JobTitle: Programme Manager Location: Predominantly remote / home based but travel to West Sussex and Client site required (a few times a month) Contract: Initial 6 month contract but likely to be a 2-3 year programme Rate: £650 per day (on an Inside IR35 basis) Clearance: SC clearance required to start the programme The Role: You will be working for a highly successful Technology Provider / Systems Integrator delivering Geo-Spatial / Data Programmes for Public Sector Clients (Defence / MOD & Government). The key focus of the role is on delivery but you will also be responsible for guiding and mentoring other Project Management staff involved in the overall programme which utilises geo-spatial data to enable decision making around policy and process. It's a new programme of work with the first 6 months being a discovery phase followed by 2-3 years of delivery. Successfully deliver complex technology programmes utilising teams from the client, the technology partner and contractors Ensure projects are delivered on time, to budget, and in line with customer expectations Develop means to track costs & expenditure and provide effective reporting Provide clear status reports considering risks & opportunities and ensuring that correcting plans are put in place to remedy issues Be a senior figure working closely with the client and ensuring that the customer is confident in the overall delivery of the programme The Person: You'll be an experienced Programme Manager who has worked on complex UK programmes of work within the Public Sector (Government / Defence) Your background will be in technology programmes that are focussed around Geo-spatial data, complex data or digital transformation programmes You'll hold current SC clearance Be happy to travel to the main office in West Sussex a couple of times per month and to client site as required Have a mix of experience in both the discovery phase of a programme and the subsequent delivery Have strong stakeholder management skills and be able to manage technical teams