Strategic Change Delivery Lead

BSI Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Pension plan with company contribution

Health insurance

Job summary

BSI Group in Milton Keynes is seeking a Programme Lead to translate the Sponsor's vision into a coherent programme design and delivery plan. You will lead end-to-end delivery of a strategic change programme, managing scope, schedule, cost, risks and benefits realisation across cross-functional teams and delivery partners.

You\'ll work with the Sponsor and Programme Board to ensure alignment with strategic objectives, embed benefits, and deliver a smooth transition to BAU, including governance,

Qualifications

• Programme leadership experience delivering large, complex business transformation programmes end-to-end.
• Proven track record of successful delivery across multiple workstreams and geographies, including complex dependencies and phased releases/tranches
• Demonstrable experience translating strategic objectives into coherent programme designs, delivery plans and investment cases
• Experience establishing and operating effective programme governance, controls, stage gates and change control within agreed tolerances
• Strong experience managing and integrating delivery partners, including commercial performance management and contract/SOW oversight
• Demonstrable experience leading programme-level financial management, including budget ownership, forecasting, financial control and investment trade-offs
• Experience managing complex stakeholder environments with senior-level conflict resolution, negotiation, and decision enablement.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end programme delivery approach and integrated plan, including milestones, dependencies and cross-programme alignment, coordinating delivery across workstreams and projects.
• Direct and coordinate internal teams and delivery partners to achieve agreed outputs/outcomes and milestone commitments.
• Manage third party / partner performance against agreed deliverables and milestones, working with Procurement and other stakeholders on contractual matters as required.
• Maintain design and architecture governance, escalating material deviations, risks and trade-offs to the appropriate decision forums.
• Ensure operational acceptance, cutover and service transition plans are in place, including hypercare and handover to BAU with clear ownership.
• Ensure business change activities are fully integrated into programme plans and delivery tranches, including communications, training and readiness activities.
• Plan for and respond to internal/external assurance activities, ensuring programme decisions, controls and evidence are audit-ready.

Skills

Programme leadership

End-to-end delivery

Stakeholder management

Governance & controls

Budget ownership

Contract/SOW oversight

Financial forecasting

Negotiation

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

BSI Group in Milton Keynes is seeking a Programme Lead to translate the Sponsor's vision into a coherent programme design and delivery plan. You will lead end-to-end delivery of a strategic change programme, managing scope, schedule, cost, risks and benefits realisation across cross-functional teams and delivery partners.

You\'ll work with the Sponsor and Programme Board to ensure alignment with strategic objectives, embed benefits, and deliver a smooth transition to BAU, including governance,