Senior Programme Manager

London and Quadrant Housing Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension plan (up to 6% match

28 days annual leave rising to 31

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

London and Quadrant Housing Trust is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to join our Transformation Team on a permanent, full-time basis with hybrid working across London, Stratford or Manchester. The role offers a London weighted salary from £78,544 per annum or £68,571 regionally, depending on experience.

You will provide oversight across Transformation Programmes, ensuring governance, reporting, and risk management are robust.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a PMO and governance across multiple programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight across Transformation Programmes with governance and risk management.
• Produce reporting and collaborate with Heads of Programmes to ensure governance and risk control.
• Support the wider team and undertake direct line management responsibilities.
• Engage across all levels up to Executive level and develop governance and ways of working.

Skills

PMO management

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Programme leadership

Change management

Education

PMO / Programme Management qualification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Title: Senior Programme Manager

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: Salary starting from £78,544 per annum (London weighted salary) or £68,571 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 12

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 29th September 2026

Interview Date: 9th October 2026

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more ...

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Join our Transformation Team at L&Q:

L&Q is one of the UK's largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

L&Q is transforming the way the business operates. This exciting opportunity will move L&Q to a new operating model that delivers reliable, repeatable, and consistent services to our residents and customers.

We are redesigning the entire resident, customer, and colleague journey, equipping everyone with the skills, tools, and capabilities they need to succeed. This transformation includes simpler, more efficient processes with clear roles and responsibilities, new technology, and improved data.

We have a strong delivery team in place and are now looking to grow it. To successfully deliver this change, we are seeking experienced project and programme managers to join our delivery team and help make this transformation a reality.

Your impact in the role:

• You will have previously worked in, or run, a Programme Management Office (PMO) and will demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, alongside the tenacity to keep projects well governed, on track, and supported by clear, transparent decision-making.
• You will provide oversight and support across the Transformation Programmes, producing reporting and working closely with Heads of Programmes, Senior Programme Managers, and Project / Programme Managers to ensure appropriate governance and effective management of risks, issues, escalations, and dependencies across projects and programmes.
• This role will not directly run projects or programmes; however, you will bring previous experience of managing large, complex projects or programmes and will be able to provide leadership while supporting the wider team, including undertaking direct line management responsibilities.
• This will include working across all levels of the organisation, up to and including Executive level.
• You will be able to develop and manage projects and/or programmes governance, reporting and associated ways of working.

What you'll bring:

• Experienced Programme Management Office Management, including reporting and dependency management across multiple Programmes.
• Experience project / programme manager, and experience in managing and developing other project managers.
• Skills and experience in running large and / or complex projects and / or Programmes including establishing project / programme structure, planning, reporting and closure.
• Setting up and assurance Programme governance.
• Skills and experience in business case management, budgets, benefits and performance and analysis.
• Skills and experience with stakeholder management, change management, and communication.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail]

About L&Q:

We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q - click here to read more.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here .

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.