AI Programme Manager: Strategic Delivery Leader

079 NT Management Services Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in the United Kingdom seeks a Program Manager to lead the integrated delivery of complex programmes, including AI, automation and emerging technologies. You will establish governance, roadmap, and an integrated plan while coordinating across business, product, technology and operations to deliver outcomes.

The ideal candidate has strong programme-management experience in financial services, with knowledge of Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery and proven ability to manage risks,

Qualifications

• Strong programme-management experience across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience leading programmes comprising multiple projects, workstreams or delivery teams.
• Strong integrated-planning, governance and dependency-management capability.
• Experience managing programme risks, resources, costs, forecasts and executive reporting.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into executable roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Ability to identify critical dependencies, constraints and cross-project impacts.
• Strong senior-stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills.
• Ability to develop and present evidence-based options and recommendations.
• Experience supporting governance forums and executive decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Establish the programme structure, governance model and delivery cadence.
• Translate strategic objectives into an integrated programme roadmap and plan.
• Define: programme outcomes and scope; projects and workstreams; milestones and delivery gates; roles and accountabilities; governance and decision forums; escalation routes.
• Coordinate business, product, technology, operations, risk and other stakeholders.
• Manage programme-level: scope and milestones; dependencies and critical paths; resources and capacity; costs and forecasts; risks, assumptions, issues and decisions; actions and governance requirements.
• Coordinate opportunity assessment, prioritisation and mobilisation.
• Integrate requirements, solution delivery, controls, testing and operational readiness into the programme plan.
• Coordinate pilot design, implementation, adoption and value-measurement activities.
• Monitor progress against agreed outcomes, milestones and delivery gates.
• Identify and resolve cross-project conflicts, dependencies and delivery constraints.
• Escalate material risks, resource gaps and unresolved decisions.
• Prepare executive updates, governance materials and decision papers.
• Facilitate programme, steering and decision-making forums.
• Manage scope changes and assess their impact on outcomes, schedule, cost, resources and risk.
• Maintain clear records of programme decisions, approvals, actions and delivery evidence.
• Coordinate implementation, hand-offs and transition into sustainable ownership.
• Support benefit tracking, post-implementation reviews and lessons learned.
• Use approved digital and AI-enabled tools to improve programme planning, analysis and reporting while retaining appropriate human accountability.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder mgmt

Integrated planning

Governance

Executive reporting

Delivery methods

AI familiarity

Education

Relevant degree

PM certification

Job description

Northern Trust in the United Kingdom seeks a Program Manager to lead the integrated delivery of complex programmes, including AI, automation and emerging technologies. You will establish governance, roadmap, and an integrated plan while coordinating across business, product, technology and operations to deliver outcomes.

The ideal candidate has strong programme-management experience in financial services, with knowledge of Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery and proven ability to manage risks,