Programme Director

Version 1; Belfast; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A transformational services provider in Northern Ireland is seeking a Programme Director to oversee the delivery of major transformation programmes in the public sector. The ideal candidate must have extensive experience in managing large-scale projects, stakeholder engagement, and strong project management skills. Key responsibilities include creating implementation plans, managing dependencies and risks, and ensuring effective communication with various stakeholders. This position requires at least 5 years of experience in a similar role along with relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in managing large transformation programmes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage uncertainty and mitigate ambiguity.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Programme Manager.

Responsibilities

• Overall Programme Scoping and definition of Workstreams.
• Creation of a comprehensive Implementation Programme Plan.
• Drive successful delivery by managing dependencies, issues, and risks.
• Ensure adherence to delivery models and standards.
• Communicate proactively with Business Owners and Program Stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Agile Methodologies

Financial Management

Education

3rd level qualification in relevant field

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, and highly experienced Programme Director to assume overall responsibility and manage the delivery of a significant and complex transformation programme into one of our large NI Public Sector Customers.

In this role you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery ofbusiness change and service transformation, infrastructure provision and integration, and all aspects of the large scale implementation across all programme workstreams through best practice methodologies. You'll also manage client relationships through effective informal reviews, formal programme governance and accurate reporting as well as building key relationships with the Customer’s Internal Team and Senior Stakeholders. In addition, you’ll manage our Key Subcontractors, Vendors, and other third parties on whom the project is dependent.

The role will require extensive experience of transformation programmes across requirements gathering, planning, governance, interdependency management, risks and issues management, decision making, benefits realisation, programme resourcing, financial management and budget, change management, communication, and status reporting. You’ll need to have demonstrable experience of :

• Managing large Business Change and Transformation programmes in the Northern Ireland Public Sector
• Orchestrating efficiencies and synergies in delivery of multiple workstreams across alarge programme of work
• Leveraging key capabilities within the Programme teams to make the budget go further
• Ensuring effective control over costs and resourcing, enabling the delivery of workstreams / projects within the program to budget, quality, and time standards
• Managing relationships with Senior Stakeholders and third parties
• Managing relationships with Key Subcontractors and Vendors
• Managing program risks and issues assessing program criticalities and contingencies
• Ensuring transition to Managed Service is completed seamlessly with minimal impact to our Customer’s Stakeholders and End Users

Responsibilities

Support and inform the Portfolio Director and other Senior Management Stakeholders on all aspects of the programme’s delivery and governance

Overall Programme Scoping and definition of Workstreams

Creation of a comprehensive and Implementation Programme Plan in conjunction with the Customer, Key Stakeholders, Key Subcontractors, and Third Parties, including establishing the means to review and update the baselined plan as the programme proceeds

Drive successful delivery of the Programme, through proactive management of dependencies, issues, and risks of the constituent workstreams to achieve business objectives.

Ensure delivery is consistent with the agreed delivery model and standards.

Proactively communicate with Business Owners / Programme Stakeholders to enable them to deliver on their projects in line with programme timelines.

Manage escalations appropriately to avoid any impact on overall delivery.

Support establishing and drive / monitor the standard IT Governance mechanisms in alignment with the overall programme Governance approach.

Follow the agreed IT Demand and Governance processes on Status Management, Risk / Issue / Change Management, Deliverables Management, Decision Management, Plan Management

Stakeholder communication, senior executive level and delivery teams

Partner, Vendor and Third-party management.

Continuously strive for best practice at programme level

Partnering and consulting with cross border and cross functional teams - including sales, operations, information technology and technical leads to facilitate the identified solution

Qualifications

You must havedemonstrable experience of Project Management and its various methodologies, ideally you have Prince 2 Practitioner, PMP, MSP, or similar Project Management certification

3rd level qualification in relevant field or similar

You'll needproven experience in large transformation programmes, delivering efficiencies and business benefit across traditional and silos and business units, and be able to manage programmes and programme staff by creating a comfortable and productive environment conducive to successful delivery. Your ability to manage a large programme of work with multiple project workstreams within a large organisation will be paramount

You must have excellent communication and presentation skills, an ability to relate to all levels within an organization from the front-line to the CEO, and the ability to drive consensus across diverse groups.

It will be essential that you are agile and proactive in your approach; but robust enough to manage uncertainty, be able to adjust to rapid change and mitigate the effects of ambiguity and surprise.

You should also have the ability to mentor and develop Programme Team Membersif required, and arelentless appetite for successful change delivery and benefits realization.

5+ years’ experience as a Programme Manager

Senior Stakeholder engagement experience