Program Manager

Dexory; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare via Bupa

Life insurance

Income protection

Pension contributions

Employee Assistance Programme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Full meals onsite

Team events and snacks

Job summary

A progressive technology company in the UK seeks a Program Manager with a strong background in engineering project management and agile methodologies. This role involves orchestrating cross-functional programs, ensuring delivery timelines, and improving processes through data-driven insights. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, optimizing program performance and metrics. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, life insurance, and 25 days of holiday. Join a team dedicated to innovation in robotics engineering and software development.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in engineering project or programme management, ideally within robotics or automotive sectors.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment with quick problem solving.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies with emphasis on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate cross-functional programmes, managing dependencies, risks, and timelines.
• Chair regular stand-ups with engineering leads to address blockers.
• Translate strategic goals into sprint-based roadmaps with clear milestones.

Skills

Engineering project or programme management

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Program Manager

Location: Wallingford, Oxfordshire - Hybrid (United Kingdom)

At Dexory, we are transforming the warehousing and logistics industry through data intelligence.

We’re currently recruiting for a software engineering programme manager to join our expanding team.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate cross-functional programmes, maintaining clear visibility of dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines.
• Chair twice-weekly "pit-stop" stand-ups with engineering leads to surface blockers and drive rapid decisions.
• Translate strategic objectives into sprint-based roadmaps, with clearly defined milestones every 2–4 weeks.
• Lead engineering operations metrics and programme visibility, designing comprehensive measurement frameworks that drive from data, to insight, and through to action.
• Own the engineering metrics strategy, establishing key performance indicators for sprint velocity, cycle time, deployment frequency, lead time, and quality metrics to drive operational excellence.
• Design and implement programme performance dashboards that enable data-driven decision making and objective accountability.
• Enable and coach teams to leverage data insights for improved delivery planning, risk identification, and quality outcomes.
• Own "failure-mode" post-mortems after each deployment cycle, capturing lessons and accelerating root-cause fixes with data-backed analysis.
• Collaborate with teams to design and implement best practice processes and data structures in project management tooling, building new functionality and streamlining workflows.
• Standardise project delivery frameworks (e.g., stage-gate or agile variants).
• Identify process bottlenecks in software integration, sprint execution, and cross-team dependencies, and drive events and ownership to eliminate lead-time.
• Proven track record in engineering project or programme management, ideally within robotics, automotive, or high-tech manufacturing.
• Experience working in a fast environment where problems need to be solved quickly.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies with a focus on continuous improvement and iterative delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in engineering project or programme management, ideally within robotics, automotive, or high-tech manufacturing.
• Experience working in a fast environment where problems need to be solved quickly.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies with a focus on continuous improvement and iterative delivery.

Benefits

• Private healthcare via Bupa with 24/7 medical helpline
• Life insurance
• Income protection
• Pension: 4+% employee with option to opt into salary exchange, 5% employer
• Employee Assistance Programme – mental wellbeing, financial and legal advice/support
• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays
• Full meals onsite in Wallingford
• Fun team events on and offsite, snacks of all kinds in the office

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Information Technology and Project Management

Industries

Robotics Engineering and Software Development

AAP/EEO Statement

Dexory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.