Programme Manager

Boldyn Networks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Parental leave (up to 20 weeks)

Holiday allowance starting at 25 days

Volunteer time off (4 days)

Job summary

Boldyn Networks is seeking a Programme Manager to provide strategic leadership across its telecoms and digital infrastructure delivery portfolio. You will drive governance, risk management, and cross-functional alignment with a focus on delivering complex, high-stakes programmes across multiple environments.

The role requires hands-on involvement in operational delivery when needed and robust executive reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme management within the telecoms sector.
• Strong governance and risk management including RAID, RACI and quality frameworks.
• Advanced stakeholder management and executive reporting experience.
• Certified or demonstrable track record in delivering multi-disciplinary, large-scale delivery programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide programme leadership and governance across Boldyn’s delivery portfolios.
• Translate strategic objectives into measurable milestones and deliverables.
• Lead governance forums and ensure accurate reporting on progress and risks.
• Oversee RAID, change control and reporting processes across portfolios.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Finance to manage budgets and contract risk.

Skills

Programme management

Telecoms domain

Governance & risk management

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Commercial oversight

Education

Degree in telecommunications/engineering/project management

Job description

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About The Role

The Programme Manager provides strategic leadership and governance across Boldyn’s delivery portfolio, ensuring telecommunications and digital infrastructure programmes are delivered with precision, controlandcommercial discipline.

Reporting to the Programme Leadand aligned to one or more Heads of Delivery, the role oversees end-to-end performance across multiple concurrent projects-spanning Enterprise, Offshore,Private Networks,Venues, Special Events, Wi-FiandNHIB environments.To support bids/pre-sales with delivery plans.This leadership role delivers programme certainty under high-risk, dynamic environments where deadlines are immovable, and stakeholder expectations are high. The Programme Manager steers the delivery and technical teams through changing circumstances, proactively managing complex risks while maintaining alignment with technical, commercial and strategic objectives. This role is responsible for ensuring delivery is resilient, adaptable and achieves the highest standards of performance.

What You’ll Be Doing

Programme Leadership & Governance

• Provide programme-level leadership,oversightandassurance across assigned delivery portfolios, ensuring full alignment with Boldyn’s governance frameworks.

• Translate strategicobjectivesinto measurable delivery milestones, supporting structured control across the lifecycle.

• Lead governance forums and programme reviews, ensuring transparent andaccuratereporting on progress,riskandinterdependencies.

• Maintain standardised RAID, change controlandreporting processes across portfolios, reinforcing consistency and accountability.

• Partner with the Programme Leadto continuously improveBoldyn’sprogramme and project delivery frameworks.

Risk, Quality & Assurance

• Own and manage programme-level RAID registers, ensuring proactive risk mitigation and clear escalation pathways.

• Oversee quality assurance,complianceandCDM adherence,maintainingauditable traceability across all delivery artefacts.

• Support internal and external audits, ensuring corrective actions are applied and lessons learned are embedded across portfolios.

Commercial & Financial Governance

• Collaborate with Commercial and Finance teams to manage budgets, financialforecastingand cost control

• Provide strategic oversight for contract negotiations, supplierperformanceand commercial risk management

• Resolve commercial and contractual challenges swiftly, safeguarding programme continuity

Boldyn Governance

• Design and implement robust programme governance frameworks, including decision-making hierarchies, escalationpathwaysand control gates

• Drive a layered governance model ensuringappropriate delegationof responsibilities across strategic,tacticaland operational layers

• Oversee cross-functional integration betweenDesign,Delivery (SeniorDelivery Manager and team),Commercial and stakeholders

• Maintain transparent, structured reporting toseniorleadership, ensuring swift, informed decision-making

• Provision of Programme information to support:

• InternalBPR (input only)

• Monthlyproject specificGovernance review with Exec team (prepare and lead session)

• Fortnightly Programme Board (prepare and chair)

• Monthly Operational and Delivery Governance (input only)

• Quarterly Continuous Improvement and Change Board (input only)

Change & Configuration Management

• Own programme-level change control processes, ensuring all technical and commercial changes are controlled,documentedandcommunicated.

• Maintain full version control and audit-ready documentation across design, technicalandcommercial baselines.

Stakeholder & Interface Management

• Act as the key interface between theProgramme Lead, Heads of Delivery,customers, MNOs(asappropriate)andinternal stakeholders.

• Build andmaintainstrong relationships with delivery, design, commercialandoperational teams to ensure alignment and transparency.

• Lead communication on programme health, presenting concise, evidence-based reporting to senior stakeholders.

• Represent Boldyn at governance boards,customermeetingsandexecutive reviews.

Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor and supportSeniorDelivery Managers, Senior Project ManagersandwiderProgramme Officeto ensure consistent application of governance standards.

• Promote collaboration,accountabilityandknowledge-sharing across the delivery function.

• Act as a role model for delivery discipline, fostering a culture of proactive control and continuous improvement.

• Ensure all projects that are being delivered have adequate delivery resources and business cases approved to support mobilisation (budgets,plansand visible acceptance criteria).

• Act as the senior escalation point for all internal and external stakeholders

Continuous Improvement & Transformation

• Drive lessons learned across programmes, embedding improvements inBoldyn’sprocesses and culture.

• Support theProgramme Leadin the rollout of new systems,toolsandframeworks to enhance operational performance.

• Champion innovation and pragmatic delivery thinking that balance speed,accuracyandlong-term maintainability.
  

What You’ll Bring

Essential:

• Experience in programme management a within the telecoms sector

• Proven experience in programme or portfolio management within telecoms, wireless, or large-scale infrastructure delivery.

• Strong governance and risk management background, including RAID,RACIand quality frameworks.

• Able tooperatecredibly and confidently at a senior, strategic level while remaininghands‑onand willing to engage directly in operational delivery whenrequired.

• Demonstrated success in leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams across concurrent, complex projects.

• Expertisein commercial control, budgetgovernanceand benefits realisation.

• Advanced stakeholder management and executive reporting experience.

• Solid understanding of CDM 2015, H&S compliance and audit frameworks.

• Professional programme management certification (e.g. MSP,PgMP, orequivalent).

Desirable:

• Degree or equivalent experience in telecommunications, engineering, or project management.

• Experience in Enterprise, Offshore,Private Networks,Venues, Special Events, Wi-Fi, or NHIB delivery programmes.

• IOSH, SMSTS, or equivalent safety leadership qualification.

• Experience leading business transformation or framework implementation programmes.

About Us

At Boldyn Networks, we’re reimagining the future of interconnectivity. Our network solutions are solving some of tomorrow’s greatest challenges. We are one team across the globe. Always listening. Learning. We value different perspectives and challenge each other to be our best. Here, you can change lives today and create a better tomorrow.

Why work with us?

We’re large enough to deliver and maintain large-scale operations, giving you the opportunity to work on exciting projects and expand your skills. You’ll be surrounded talented colleagues who thrive on solving problems, just like you. Together, you’ll make your mark on projects that matter and find new strengths along the way.

We also offer:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Parental leave with up to 20 weeks paid at full salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 25 days rising with length of service
• 4 days off each year to volunteer
  

Diversity recognises the ways we differ. Our backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. What makes us unique. And it’s important to us, to our future. To build a workforce that’s representative of the societies we serve. So that we can listen, learn and understand how to solve our customers’ problems in the smartest ways possible.

We are looking for passionate people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.