Senior IT Programme Manager – Portfolio Delivery & Governance

G Digital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday purchase scheme

Career progression

Job summary

G Digital is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to own the IT portfolio delivery from end to end, based at our Leeds head office. You will provide governance, planning, financial control and stakeholder leadership, and line-manage the Project Coordinator.

The role reports to the IT leadership and requires strong delivery discipline to translate strategic priorities into realised benefits for the business.

Qualifications

• governance: define and run programme and project governance across stage gates and forums.
• stakeholder management: manage senior stakeholders and third parties, including vendor-delivered change and SLAs.
• planning: own integrated portfolio planning from scope to milestones and resource plans.
• business outcomes: shape the business case and track benefits realisation.

Responsibilities

• Define and run programme and project governance: stage gates, decision forums, assurance reviews and clear reporting to senior stakeholders and sponsors.
• Manage senior stakeholders across the business and third parties, including vendor-delivered change, contracts and SLAs, with clear communications throughout.
• Own integrated planning across the portfolio: scope, milestones, dependencies, critical path and resource plans spanning in-house build (Azure DevOps), vendor and SaaS change, and COTS configuration.
• Link delivery to business outcomes: shape the business case, and define, track and support realisation of benefits.

Job description

G Digital is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to own the IT portfolio delivery from end to end, based at our Leeds head office. You will provide governance, planning, financial control and stakeholder leadership, and line-manage the Project Coordinator.

The role reports to the IT leadership and requires strong delivery discipline to translate strategic priorities into realised benefits for the business.