Global Data & Analytics Programme Lead

Hellokindred; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HelloKindred is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead complex Data and Analytics programmes across global delivery teams. You will oversee strategy, budgets, risks, and adoption, ensuring benefits realisation and strong governance.

You will manage a matrix of Project Managers, Scrum Masters, PMOs, and data-change resources, driving delivery across multiple workstreams and ensuring alignment with strategic data initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of programme management and delivery leadership experience across large, complex, global change programmes.
• Experience delivering platform and data migration programmes, including SAS migrations.
• Strong governance, change management, RAID, dependencies, stage gates, controls, and audit-ready documents.
• Financial services domain knowledge, ideally in regulated environments with risk and audit stakeholders.
• Leading global, high-performing teams across multiple locations and cultures.
• Proven Agile delivery experience; SAFe certification is advantageous.
• Able to translate between business, engineering, and risk stakeholders while driving adoption.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery execution across the programme, including oversight of product development roadmaps and adoption plans.
• Develop and manage programme delivery strategies across multiple capabilities, projects, and workstreams, securing stakeholder buy-in for plans, commitments, and changes.
• Lead programme reporting, governance, benefits realisation, and OKR management in accordance with the Change Framework.
• Lead Project Managers, Scrum Masters, PMOs, and integrated delivery teams to ensure commitments are met across budget, benefits, schedule, and scope.
• Partner with Product teams and SMEs during annual planning and forecasting activities.
• Own the intake and evaluation of new work and change requirements, facilitating integrated triage to establish requirements, scope, and budget.
• Drive stakeholder discussions around delivery strategy, scope, capabilities, and budget.
• Own resource plans with Project Managers and Scrum Masters, including indicative pricing and detailed budgets aligned with deliverables and actual work effort.
• Serve as an escalation point for risks, issues, and dependencies, providing solutions-oriented consultation and proactively managing scope and change control.
• Manage negotiations and oversee service agreement monitoring for third-party contracts.
• Use JIRA and Confluence to establish delivery dashboards and reporting covering financial health, deliverables, KPIs, and OKRs.
• Partner with global Programme Managers and the Programme Office to implement the Data and Analytics Office vision for delivery management.
• Establish effective controls, procedures, and quality assurance processes to ensure consistent outputs and alignment with governance frameworks.
• Lead governance through Programme Steering Committees and Working Groups.
• Lead platform and data migration programmes, including option analysis, target-state design, roadmaps, and cutover planning.
• Translate requirements across business, engineering, operations, risk, security, and vendor stakeholders.
• Manage training, adoption, and handover to ensure changes are sustained.
• Lead and mentor teams, resolve escalations, and balance workloads to maintain delivery excellence.
• Coach and train teams to strengthen delivery standards and governance discipline.

Skills

Programme management

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Data migration

SAS migrations

Budgeting

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

HelloKindred is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead complex Data and Analytics programmes across global delivery teams. You will oversee strategy, budgets, risks, and adoption, ensuring benefits realisation and strong governance.

You will manage a matrix of Project Managers, Scrum Masters, PMOs, and data-change resources, driving delivery across multiple workstreams and ensuring alignment with strategic data initiatives.