Working for an industry leading SaaS business with some of the biggest brand names in the world as clients, the Programme Manager will drive impactful global business transformation engagements, with a particular focus on India operations as they are outsourcing a number of departments there. The initial contract will be 6 months, but very likely to extend beyond that.
The Programme Manager will be responsible for:
* Leading global transformation projects, especially in India, establishing and managing key outsourcing and vendor relationships
* Developing and executing outsourcing initiatives from vendor selection through negotiation, implementation, and evaluation, managing large-scale, multichannel outsourcing engagements
* Creating project plans, setting up PMO best practices and supporting teams in executing business process outsourcing projects
* Working closely with senior leaders across business units and departments, ensuring cohesive project management, alignment and accountability
* Regularly compiling and communicating project updates to stakeholders and reporting on KPIs
* Proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes, bring creative solutions to challenges, and driving cross-functional accountability
The Programme manager will have:
* Experience as a Program Delivery Manager, having managed large scale programs for multiple teams
* Ideally worked on outsourcing teams globally to new locations
* Experience working with teams in India is preferred, but not essential
* Demonstrable expertise in finding creative solutions to complex problems
* Proficient in project management tools
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Great stakeholder management, able to influence key and bring together key teams across the business including, but not limited to, tech, product, marketing, IT, commercial and support functions
This is a great opportunity for a talented Programme Manager to join an industry leading organisation on a long term contract.
Programme Manager
£500-700 p/d (insideIR35)
Remote (UK)
6 months initially, likely to extend