Programme Manager

HelloKindred; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HelloKindred in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Manager to lead complex, global data and change programmes, overseeing Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts and contingent resources across multiple locations.

The role will own programme delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement, resource and financial management, and execution across key data-related initiatives, including SAS migrations and platform integration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of programme management and delivery leadership across large, global change programmes.
• Proven experience with platform and data migration programmes, including SAS, with dependencies and reconciliation.
• Strong financial services experience in regulated environments, with risk, security, operations and audits knowledge.
• Broad business and commercial knowledge across products, regions, and legal entities.
• Strong change management and governance discipline across scope, RAID, stage gates, controls.
• Ability to influence executives to analysts with communication, diplomacy and negotiation.
• Experience leading global teams across locations and matrix structures; Agile with SAFe advantageous.
• Proficient English communication, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Own programme delivery strategy, execution, scope, benefits, governance, roadmaps and adoption plans across multiple workstreams.
• Lead Project Managers, Scrum Masters, PMOs and contingent resources across complex global deliveries, ensuring commitments are met for scope, schedule, budget and benefits.
• Manage programme reporting, governance, OKRs, benefits realisation, stage gates and audit-ready documentation for relevant stakeholders and committees.
• Lead programme intake and integrated triage of new work and change requirements, establishing requirements, scope, capabilities and budget.
• Manage resource planning, pricing and detailed budgets in partnership with delivery leads, ensuring alignment with deliverables and actual effort.
• Own risks, issues, dependencies and change control, acting as an escalation point and driving solutions with integrated teams and stakeholders.
• Manage third-party negotiations and oversee service agreement and contract performance.
• Establish delivery dashboards and reporting using approved tools such as JIRA and Confluence to monitor financial health, deliverables, KPIs and OKRs.
• Establish controls, procedures and quality assurance processes aligned with applicable Change and Risk and Controls frameworks.
• Lead platform and data migration programmes, including SAS, covering option analysis, target-state design, roadmaps, environment readiness, testing, parallel runs, cutover and back-out planning.
• Manage SAS migration dependencies, remediation, data lineage, reconciliation and post-migration assurance to maintain data integrity and effective controls.
• Partner with business, engineering, operations, risk, security and vendors to manage expectations, training, adoption and operational handover.
• Coach and mentor Project Management and Scrum teams, manage performance and workloads, resolve escalations and develop delivery capability.
• Partner with global Programme Managers and the Programme Office to implement delivery strategy and continuously improve programme management practices.
• Participate in Programme Steering Committees and Working Groups, providing effective governance and decision-making support.
• Lead and motivate high-performing global teams across multiple locations, cultures and matrix structures.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile methodologies

Budget management

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

HelloKindred are specialists in staffing marketing, creative and technology roles, offering a range of talent solutions that can be delivered on-site, remotely or hybrid.

Our vision is to make work accessible and people’s lives better.We do this by disrupting traditional employment barriers –connecting ambitious talent to flexible opportunities with trusted brands.

Job Description

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: April 30, 2027
Work Setup: Hybrid (3 days per week in office / 40% remote)
Clearance Required: BPSS eligibility required

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Programme Manager to lead complex, global data and change programmes, overseeing Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts and contingent resources across multiple locations. The role will own programme delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement, resource and financial management, and execution across key data-related initiatives.

What you will do:

• Own programme delivery strategy, execution, scope, benefits, governance, roadmaps and adoption plans across multiple workstreams.
• Lead Project Managers, Scrum Masters, PMOs and contingent resources across complex global deliveries, ensuring commitments are met for scope, schedule, budget and benefits.
• Manage programme reporting, governance, OKRs, benefits realisation, stage gates and audit-ready documentation for relevant stakeholders and committees.
• Lead programme intake and integrated triage of new work and change requirements, establishing requirements, scope, capabilities and budget.
• Manage resource planning, pricing and detailed budgets in partnership with delivery leads, ensuring alignment with deliverables and actual effort.
• Own risks, issues, dependencies and change control, acting as an escalation point and driving solutions with integrated teams and stakeholders.
• Manage third-party negotiations and oversee service agreement and contract performance.
• Establish delivery dashboards and reporting using approved tools such as JIRA and Confluence to monitor financial health, deliverables, KPIs and OKRs.
• Establish controls, procedures and quality assurance processes aligned with applicable Change and Risk and Controls frameworks.
• Lead platform and data migration programmes, including SAS, covering option analysis, target-state design, roadmaps, environment readiness, testing, parallel runs, cutover and back-out planning.
• Manage SAS migration dependencies, remediation, data lineage, reconciliation and post-migration assurance to maintain data integrity and effective controls.
• Partner with business, engineering, operations, risk, security and vendors to manage expectations, training, adoption and operational handover.
• Coach and mentor Project Management and Scrum teams, manage performance and workloads, resolve escalations and develop delivery capability.
• Partner with global Programme Managers and the Programme Office to implement delivery strategy and continuously improve programme management practices.
• Participate in Programme Steering Committees and Working Groups, providing effective governance and decision-making support.
• Lead and motivate high-performing global teams across multiple locations, cultures and matrix structures.

Qualifications

• Bring 8+ years of programme management and delivery leadership experience managing large, complex, global change programmes across multiple workstreams.
• Demonstrate proven experience with platform and data migration programmes, including SAS, and strong knowledge of migration dependencies, remediation, lineage, reconciliation and assurance.
• Possess strong financial services experience within regulated environments, with an understanding of risk, security, operations, audit and commercial requirements.
• Demonstrate comprehensive business and commercial knowledge, including how products, regions, value units and legal entities integrate to support organisational objectives.
• Apply strong change management and governance discipline across scope, benefits, RAID, dependencies, stage gates, controls and decision-making.
• Show the ability to lead and influence stakeholders from Executive Committee and Managing Director level through to analysts, using strong communication, diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrate experience leading and developing high-performing global teams across disciplines, locations, cultures and matrix structures.
• Bring a strategic, solution-oriented approach to complex problems, competing priorities and continuous improvement, with strong attention to detail.
• Apply Agile methodologies across programme and product development; Agile certification such as SAFe is advantageous.
• Communicate proficiently in spoken and written English and demonstrate excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.