Vendor Strategy & Operations Program Manager

Career Moves Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Moves Group is seeking a Business Program Manager for Vendor Strategy & Operations in London. The role is hybrid (onsite Tue–Thu) and covers end‑to‑end management of extended‑workforce engagements, from intake to onboarding and completion.

Approximately 60% focuses on operational delivery, with 40% on process improvement, documentation, and automation. Three competency interviews will be held; 12‑month contract with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Proven programme or project management experience.
• Experience mapping processes and managing timelines.
• Excellent stakeholder management in a complex organisation.

Responsibilities

• Manage extended-workforce engagements from intake to onboarding and completion.
• Coordinate Statements of Work, contract approvals and work-order creation.
• Support contract negotiations and secure approvals.
• Collaborate with procurement, compliance, legal, internal teams and external vendors.
• Manage programme timelines, milestones, dependencies and bottlenecks.
• Resolve onboarding and engagement issues efficiently.
• Identify and mitigate compliance risks, including worker-classification considerations.
• Map existing processes and identify opportunities to streamline or automate them.
• Recommend practical improvements to non-standardised or inefficient processes.
• Create and maintain clear documentation for onboarding flows and related programmes.
• Communicate progress, risks and recommendations clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
• Explore how AI and automated workflows could improve operational delivery.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Communication

AI/automation curiosity

Contract negotiations

Tools

SAP

Fieldglass

Job description

Career Moves Group is seeking a Business Program Manager for Vendor Strategy & Operations in London. The role is hybrid (onsite Tue–Thu) and covers end‑to‑end management of extended‑workforce engagements, from intake to onboarding and completion.

Approximately 60% focuses on operational delivery, with 40% on process improvement, documentation, and automation. Three competency interviews will be held; 12‑month contract with potential extension.