Ensure delivery artefacts, plans, and technical documentation are maintained and aligned with programme governance.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading the delivery of S/4HANA migrations, including ECC6 transition planning and execution.
- Strong track record of leading large-scale, complex technology programmes in multi-stakeholder environments.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and manage detailed delivery plans, track progress, and resolve delivery challenges.
- Familiarity with ECC6, S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, SAP BTP, Integration Suite, and RISE with SAP.
- Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and hybrid hosting models, including integration, networking, and security considerations.
- Experience working with suppliers, reviewing proposals, and supporting commercial negotiations.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Contingent Labour Contract - Initial 6 Months which may be extended. Hybrid - Any HMRC Regional Centre
We are seeking a delivery-focused Technical Programme Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting programme directors and IT delivery leads in the successful execution of the ETMP Regeneration Programme—an ambitious transformation initiative to migrate HMRC’s Enterprise Tax Management Platform (ETMP) from ECC6 to S/4HANA. This role is central to enabling effective planning, coordination, and delivery assurance across a complex, high-impact programme that underpins HMRC’s core tax accounting and payment systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Programme Planning & Coordination: Help lead the development of detailed programme plans, timelines, and delivery roadmaps. Work closely with programme directors IT delivery leads, PMO and technical teams to ensure plans are realistic, aligned, and proactively managed
- Delivery Support: Act as a trusted delivery partner to senior leaders, providing hands-on support in managing dependencies, risks, and milestones across workstreams
- S/4HANA Migration Oversight: Coordinate the technical delivery of the S/4HANA migration, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and delivery best practices
- Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate clear, timely communication between technical teams, programme leadership, and business stakeholders. Translate complex technical issues into easy to understand, actionable insights
- Governance & Reporting: Contribute to the maintenance of governance structures, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards to support informed decision-making
- Supplier & Vendor Management: Support the review of supplier proposals, manage delivery expectations, and ensure third-party contributions align with programme objectives
- Documentation & Assurance: Ensure delivery artefacts, plans, and technical documentation are maintained and aligned with programme governance
Essential Criteria:
- S/4HANA Migration Experience: Proven experience leading the delivery of S/4HANA migrations, including ECC6 transition planning and execution
- Programme Delivery Expertise: Strong track record of leading large-scale, complex technology programmes in multi-stakeholder environments
- Planning & Execution Skills: Demonstrated ability to develop and manage detailed delivery plans, track progress, and resolve delivery challenges
- SAP Ecosystem Knowledge: Familiarity with ECC6, S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, SAP BTP, Integration Suite, and RISE with SAP
- Cloud & Hosting Models: Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and hybrid hosting models, including integration, networking, and security considerations
- Commercial Acumen: Experience working with suppliers, reviewing proposals, and supporting commercial negotiations
- Communication Skills: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
Desirable Criteria:
- Public Sector Experience: Experience working in public sector environments, particularly in taxation or large-scale government programmes
- TRM & PSCD Awareness: Understanding of SAP Industry Solutions for Tax & Revenue Management and Public Sector Collections and Disbursements
- Broader Technical Insight: Awareness of enterprise architecture principles and adjacent domains such as data, integration, security, and identity management