Cyber Programme Manager

Government Recruitment Service; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK seeks a Cyber Programme Manager to lead cross-functional delivery of the Cyber Strategy. The successful candidate will manage financial, risk, and change control processes while engaging stakeholders to ensure alignment with organizational goals. This role requires a solid project management background and offers a chance to contribute significantly to national cyber security initiatives.

Qualifications

• Solid background in project management.
• Experience with stakeholder management and communication.
• Ability to manage budgets, forecasting, and financial tracking.

Responsibilities

• Manage cross-functional delivery across the deployed areas.
• Engage stakeholders and provide clear status updates.
• Identify, log, and mitigate risks and issues.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Financial management

Risk management

Change control

Job description

As a Cyber Programme Manager, you’ll directly contribute to the delivery of the Cyber Strategy. We also have a newly defined cyber target operating model (CTOM) for cross-Government cyber security to help us respond to the cyber threat we face.

These Cyber Programme Manager roles will sit within the Portfolio team and be deployed across the Portfolio, leading cross-functional delivery while reporting back into the Portfolio team. There will be a direct reporting line to the Portfolio team and the initiatives being supported by these programme managers will need to adhere to existing governance and other processes as set by the Portfolio team.

Cyber Programme Managers should prioritize continuous improvement, regularly review delivery processes and governance, identify efficiencies, and implement actionable improvements. Use data and lessons learned to drive enhancements in planning, reporting, and service delivery.

We are looking for candidates with a very solid background in project management. We expect that the successful candidate will be able to provide additional support and cross cover when it is required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage cross-functional delivery across the deployed areas, and external partners, facilitate decision-making through formal governance forums.
• Stakeholder management: engage stakeholders, provide clear status updates, manage expectations, and escalate issues as needed.
• Financial management: budgeting, forecasting, cost control, benefits tracking, and coordinating any procurement or contract requirements.
• Risk, issue and dependency management: identify, log, mitigate, and escalate risks and issues; monitor interdependencies.
• Change control and scope management: ensure outputs meet business needs and maintain appropriate baselines set by the Portfolio team.
• Quality assurance and governance: ensure artefacts meet PMO standards and comply with security and governance requirements.
• Continuous improvement: lead and implement improvement initiatives; use data and lessons learned to optimise planning, reporting and delivery.
• Be an ambassador of the Portfolio team, advocating best practice and enabling colleagues on the growth journey, enabling individuals to see the benefit of good and robust P3M practices, while balancing delivery needs and stakeholder dependencies.
• Act as a pivotal link between delivery of the Programme and the PMO, ensuring appropriate scale, visibility and alignment.

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.