Programme Delivery Manager - Specialist Housing & Care
Homebased - with occasional travel to London/Bradford
About the Role
We're looking for a Programme Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex, multi-workstream programmes across a regulated organisation.
This is a senior delivery role responsible for ensuring programmes are well-planned, governed and delivered in a controlled, predictable way within an award-winning not-for-profit Specialist Housing and Care organisation.
You will act as a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing clear insight, managing risk and ensuring delivery is coordinated across Design, Digital, Data, Change Enablement and operational teams.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programmes, ensuring clear plans, milestones and critical paths
Apply consistent PMO standards, maintaining control over scope, sequencing and delivery tolerances
Provide clear insight to Sponsors and Programme Boards, including risks, trade-offs and decisions
Establish and run effective governance and reporting, supporting executive decision-making
Coordinate delivery across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment and dependency management
Proactively manage programme-level risks, issues and dependencies, escalating early with solutions
Lead and coach Delivery Managers and workstream leads to maintain strong delivery discipline
Oversee budgets, forecasts and financial risks, ensuring delivery aligns to outcomes and benefits
What We're Looking For
Significant experience leading complex, multi-workstream programmes in regulated environments
Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches
Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making
Deep understanding of governance, assurance and delivery risk management
Experience managing large budgets (£1m+) and financial forecasting
Ability to integrate digital, data, design and change activity into cohesive delivery plansDesirable:
Programme certification (e.g. MSP, APM, PRINCE2 Practitioner)
Agile certification (e.g. Scrum Master, SAFe)
Apply Now
If you're passionate about leading complex programmes and delivering change safely, predictably and at scale, we'd love to hear from you