DV Programme Director

LA International; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent ICT Recruitment Consultancy is seeking an experienced Programme Director to lead improvement initiatives for major programmes. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong leadership skills, manage stakeholder relationships, and ensure delivery excellence within complex portfolios. This role requires candidates to be on-site five days a week in Basingstoke, with a security clearance requirement. The position offers the chance to drive excellence in a supportive and challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced Programme Manager with a track record in large complex programs.
• Proven expertise in stakeholder management and governance control.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the improvement programme for a major project.
• Direct management of business and Portfolio risk.
• Produce effective mitigation plans and risk assessments.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Governance and Control

Communication

Job description

Programme Director

Target Start Date: ASAP

Target End Date: Six months contract

Rate: Inside IR35

Location: Basingstoke, London and other sites as needed

Location requirement: On site 5 days a week

Clearance Required: DV

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday

Overview

As a Programme Director, you will take responsibility for the improvement programme for one of our major programmes. The successful person will need to demonstrate strong leadership; establish pragmatic relationships with key customers; as well as drive our colleagues, our internal stakeholders within the supporting enabling services and the wider UK delivery community towards consistent delivery excellence.

Mandatory Skills

• Provides strong leadership and guidance to programme and project teams as well as setting strategic direction and vision.
• Supports personal and professional development within programme team/s and wider community.
• Directs the management of the business and overall Portfolio risk.
• Ensures the production of effective mitigation plans and risk assessments so that timescales and overall Portfolio / programme / project costs are understood and underwritten by all the relevant stakeholders.
• Experienced Programme Manager (large complex programs and ideally at portfolio level).
• Strong senior customer / stakeholder management (internal / external).
• Strong governance and control (financial/risk/issues/dependency management).
• Finds solutions / thinks out of the box.
• Strong communicator and experience with working under pressure.

Security Clearance

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks.

About the Company

LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK. We are a recruitment company and employment business & agency, depending on the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.