Program Manager

E1 Partners; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

2 days in the office per week

25 days’ holiday + bank holidays (buy

Job summary

E1 Partners is seeking a Programme Manager to own the IT and BI change portfolio end to end. The role focuses on delivering strategic initiatives, including a CRM replacement and migration, with upcoming AI capabilities to enhance business operations.

You will run governance, integrated planning and budgets across in-house builds (Azure DevOps), vendor and SaaS changes, ensuring benefits are realised through robust business cases and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Track record of running multi-workstream programmes or portfolios.
• Strong governance, planning and budget control.
• Confident with senior stakeholders and suppliers.
• Experience managing vendor-delivered change.
• Experience of line management and leading matrixed teams.
• Fluency in MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile; able to adapt to context.
• Energy supply industry knowledge and core supplier processes.
• Experience in benefits management.

Responsibilities

• Governance of programme and project delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Own integrated planning: milestones, dependencies, critical path and resourcing.
• Deliver across in-house Azure DevOps builds, vendor and SaaS changes.
• Run RAID and change control; escalate risks to scope, cost or timeline.
• Own budgets, forecasting and cost control across workstreams.
• Shape business cases and track realized benefits.
• Manage senior stakeholders, suppliers and SLAs.
• Line-manage a Project Coordinator and lead matrixed delivery teams.

Skills

Programme management

Governance

Planning

Budget control

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Line management

MSP/PRINCE2/Agile

Energy supply domain

Education

APM qualification (PMQ/PPQ) or MSP/PRINCE2/Agile certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

E1 Partners is working with a fast-growing UK commercial energy supplier.

Its technology function is maturing quickly. The next step is a strong Programme Manager to deliver the IT roadmap.

The role

You’ll own delivery of the IT & BI change portfolio end to end, from single projects to coordinated programmes. You’ll sit across every initiative and turn strategic priorities into delivered outcomes with measurable benefits.

The headline programme is a CRM replacement and migration, followed by work to bring AI capabilities into the business.

Key responsibilities

• Run programme and project governance, including stage gates, decision forums and reporting to senior sponsors
• Own integrated planning across the portfolio: milestones, dependencies, critical path and resourcing
• Deliver across in-house builds (Azure DevOps), vendor and SaaS change, and configuration of off-the-shelf software
• Run RAID and change control, escalating anything that puts scope, cost or timelines at risk
• Own budgets, forecasting and cost control across concurrent workstreams
• Shape business cases, and track how benefits are realised
• Manage senior stakeholders, third-party suppliers, contracts and SLAs
• Line-manage a Project Coordinator and lead matrixed delivery teams

What you’ll bring

• A track record of running multi-workstream programmes or portfolios
• Strong governance, planning and budget control
• Confidence with senior stakeholders and suppliers
• Experience managing vendor-delivered change
• Experience of line management and leading matrixed teams
• Fluency in MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile, and the judgement to adapt them to context
• Energy supply experience, including knowledge of core supplier processes and industry processes
• Experience of benefits management
• APM qualification (PMQ or PPQ), working towards ChPP, or MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile certification

What’s on offer

• Hybrid working, with at least 2 days a week in the office
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 more days
• Health and wellbeing cashback scheme, and cycle to work scheme
• Clear career progression in a fast-growing business