Programme Manager

IC Resources; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources seeks a senior Programme/Project Manager to lead complex, multidisciplinary telecoms programmes. You will own delivery, drive client relationships, and guide solutions with technical leads across software and hardware teams.

Requirements include proven project leadership, familiarity with agile and waterfall methods, and strong stakeholder management to shape and size projects with subject matter experts.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading complex, multidisciplinary projects (software and hardware).
• Formal PM qualification is a plus (APM).
• Knowledge of agile and waterfall project methods.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing skills.
• Ability to scope, size and shape projects with technical experts.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary technical projects.
• Manage customer relationships throughout delivery.
• Collaborate with Business Developers and Technical Leads to uncover client challenges.
• Coordinate across disciplines including Signal Processing, AI, Digital Systems, RF, and Embedded Software.
• Monitor budget performance across multiple projects and ensure effective planning.

Skills

Programme/Project management

APM qualification

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Telecoms/tech sector experience

Problem-solving

Job description

This is a world-leading company in technology and product development, known for breakthrough engineering across telecoms, AI, and advanced systems. Their work has delivered genuine world-firsts, from ultra-dense cellular network deployments to some of the largest commercial airborne antenna systems in the world. Multidisciplinary, talented teams are given real freedom to pursue the problems that interest them, with a culture built on individual growth as much as technical excellence.

This is a senior-level opportunity to lead complex programmes solving some of the world's toughest engineering, technology and design challenges in the telecoms space. You'll take overall ownership of project delivery across multidisciplinary technical teams, working closely with clients and internal specialists to shape solutions to genuinely hard problems.

What you'll be doing

• Taking overall responsibility for the successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary technical projects
• Playing a key role in managing customer relationships throughout delivery
• Working alongside Business Developers and Technical Leads to uncover client challenges and guide them to solutions
• Collaborating across disciplines including Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Systems, Radio Frequency, and Embedded Software
• Managing budget performance across multiple projects, ensuring effective planning and delivery

What we're looking for

• Proven experience as a Programme/Project Manager, managing complex multi-disciplinary projects involving both software and hardware development
• Strong knowledge of project management tools and processes — a formal PM qualification (e.g. APM) is a plus
• Understanding of multiple project management methodologies (agile and waterfall)
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment where requirements and technologies keep evolving
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking applied to complex technological challenges
• Demonstrated stakeholder management, translating client challenges into deliverable solutions
• Ability to scope, shape and size projects alongside technical experts and subject matter specialists
• Ability to motivate and inspire diverse project teams
• Experience within telecoms or a closely related technology sector is a strong plus