Programme Director: Target Start Date: ASAP Target End Date: Six months contract Rate: Inside IR35 Location of role: Basingstoke, London and other sites as needed Location requirement: On site 5 days a week Clearance Required: DV Working Pattern: Monday - Friday Brief overview on the role/project: As a Programme Director, you will take responsibility for the improvement programme for one of our major programmes .The successful person will need to demonstrate strong leadership; establish pragmatic relationships with key customers; as well as drive our colleagues, our internal stakeholders within the supporting enabling services and the wider UK delivery community towards consistent delivery excellence. Mandatory skills: - Provides strong leadership and guidance to programme and project teams as well as setting strategic direction and vision. - Supports personal and professional development within programme team/s and wider community. - Directs the management of the business and overall Portfolio risk. - Ensures the production of effective mitigation plans and risk assessments so that timescales and overall Portfolio / programme / project costs are understood and underwritten by all the relevant stakeholders. - Experienced Programme Manager (large complex programs and ideally at portfolio level). - Strong senior customer / stakeholder management (internal / external). - Strong governance and control (financial/risk/issues/dependency management). - Finds solutions / thinks out of the box. - Strong communicator and experience with working under pressure Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.