Programme Manager - Contract role

Project Blackbook; Dublin; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Project Blackbook is seeking a Senior Programme Manager on a contract basis to govern and deliver a complex transformation. You will coordinate workstreams, manage plans, risks and dependencies, and provide clear reporting to stakeholders, ensuring delivery stays on track.

Location involves 2-3 days on site in Dublin with the rest remote. The engagement runs 6–12 months, starting mid-September, at a day rate of £350-£600 outside IR35.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of programme governance and delivery coordination experience.
• Confident managing senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, presentation and structured problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage programme governance, planning, dependencies and key decision points
• Coordinate workstreams, actions, RAID items, issues and escalations
• Track delivery progress and produce clear status reporting and stakeholder communications

Skills

Programme governance

Stakeholder management

Delivery coordination

Risk & dependency management

Communication & reporting

Job description

Role: Programme Manager - Contract role

Seniority: Senior Consultant - Principal

Day rate: £350-£600/day outside IR35

Project duration: 6 - 12 months, starting mid-September

Location: 2-3 days on site in Dublin, the rest remote

We’ve partnered with a digital and business transformation consultancy seeking an independent consultant to provide programme governance and delivery support across a complex transformation. The role will focus on coordinating workstreams, managing plans, risks and dependencies, and providing clear reporting and stakeholder communication to keep delivery on track.

Tasks

• Manage programme governance, planning, dependencies and key decision points
• Coordinate workstreams, actions, RAID items, issues and escalations
• Track delivery progress and produce clear status reporting and stakeholder communications

Requirements

• An Independent Consultant
• 8+ years of programme/project governance and delivery coordination experience
• Confident managing senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication, presentation and structured problem-solving skills