Strategic Programme Governance Lead

Assystem; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Capability Integration Governance professional to join the Client's Capability Integration team in the UK. You will lead governance, reporting, and stakeholder coordination to support effective decision‑making, programme control, and delivery readiness.

As part of a major infrastructure programme, you will oversee RAIDO, maintain key docs, and present governance data through dashboards and board packs, while collaborating with planning, risk, and project control leads on

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in a governance role.
• Working knowledge of governance, risk, scheduling and process.
• Sound knowledge of project governance activities.
• Ability to objectively analyse data and information to form a big-picture view.
• Process detailed information to identify relevant key points to brief seniors.
• Organisational and leadership skills.
• Working experience of project control activities for infrastructure works.
• Hands on experience of ensuring stakeholder engagement in project management.
• Good IT skills including competent user of MS 365 appliances, Power BI and JIRA.
• Experience of working as part of a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage programme governance, reporting, and performance tracking
• Lead stakeholder engagement and coordinate communication across programme teams
• Oversee change control, decision logs, and governance processes
• Maintain key programme documentation, including RACI matrices, process maps, lessons learned, and SOPs
• Ensure effective oversight of Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, and Opportunities (RAIDO)
• Work with Planning and Risk Leads to ensure schedules, reporting, and programme data remain accurate and up to date
• Analyse and present governance data, producing high-quality reports, dashboards, and board packs
• Support project controls, document management, and secretariat activities, ensuring compliance with programme processes

Skills

Governance

Risk management

Scheduling

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Project controls

Documentation

Team collaboration

Tools

MS 365

Power BI

JIRA

Job description

Assystem is seeking a Capability Integration Governance professional to join the Client's Capability Integration team in the UK. You will lead governance, reporting, and stakeholder coordination to support effective decision‑making, programme control, and delivery readiness.

As part of a major infrastructure programme, you will oversee RAIDO, maintain key docs, and present governance data through dashboards and board packs, while collaborating with planning, risk, and project control leads on