AI Programme Lead: Delivery, Governance & Strategy

Everything Tech Group; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical

Pension Scheme

Training Budget

Job summary

Everything Tech Group is investing in a major AI programme to build AI‑driven services and enhance the quality, speed, and consistency of the customer experience. The Programme Manager will own planning, governance, and delivery cadence across engineering, customer experience and commercial workstreams to milestones and budget.

You will coordinate senior stakeholders, manage RAID, and lead recruitment for the AI delivery team while driving clear reporting and documentation for internal and

Qualifications

• Track record delivering complex technology programmes end to end, ideally AI/automation or data-driven services.
• Strong command of structured (PRINCE2/MSP) and agile delivery methods, blended appropriately.
• Experience running senior governance and reporting to executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrable budget management across people and technology costs.
• Experience building or scaling a delivery team, including recruitment.
• Excellent written communication; able to produce concise, decision-ready papers.

Responsibilities

• Own the programme plan for the AI programme, including milestones, dependencies, resourcing and budget, and keep it current and honest
• Establish and run the delivery cadence: sprint planning, stand‑ups, reviews and retrospectives across three workstreams
• Prepare and run monthly governance reviews with the executive sponsor group, including progress reporting, risk escalation and decision papers
• Own the programme RAID log, ensuring risks carry named owners, mitigations and review dates
• Manage the recruitment and onboarding plan for the AI programme team, working with hiring managers and external agencies
• Own the programme communication plan, keeping stakeholders informed of new capabilities and successes as they land
• Track programme spend against the approved budget across people, licensing and capital costs, reporting variances promptly
• Coordinate technology partners and suppliers engaged by the programme
• Ensure programme documentation and reporting are maintained to a standard suitable for internal and external review

Skills

Delivery of complex tech programmes (e

PRINCE2/MSP and agile blend

Executive governance & reporting

Budget management across people/tech

Building/scaling delivery teams

Written communication & papers

Job description

Everything Tech Group is investing in a major AI programme to build AI‑driven services and enhance the quality, speed, and consistency of the customer experience. The Programme Manager will own planning, governance, and delivery cadence across engineering, customer experience and commercial workstreams to milestones and budget.

You will coordinate senior stakeholders, manage RAID, and lead recruitment for the AI delivery team while driving clear reporting and documentation for internal and