Senior Programme Director - Education Technology (Remote)

Capita; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Volunteer day

Pension & life assurance

Cycle to work

Parental leave

Job summary

Capita is seeking a Programme Director to lead the Education Network Northern Ireland (ENNI) programme, responsible for delivery, governance and strategic direction in Northern Ireland. The role is predominantly home-based with occasional Antrim office attendance, within Capita’s education technology remit for the Education Authority.

The successful candidate will drive end-to-end delivery, manage budgets and relationships with senior stakeholders, and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes across

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large-scale managed services, technology transformation or complex change programmes.
• Delivery success within regulated, public sector or similarly complex environments.
• Strong programme governance, risk, financial and commercial management capability.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing third-party suppliers.
• Credible executive-level communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to turn complex delivery challenges into clear decisions, recovery actions and measurable outcomes.
• Experience within education, government or large outsourced service environments.
• MSP Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile, PMP or equivalent programme management qualification.
• Experience of major transition, transformation, service modernisation or customer recovery.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the ENNI programme and associated projects.
• Maintain the integrated programme roadmap, plan, dependencies and delivery strategy.
• Provide leadership to project managers, PMO resources and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Own programme governance, reporting, assurance, RAID, change control and escalation.
• Lead recovery planning where delivery, timelines or customer commitments are at risk.
• Build trusted relationships with senior Education Authority, partner and Capita stakeholders.
• Maintain oversight of budgets, forecasts, commercial performance and contractual obligations.
• Drive a culture of professionalism, ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Executive stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

Risk & governance

Team leadership

Change management

Education

MSP Practitioner

PRINCE2 Practitioner

PMP

Agile qualification

Job description

Capita is seeking a Programme Director to lead the Education Network Northern Ireland (ENNI) programme, responsible for delivery, governance and strategic direction in Northern Ireland. The role is predominantly home-based with occasional Antrim office attendance, within Capita’s education technology remit for the Education Authority.

The successful candidate will drive end-to-end delivery, manage budgets and relationships with senior stakeholders, and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes across