Programme Lead: From Idea to Impact

Cathcart Technology; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Edinburgh city centre onsite 4 days a周

Job summary

Cathcart Technology is seeking a Programme Lead to join a purpose-led organisation in Edinburgh, driving multiple programmes and initiatives across the UK. You will guide ideas from early conversations to clear propositions and practical tests, coordinating stakeholders and balancing competing priorities with pragmatic delivery.

We welcome energetic, curious candidates who enjoy tackling complex systemic problems and building relationships.

Qualifications

• Open-minded about where you have developed your experience.
• Energy, curiosity and genuine passion for tackling difficult systemic problems and contributing to meaningful change.
• Strong programme judgement and organisational skills, with the ability to apply them pragmatically to move work forward.

Responsibilities

• Take emerging ideas, opportunities and complex problems and help develop them into clear, credible programmes of work.
• Build and develop relationships with external organisations and senior stakeholders, identifying opportunities for collaboration and partnership.
• Bring together colleagues, partners and specialists from different backgrounds to create clarity and move work forward.
• Make sense of incomplete information and different perspectives, translating them into practical priorities, decisions and next steps.
• Coordinate activity across multiple stakeholders while keeping objectives, responsibilities, dependencies and risks clear.
• Introduce proportionate planning, governance and reporting without creating unnecessary process or bureaucracy.
• Work with specialist colleagues to understand evidence, test assumptions and identify where further information or expertise is required.
• Support the development of new initiatives, from early conversations and exploration through to practical testing and delivery.
• Capture learning from programmes and use it to inform future decisions and direction.

Job description

Cathcart Technology is seeking a Programme Lead to join a purpose-led organisation in Edinburgh, driving multiple programmes and initiatives across the UK. You will guide ideas from early conversations to clear propositions and practical tests, coordinating stakeholders and balancing competing priorities with pragmatic delivery.

We welcome energetic, curious candidates who enjoy tackling complex systemic problems and building relationships.