Programme / Project Professional

Colbern Limited; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Colbern Limited in York seeks an experienced Programme Manager (Transport) to lead the time-bound transfer of bus services and associated powers into the YNY Combined Authority. The role is hands-on and requires establishing programme structure, governance, and delivery momentum across multiple workstreams.

You will drive delivery, provide executive reporting, and collaborate with partner authorities to agree transfer arrangements while ensuring decisions are tracked to completion.

Qualifications

• Senior-level programme management experience delivering complex transformations or service transitions.
• Experience in local government, transport, infrastructure or regulated environments.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale programmes with multiple stakeholders and interdependencies.
• Strong governance, assurance, risk management, planning and delivery controls.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain programme governance, controls, reporting and decision-making processes.
• Develop and manage an integrated programme plan with milestones, dependencies, risks and critical path activities.
• Lead cross-functional project and workstream groups across operational, technical, legal, commercial and workforce areas.
• Drive delivery against milestones, proactively managing risks, dependencies and slippage.
• Provide clear programme reporting, assurance and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Collaborate with partner authorities and stakeholders to develop and agree transfer arrangements.
• Maintain accurate programme documentation and track decisions through to completion.

Skills

Programme management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Change management

Executive reporting

Communication

Leadership

Job description

Programme Manager (Transport)

York

Contract

£26.06 per hour PAYE or £32.78 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced Programme Manager (Transport)

An experienced Programme Manager to provide dedicated programme management capacity for the time-bound transfer of bus services and associated powers into YNY Combined Authority. The programme is complex, involves multiple workstreams, partner organisations and interdependencies, and has a number of critical delivery milestones. It therefore requires strong programme leadership, effective governance and an individual who can establish and maintain delivery momentum.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective programme governance, controls, reporting and decision-making processes.
• Develop and manage an integrated programme plan, including milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and critical path activities.
• Lead cross-functional project and workstream groups across operational, technical, legal, commercial, financial and workforce areas.
• Drive delivery against key milestones, proactively managing risks, dependencies and slippage, and implementing corrective actions where required.
• Provide clear programme reporting, assurance and recommendations to senior leaders, ensuring timely visibility of progress and key decisions.
• Ensure effective escalation, issue resolution and accountability across all workstreams.
• Work collaboratively with partner authorities and stakeholders to develop and agree arrangements necessary for the transfer.
• Maintain accurate programme documentation and ensure decisions and actions are tracked through to completion.

This is a hands-on delivery leadership role, not a coordination position. The successful candidate will establish programme structure and governance, challenge progress where required, manage complex dependencies and ensure delivery remains on track.

What You’ll Bring

• Significant senior-level programme management experience delivering complex, high-profile transformation, mobilisation or service transition programmes.
• Experience within local government, transport, infrastructure or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale programmes involving multiple stakeholders, organisations and interdependent workstreams.
• Strong expertise in programme governance, assurance, risk management, planning and delivery controls.
• Experience establishing and leading Programme Boards, workstreams and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Demonstrable success in driving delivery at pace, managing risks and dependencies, and resolving issues to protect critical milestones.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, with experience working in politically sensitive or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Experience producing high-quality executive reporting and strategic recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Strong understanding of organisational change, service transformation and operational delivery.

Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer