Senior Tech Programme Manager & Team Coach

Howden Joinery Limited; Northampton; Sur place; GBP 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Company car or car allowance

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme (12%)

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Staff discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Rewards events

Résumé du poste

Howdens Joinery Limited in Northampton is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional technology and business change projects within the Portfolio & Programme Delivery team. You will provide leadership and day-to-day management to a small team, acting as deputy to the Head of Portfolio & Programme Management to ensure delivery excellence.

You will govern scope, schedule, budget and quality, build strong senior stakeholder relationships, and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Recognised project management qualification such as APM PMQ, APM PPQ or PMI PMP.
• Significant project management experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology and business change projects.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing project managers or delivery professionals.
• Experience managing multiple project managers within a portfolio or programme.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, portfolio management, budgeting, risk management, resource planning and benefits realisation.
• Experience delivering projects using Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies.
• Confidence presenting status to Sponsors, Steering Committees and senior leadership teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Detail orientated approach with the ability to understand complexities.
• Experience with delivery management tools such as Project Online, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, Jira or Confluence.
• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to remain calm, organised and focused while managing multiple competing priorities.

Responsabilités

• Lead and oversee complex, cross-functional technology and business change projects and programmes, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, time, cost and quality.
• Provide leadership, coaching and day-to-day management to a small team, supporting their performance, development and capability.
• Act as deputy to the Head of Portfolio & Programme Management, providing leadership and operational oversight when required.
• Provide project assurance across the portfolio, reviewing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies and delivery plans.
• Support portfolio prioritisation, capacity planning and resource allocation across multiple projects and programmes.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, sponsors, technology teams and external partners, influencing decisions and securing the support needed for successful delivery.
• Ensure effective project governance is in place, including high-quality reporting, RAID management, financial control and change management.
• Act as an escalation point for complex delivery, resource, stakeholder and governance challenges.
• Champion continuous improvement and drive consistent project management standards, methodologies and best practice across the team.
• Support Project Managers in successfully delivering through a range of methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid approaches.

Connaissances

APM/PMQ or PMI PMP

Team leadership

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

Stakeholder management

Governance & budgeting

Delivery tools (Project Online)

Azure DevOps

Monday.com/Jira/Confluence

Risk management

Resource planning

Outils

Project Online

Azure DevOps

Monday.com

Jira

Confluence

Description du poste

Howdens Joinery Limited in Northampton is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional technology and business change projects within the Portfolio & Programme Delivery team. You will provide leadership and day-to-day management to a small team, acting as deputy to the Head of Portfolio & Programme Management to ensure delivery excellence.

You will govern scope, schedule, budget and quality, build strong senior stakeholder relationships, and drive continuous improvement