Back to search
IT Programme Manager (Contract)
- East Midlands
- £350 - £550 per day
- Are you a Programme Manager with a track record of delivering large-scale change?
- We're looking for an experienced professional to implement and oversee robust Programme Management processes, ensuring successful delivery of high-value projects.
About the Role:
- In this contract position, you will be responsible for managing programmes of with multi million pound budgets.
- You'll work across the full project lifecycle, from initiation to review, ensuring that projects align with strategic objectives and deliver tangible benefits.
Key responsibilities include:
- Establishing and running effective Programme Management processes, ensuring alignment with best practices.
- Overseeing programme economics, including budgets, staffing, and risk management.
- Leading programme reviews to evaluate performance and strategic impact.
- Securing and managing resources, including both internal project managers and external suppliers.
- Ensuring professional programme management standards are consistently applied.
- Collaborating with IT leadership to drive successful strategy execution.
What We're Looking For:
Key Skills & Competencies:
- Cross-Functional Awareness: Ability to engage at all levels and understand business-wide impacts.
- Decision Making: Confident in assessing risks, weighing options, and making complex decisions.
- Initiative: Self-driven and proactive, taking ownership without waiting for direction.
- Leadership: Experience leading diverse teams across multiple organisations and locations.
- Influence & Persuasion: Strong presence and ability to engage stakeholders up to senior leadership level.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
- APM, Prince2, or equivalent qualification preferred.
- Demonstrable experience managing high-value, complex programmes.
Why Join Apply:
- Flexible working options available.
- A supportive and inclusive work culture.
- The opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of programme management within a dynamic organisation.
- This role is expected to be transitional, supporting the development of internal teams and embedding professional standards.
If you're ready to take on a challenging and rewarding contract, apply today!
Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.
Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.
If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.
Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.
