Programme Manager – Cloud

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in London seeks a senior Programme Manager to lead a major technology transformation, coordinating identity, cloud, infrastructure, and applications workstreams. You will translate strategic objectives into delivery plans, manage RAID and budget, and drive governance with stakeholders.

You will liaison with architects, engineers and product owners, maintain integrated plans, track milestones, dependencies, and risks, and deliver clear reporting on progress and health of the programme.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing complex programmes involving Microsoft, cloud, infrastructure, identity or organisational change.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining integrated programme plans across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Excellent dependency-management skills.
• Strong experience with programme governance, including RAID management, change control, decision management, financial tracking and executive reporting.
• Experience managing multiple technical workstreams across infrastructure, applications, security and end-user technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management, integration and control of a major technology transformation programme.
• Develop and maintain the integrated programme plan, including workstream plans, milestones, dependencies, resources and outcomes.
• Establish and maintain the programme critical path.
• Identify and manage cross-workstream dependencies, sequencing and ownership.
• Coordinate mobilisation and delivery across identity, endpoints, productivity, applications, infrastructure, security, testing and transition workstreams.
• Translate high-level objectives into achievable delivery plans, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Establish programme rhythms, governance forums, reporting cycles and escalation routes.
• Run governance meetings and document decisions, actions, risks and dependencies.
• Produce programme reporting for stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Provide visibility of programme health, milestone progress, risks, resource pressures and constraints.
• Sequence discovery, design, migration planning, testing, cutover and transition activities.
• Develop recovery and mitigation plans for delivery constraints and schedule impacts.
• Escalate issues with recommendations, options and implications.
• Track programme resources and capacity.
• Support budget tracking, forecasting, supplier commitments and cost-pressure identification.
• Manage programme‑level change control.
• Maintain RAID logs and programme decision records.
• Coordinate internal teams and third‑party contributors.
• Maintain alignment between programme outcomes, contractual deliverables and the transformation timetable.
• Incorporate lessons learned into subsequent programme planning.

Skills

Programme management

Dependency management

RAID management

Budget tracking

Stakeholder reporting

Tools

Integrated planning

Change control

Financial tracking

Delivery lifecycle

Job description

• Lead the day-to-day management, integration and control of a major technology transformation programme
• Develop and maintain the integrated programme plan, including workstream plans, milestones, dependencies, resources and outcomes
• Establish and maintain the programme critical path
• Identify and manage cross-workstream dependencies, sequencing and ownership
• Coordinate mobilisation and delivery across identity, endpoints, productivity, applications, infrastructure, security, testing and transition workstreams
• Translate high-level objectives into achievable delivery plans, milestones and measurable outcomes
• Establish and maintain controls for scope, schedule, resources, budget, RAID, change and decisions
• Establish programme rhythms, governance forums, reporting cycles and escalation routes
• Run governance meetings and document decisions, actions, risks and dependencies
• Produce programme reporting for stakeholders and senior leadership
• Provide visibility of programme health, milestone progress, risks, resource pressures and constraints
• Sequence discovery, design, migration planning, testing, cutover and transition activities
• Develop recovery and mitigation plans for delivery constraints and schedule impacts
• Escalate issues with recommendations, options and implications
• Track programme resources and capacity
• Support budget tracking, forecasting, supplier commitments and cost-pressure identification
• Manage programme‑level change control
• Maintain RAID logs and programme decision records
• Coordinate internal teams and third‑party contributors
• Maintain alignment between programme outcomes, contractual deliverables and the transformation timetable
• Incorporate lessons learned into subsequent programme planning

Requirements

• Proven experience managing complex programmes involving Microsoft, cloud, infrastructure, identity or organisational change
• Strong experience developing and maintaining integrated programme plans across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Excellent dependency‑management skills
• Strong experience with programme governance, including RAID management, change control, decision management, financial tracking and executive reporting
• Experience managing multiple technical workstreams across infrastructure, applications, security and end‑user technology
• Experience managing third‑party suppliers, delivery partners and contractual dependencies
• Strong resource forecasting and capacity‑management skills
• Experience managing programmes with fixed milestones, migration waves, operational dependencies and complex technical sequencing
• Practical understanding of the delivery lifecycle from discovery and design through build, testing, migration, cutover and transition into service
• Ability to understand technical information and translate it into programme impacts, delivery choices, risks and decisions
• Strong financial‑management capability, including budget tracking, forecasting and cost‑pressure management
• Excellent reporting skills
• Strong facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills
• Experience working with architects, engineers, project managers, product owners, security specialists, operational teams and senior stakeholders
• Strong leadership capability and confidence to challenge delivery leads and stakeholders constructively
• Highly organised and delivery‑focused
• Comfortable operating at strategic and operational levels
• Confidence working with uncertainty and changing information
• Strong judgement regarding resolution and escalation
• Effective communication and facilitation skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing complex technology transformation programmes, with a focus on integrated programme planning, governance, and resource management. Proficient in translating high‑level objectives into actionable plans while ensuring alignment with contractual deliverables and stakeholder expectations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Programme Management
• Dependency Management
• RAID Management
• Budget Tracking
• Stakeholder Reporting

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Integrated Programme Planning
• Resource Forecasting
• Change Control
• Financial Tracking
• Delivery Lifecycle Management
• Technical Sequencing
• Risk Management
• Milestone Management
• Third‑Party Supplier Management
• Operational Dependencies Management

Soft Skills

• Effective Communication
• Facilitation Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Leadership Capability
• Organizational Skills

Industry Keywords

• Microsoft
• Cloud
• Infrastructure
• Identity
• Organizational Change
• Governance Forums
• Programme Rhythms
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Delivery Partners
• Transformation Timetable