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* Lead and drive a complex programme of activity with multiple partners and competing priorities.
* Manage competing priorities while providing insight, direction and constructive challenge to achieve desired outcomes.
Workstream & Delivery Management
* Coordinate and oversee multiple workstreams, working through others to deliver key milestones.
* Manage interdependencies to ensure all programme activities remain aligned, efficient and on track.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Build, manage and influence relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Communicate effectively, ensuring stakeholder needs and expectations are clearly understood and managed.
* Use appropriate project methodologies to design and maintain cohesive project plans.
* Operate confidently in ambiguity, identifying and monitoring risks and issues and applying mitigations, controls and escalation routes.
* Ensure systems are in place to track programme progress and performance.
* Design, record and maintain effective governance routes, preparing high‑quality documentation for senior leaders and boards.
* Support, guide and coach a small team, promoting professional growth and effective performance.
* Demonstrate commitment to personal development and contribute to a positive, high‑performing team culture.
Person specification
Qualifications/Accreditation: Candidates must hold, or be willing to work towards, a recognised PPM practitioner level qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, AgilePM, MSP or equivalent) to be considered for this opportunity.
Leadership in Programme, Portfolio or Project Environments (Lead Criteria)
Demonstrable experience in a leadership role within a portfolio, programme or project environment in a large and diverse organisation, working with multiple and complex stakeholders.
Project Planning & Delivery
Experience defining, tracking and planning the core components of a project, including scope, deliverables and timescales, while incorporating risk to provide a clear and consolidated project overview.
Working With Multi‑Disciplinary Teams
Experience of working with multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver results within fixed timeframes and limited resource, ensuring effective coordination and delivery.
Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management
Proven ability to build effective and collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders, with the confidence and authority to hold others accountable for driving key deliverables.
Communication and Influence
Track record of strong personal impact, using both written and verbal communication skills to influence, challenge and collaborate across organisational boundaries and within sensitive political environments.
Governance
Experience working within agreed governance procedures, maintaining high levels of accuracy and attention to detail while operating in a fast‑paced environment.
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