Programme manager

The opportunity

As Programme Manager, you’ll be accountable for the successful delivery of Openwork’s most important strategic programmes, driving real change that enables our Value Creation Plan.

You’ll lead complex, high‑impact programmes, motivate large cross‑functional teams, and provide strong leadership to Project Managers within the Change & Transformation function. You’ll also help shape the culture, capability and ways of working of our Change team by leading one or more 'practice' pillars.

This role is hybrid working, 3 days a week from the Swindon office.

The benefits:

Salary - £65,000 to £84,000

Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 15%

Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%

Critical illness cover

Income protection

Death in service - 4x salary

27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days

A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Key Accountabilities

Own and lead end‑to‑end delivery of strategic programmes, ensuring clear objectives, governance and successful outcomes

Establish and drive delivery frameworks, including roadmaps, KPIs, reporting, and proactive management of budgets, risks and dependencies

Act as the main point of contact for programme delivery, removing blockers and keeping senior stakeholders informed

Lead and develop cross‑functional teams, fostering a collaborative, high‑performance environment and managing conflict effectively

Manage inter‑programme dependencies and contribute to wider change portfolio planning and prioritisation

Drive continuous improvement across change delivery, enhancing capability, tools, processes and overall ways of working

What will you need to succeed?

Extensive programme management experience, ideally in financial services, with delivery of complex, multi‑stream programmes in fast‑paced environments

Strong track record of delivering programmes on time, within budget, and to agreed outcomes, with deep understanding of programme lifecycles and change frameworks

Experienced in managing large budgets, prioritising change, and allocating resources at scale, even in ambiguous environments

Delivery‑focused leader with strong communication skills, able to lead cross‑functional teams and influence senior stakeholders

Highly analytical with strong problem‑solving, decision‑making, risk management, and negotiation skills

Organised, adaptable and resilient, with a continuous improvement mindset and proficiency in project management tools (e.g. MS Project)

Why us?

At The Openwork Partnership, we're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential. We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.