Program Manager – 28456

The Emerald Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Emerald Group in London seeks a Program Management Lead to oversee portfolio execution, delivering tangible business value including revenue growth, process optimization and productivity improvements.

You will work with senior leadership across multiple workstreams, ensuring standards are adopted and services align with customer needs; occasional travel to France/Europe is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with portfolio/program management and cross-functional delivery.
• Ability to align initiatives with strategic objectives and stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder relationship development and client engagement.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior leadership to understand strategy and align ABS workstream initiatives accordingly.
• Ensure that standards are uniformly adopted and practiced across the organization.
• Develop strong relationships with key customers and partners.
• Evaluate the road map for major customers’ long-term visions and help develop service offerings.
• Experience rolling out Business Capabilities and launching new services.
• Conduct integrated scoping and planning across multiple workstreams, regions and business units.
• Demonstrate pragmatic application of project and program management methodologies.

Skills

PMP / PfMP / PMI-ACP

Education

PMP PfMP PMI-ACP certification

Job description

The Program Management Lead will oversee and manage portfolio execution, ensuring the delivery of tangible business value including revenue growth, process optimization and realizable productivity.

• Location: London
• Type: Permanent

Key Duties (Including but not limited to):

• Work closely with senior leadership to understand the strategy and align the ABS workstream initiatives accordingly. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the initiatives / sub-initiatives identified for execution drive value and in line with the strategy
• Ensure that these standards are uniformly adopted and practiced across the entire organization
• Develop strong relationships with key customers and partners
• Evaluate the road map for all major customers’ long-term visions and help develop service offerings that appropriately match their business needs
• Recognized and accredited professional project management training and certification (such as PMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP or equivalent) preferred but not required
• Essential: Candidate must be able to travel to France / Europe for occasional meetings / workshops
• Desirable: Candidate must be fluent/native in French
• Candidate should have previous experience working in / for EMEA region
• Deep experience in conducting integrated scoping and planning across multiple workstreams, regions and business units
• Experience rolling out Business Capabilities, bringing new capabilities to market, and launching new services
• Extensive understanding of Project and Program Management methodologies and structures and can demonstrate a pragmatic application of these appropriate to a given audience and/or situation