Programme Manager

JR United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider in Leeds is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead transformation initiatives. This hybrid position involves overseeing programme delivery, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring adherence to governance and compliance requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in programme management, particularly within regulated environments, and possess exceptional leadership skills to drive change and achieve project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering diverse programmes/projects, especially at the programme level.
• Experience managing project managers and resources effectively.
• Knowledge in financing and structured environments with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure programme delivery.
• Champion change processes and tools across the change team.
• Maintain compliance with relevant regulations and quality management.

Skills

Programme Management

Stakeholder Management

Change Management

Financial Services Knowledge

Project Delivery

Governance Compliance

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Programme Manager, leeds, west yorkshire

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Client:

TRIA

Location:

leeds, west yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Our client, a financial services provider has exciting opportunities for experienced Programme Managers to join their transformation team to support a programme of digital and business change. The purpose of this role is to provide leadership to the Project Managers, lead the end-to-end delivery of one or more programmes aligned to their business strategy and ensure project outcomes are fully adopted to enable benefits realisation.

Responsibilities

· To build and maintain strong relationships with the business, senior stakeholders

and external stakeholders and the PMO to ensure the delivery and governance of a programme or

programmes of change to agreed scope, time, cost and quality

· Work with Programme sponsors to define measures and gain business buy in for adoption of outcomes to ensure programme benefits are defined, agreed, and accepted and can be tracked.

· To effectively champion and support change processes and tools to ensure best practice is adopted across the wider change team

· To provide and manage appropriately controlled environments and release management process to support change programmes

· Quality Management of the Delivery Approach

· Keep abreast of evolving legislation and best practice - maintain compliance with relevant regulations.

Skills

• Extensive experience of having delivered a wide range of different types of programmes/projects - eg technology, business change etc at programme level using waterfall methodology
• Demonstrated experience of management of project managers and other key resources
• Financial services/insurance experience would be highly advantageous, but we will consider experience gained in other structured, regulated environments with strong governance requirements
• Significant budgetary responsibility for at least one major programme of work at a time
• Demonstrate experience of having managed resources effectively to deliver a programme
• Demonstrate how previous programmes of work delivered have benefitted the business

This is a hybrid role requiring 2/3 days per week in the office so proximity to the location is key.