IT & BI Programme Manager: Growth, Governance, Delivery

United Gas & Power; Guiseley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Hybrid working

Career progression

Regular socials

Job summary

United Gas & Power is seeking a Programme Manager to lead the IT & BI change portfolio from Leeds’ Guiseley Head Office. You will own end-to-end delivery, governance, budgeting and stakeholder leadership, with line management of the Project Coordinator.

The role requires proven design and operation of delivery governance in a multi-workstream environment, and familiarity with MSP/PRINCE2 or Agile frameworks. Hybrid working is considered.

Qualifications

• APM qualification or working towards Chartered Project Professional (ChPP). MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile certification also valued.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Prior energy sector experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define and run programme and project governance: stage gates, decision forums, assurance reviews and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Own integrated planning across the portfolio: scope, milestones, dependencies, critical path and resource plans across in-house, vendor and SaaS change.
• Manage RAID, change control and escalation to protect scope, timeline and cost.
• Own budgets, forecasting and resource planning across concurrent workstreams.
• Link delivery to business outcomes: shape the business case and realise benefits.
• Engage senior stakeholders and external partners, ensuring clear communications.
• Line-manage and develop the Project Coordinator and cross-functional delivery teams.

Job description

United Gas & Power is seeking a Programme Manager to lead the IT & BI change portfolio from Leeds’ Guiseley Head Office. You will own end-to-end delivery, governance, budgeting and stakeholder leadership, with line management of the Project Coordinator.

The role requires proven design and operation of delivery governance in a multi-workstream environment, and familiarity with MSP/PRINCE2 or Agile frameworks. Hybrid working is considered.