Global Data Programme Lead

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

Job summary

HelloKindred in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Manager to lead complex, global data and change programmes, overseeing PMs, Scrum Masters, BAs and contingent resources across locations. You will own programme delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement and budgeting.

Responsibilities include defining strategy, roadmaps, benefits realisation, risk management and ensuring alignment with compliance and security requirements across data migrations, including SAS platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of programme management and delivery leadership experience across large, global change programmes.
• Proven experience with platform and data migration programmes, including SAS.
• Strong financial services experience within regulated environments, with risk, security and audit awareness.
• Strategic business and commercial understanding of products, regions and legal entities.

Responsibilities

• Own programme delivery strategy, scope, governance, roadmaps and benefits across multiple workstreams.
• Lead PMOs, Project Managers, Scrum Masters and contingent resources across global deliveries.
• Prepare audit-ready documentation, governance packs and OKRs for stakeholders.
• Lead intake, scoping, and budgeting for new work and change requirements.
• Manage resource planning and budgets with delivery leads; monitor alignment with deliverables.
• Own risks, issues, dependencies and change control; escalate and drive solutions.
• Oversee third-party negotiations and service agreements; monitor performance.
• Establish delivery dashboards using JIRA/Confluence to track KPIs, benefits and financial health.
• Lead data migration initiatives, including SAS, with environment readiness and cutover planning.
• Partner with business, engineering, risk and vendors to drive adoption and handover.

Skills

Programme management

Leadership

Global delivery

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Data migration

SAS

Risk and governance

Delivery leadership

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

HelloKindred in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Manager to lead complex, global data and change programmes, overseeing PMs, Scrum Masters, BAs and contingent resources across locations. You will own programme delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement and budgeting.

Responsibilities include defining strategy, roadmaps, benefits realisation, risk management and ensuring alignment with compliance and security requirements across data migrations, including SAS platforms.