Programme Manager

Triumph Consultants Ltd; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Triumph Consultants Ltd. is seeking an experienced Transformation & Change Programme Manager for a senior interim role in the public sector. The position involves leading multi-workstream change across a major corporate programme, with an emphasis on governance, benefits realisation and stakeholder engagement.

Waste/environment experience is advantageous but not essential. The role is based in Bradford with hybrid working—minimum 2 days on site per week—and a 3- to 6-month interim contract.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering transformation in a large public sector.
• Strong programme and project management including governance and benefits realization.
• Ability to analyse and communicate complex information to senior stakeholders.
• Experience influencing senior leaders across multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate complex transformation and change programmes.
• Manage programme governance, reporting, and compliance.
• Oversee delivery teams, contractors and stakeholders.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and benefits realization.
• Identify and mitigate risks and interdependencies.
• Provide reporting to senior leaders and governance groups.
• Ensure audit trails and financial accountability.

Skills

Public sector transformation

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Senior stakeholder comms

Budget management

PRINCE2/MSP

Education

PRINCE2/MSP certification

Job description

Location: Bradford (minimum 2 days on site per week)

Ref: 5305893

Rate: £444 pd PAYE (flexible holiday pay options)

Contract: Interim, 3-6 months

Working Pattern: Full-time

Hybrid Working: Yes – minimum 2 days per week on site

Sector: Public

The Role

Our client, a large public sector organisation undergoing significant transformation, is seeking an experienced Transformation & Change Programme Manager to lead complex change activity across a major corporate programme. This senior interim role requires a seasoned professional with strong local authority transformation delivery experience, capable of driving multi?workstream change, ensuring governance, and maintaining programme integrity in a fast?moving environment.

Waste sector experience is advantageous but not essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate complex transformation and change programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and delivering outcomes within agreed time, cost and quality parameters.
• Manage programme governance, reporting, performance monitoring, and compliance, ensuring consistency across all projects and workstreams.
• Oversee and support project delivery teams, contractors and internal stakeholders, ensuring effective resource allocation and high?quality delivery.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and communication across internal and external partners, ensuring benefits realisation and alignment with wider strategic programmes.
• Identify, manage and mitigate programme risks, issues and interdependencies, ensuring programme coherence and timely escalation where required.
• Provide expert advice, guidance and reporting to senior leaders, boards and governance groups, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Ensure robust programme audit trails, financial accountability and adherence to organisational regulations and standards.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

• Proven experience delivering transformation within a large, complex public sector environment, ideally within a local authority.
• Strong programme and project management expertise, including governance, risk management, business change and benefits realisation.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate complex information to senior stakeholders.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and driving organisational change across multi?disciplinary teams.
• A recognised project/programme management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP) or equivalent experience.
• Experience within waste, environmental services or related operational transformation.
• Experience managing budgets and ensuring financial compliance.
• Strong understanding of government policy and legislation impacting local authority services.
• Experience working with elected members or political stakeholders.
• Experience leading consultation and engagement with service users and external partners.