Programme Manager (PMO)

Matchtech Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to provide senior PMO leadership for a complex transformation programme. The role emphasises integrated planning, governance, and cross-functional delivery across multiple partners and business units.

The successful candidate will deputise for the Programme Director, manage a programme-wide plan, and drive delivery assurance while coordinating with technology partners and senior stakeholders in a demanding, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior programme management, programme delivery or IT PMO leadership within a large-scale, complex transformation.
• Proven ability to deputise for a Programme Director or equivalent senior programme leader with executive stakeholders.
• Experience managing integrated plans across multiple workstreams, organisations and delivery partners.
• Strong governance experience, incl. steering group reports, packs and decision papers.
• Understanding programme controls: critical path, milestones, risks, dependencies, change control and assurance.
• Experience managing systems integrators, consultancies or third-party technology partners.
• Facilitation, influencing and conflict-resolution skills with constructive challenge.
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving abilities in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted deputy to the Programme Director and represent the programme in leadership forums.
• Own and maintain the integrated programme plan across workstreams, partners and milestones.
• Lead cross-workstream planning sessions and ensure logical sequencing to outcomes.
• Manage programme governance, calendars, agendas, packs and key decisions.
• Maintain effective controls covering risks, issues, dependencies, scope and delivery assurance.
• Analyze delivery data to identify risks and drive recovery or re-planning.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders, consultancies and technology partners.
• Lead the PMO team and drive standardisation of ways of working.

Skills

Senior PMO

Governance

Stakeholder mgmt

Integrated planning

Programme leadership

Job description

Our client, a leading organisation in the retail and technology sector, is seeking a skilled Programme Manager (PMO) for a contract role supporting a complex transformation programme. This senior position will provide programme-wide delivery leadership, integrated planning, governance and control across multiple workstreams, technology partners and business functions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted deputy to the Programme Director, representing the programme in agreed leadership, governance and delivery forums.
• Own and maintain the integrated programme plan, incorporating workstream, partner, milestone, dependency, resource and business readiness activity.
• Lead cross-workstream planning sessions, ensuring plans are complete, achievable, logically sequenced and aligned to programme outcomes.
• Manage programme governance, including Steering Group calendars, agendas, executive packs, decisions, actions and follow-up.
• Maintain effective programme controls covering risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, decisions, scope, change control and delivery assurance.
• Analyse delivery information to identify emerging risks, pressure points and impacts, driving recovery or re-planning where required.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, workstream leads, consultancies, systems integrators and technology delivery partners.
• Lead the PMO team, establishing consistent standards and continuously improving programme ways of working.

Job Requirements:

• Significant experience in senior programme management, programme delivery or IT PMO leadership within a large-scale, complex transformation.
• Proven ability to deputise for a Programme Director or equivalent senior programme leader and engage credibly with executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience managing integrated plans across multiple workstreams, organisations and delivery partners.
• Strong governance experience, including the preparation of Steering Group and executive-level reports, packs and decision papers.
• Excellent understanding of programme controls, including critical path management, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, change control and assurance.
• Experience managing systems integrators, consultancies or third-party technology partners in an accountable and collaborative manner.
• Strong facilitation, influencing and conflict-resolution skills, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge.
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to remain calm and decisive in an ambiguous environment.

Desirable Experience:

• Knowledge of Workday, consultancy or comparable systems integrators and professional services partners.
• Experience working across global, regional and matrixed organisations.
• Understanding of both predictive and iterative delivery approaches, with the judgement to apply proportionate methods.