We are seeking a highly organised and delivery-focused Project Programme Manager to take ownership of programme planning, governance, and multi-workstream progress across this critical initiative.
This role is central to ensuring the project runs with clarity, discipline, and momentum.
What You’ll Do
Maintain the integrated programme plan, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and up-to-date milestones
Track workstream progress, dependencies, risks, and issues, escalating where required
Produce clear, data-driven progress reports and dashboards for the Project Director and Steering Group
Coordinate governance meetings and ensure RAID logs, actions, and decisions are tightly managed
Work closely with Workstream Leads to challenge, refine, and support delivery commitments
Identify emerging delays or blockers and support recovery planning
Champion programme controls, standards, and ways of working across the workstreams
What You’ll Bring
Proven experience in programme management, senior project management, or PMO leadership
Strong capability in planning, scheduling, and managing complex, multi-stream programmes
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders
Expertise with programme management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI)
A structured, analytical, and proactive delivery mindset
Ability to work at pace within a high-profile transformation environment
1. Role Purpose
The Project Programme Manager is responsible for the coordination, governance, and maintenance of programme-level planning and delivery controls, a major strategic transformation programme. The role ensures accurate, timely updates to programme plans, workstream progress, risks, issues, and overall delivery confidence, enabling informed decision-making by the Project Director and Steering Group.
2. Key Responsibilities
Programme Planning & Integration
Own, maintain, and continuously update the integrated Programme Plan
Ensure workstream plans align to the programme’s roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and critical path
Manage plan version control and apply structured change control
Support workstreams in developing and refining detailed delivery plans
Workstream Coordination & Progress Management
Track progress against deliverables, milestones, and KPIs across all workstreams
Work with Workstream Leads to ensure timely updates of RAG status, risks, issues, and dependencies
Identify slippage, capacity challenges, and cross-stream impacts early
Provide challenge and coaching to Workstream Leads to support accurate forecasting and delivery discipline
Governance & Reporting
Produce high-quality progress reports, dashboards, and decision papers for the Project Director and Steering Group
Maintain and manage RAID logs, decision logs, and action trackers
Coordinate governance meetings and ensure documentation is complete, accurate, and distributed on time
Support preparation for assurance reviews, stage gates, and executive updates
Stakeholder Management
Act as a key interface between the Project Director, Workstream Leads, PMO resources, and senior stakeholders
Provide clear and concise communication on programme status and emerging risks
Facilitate effective engagement and alignment across technical, business, and operational workstreams
Standards, Controls & Continuous Improvement
Apply programme management methodologies and delivery standards consistently across all workstreams
Drive adoption of best practice tools, templates, and governance processes
Support lessons-learned reviews and embed improvements in future delivery cycles
3. Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Essential
Demonstrated experience as a Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, or PMO Lead in complex, multi-workstream environments
Strong programme planning and scheduling capability, with experience managing integrated plans
Excellent governance, reporting, and analytical skills
Proven ability to challenge constructively and influence senior stakeholders
Advanced proficiency with planning and reporting tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI)
Strong understanding of risk, issue, and dependency management
Ability to manage competing priorities in a high-profile transformation programme
Desirable
Experience working on enterprise-wide or multi-year transformation programmes
Formal programme/project management qualifications (MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, Agile)
Familiarity with business change, operational transformation, or technology-enabled delivery