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Programme Manager
Location - Remote with occasional travel
Contract - 6 Months
We're currently searching for an experienced program manager to join our ranks and continue this tradition. The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind and proven ability to strategize and implement high-level program initiatives. As a natural leader, this person should have strong talent for project coordination and delegation. Ultimately, the program manager should be motivated by a desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion.
Key Accountabilities:
- Preparation and maintenance of the Programme Plan, providing regular progress reports
- Designing and leading the programme's governance arrangements, ensuring high-quality materials for programme and executive governance
- Managing the programme's budget, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits
- Allocating skills and resources to individual workstreams
- Ensuring delivery of products and services meet the required standards of quality, time, and budget
- Managing communications with stakeholders and contributing to the Communications Plan
- Managing dependencies and interfaces between projects
- Identifying and managing risks and issues at a programme level, collaborating closely with third-party partners, the IT team, and other key stakeholders
- Overseeing the holistic delivery of business change, including changes to people, processes, and technology
- Managing an effective Programme Management Office
- Reporting programme progress at regular intervals
- Acting as the first point of escalation for Contract Management of the primary third-party (if being utilised) delivery partner
About You:
- Proven experience delivering transformational change in strategically focused projects
- Experience delivering change in operationally critical environments
- Familiarity with both waterfall and agile methodologies
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes
- Proficiency in budgeting and resource allocation procedures
- Ability to work with and challenge senior executive stakeholders when required
Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
