Strategic Transition & Programme Delivery Lead

La-Fosse-1; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

La-Fosse-1 is seeking an experienced Transition Manager to join a skilled team delivering bids, mobilisations, transformations and operational programmes. You will work with senior stakeholders to turn complex customer requirements into clear transition plans, bringing structure and confidence to programmes across sales and delivery lifecycles.

The role requires strong hands-on programme planning, governance and readiness activities, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

Qualifications

• Experience of defining and delivering projects or workstreams within complex programmes.
• Knowledge of bids, mobilisations, service transitions, transformations and exits.
• Experience across sales and delivery lifecycles, ideally within an outsourced service provider.
• Strong programme planning, scheduling and estimating skills.
• Practical experience managing RAID, governance, reporting and change control.
• Experience of programme assurance and quality assurance.
• Operational readiness and cutover planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust transition, mobilisation and implementation plans.
• Define the scope, structure and delivery approach for projects and workstreams.
• Build and maintain detailed plans using appropriate work breakdown structures.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Establish programme governance, reporting, change control and financial controls.
• Develop operational readiness and cutover plans.

Skills

Programme planning

Change control

Governance

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

RAID

Sales & delivery

Job description

La-Fosse-1 is seeking an experienced Transition Manager to join a skilled team delivering bids, mobilisations, transformations and operational programmes. You will work with senior stakeholders to turn complex customer requirements into clear transition plans, bringing structure and confidence to programmes across sales and delivery lifecycles.

The role requires strong hands-on programme planning, governance and readiness activities, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.