Corporate Services Transformation Programme Lead
Application Deadline: 24 April 2026
Department: Governance & Legal
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Sheffield Head Office
Reporting To: Director of Corporate Service Transformation
Compensation: £68,077 - £73,366 / year
Description
* Hours: 37 hours
* Contract: Permanent
* Salary: £68,077 - £73,366
* Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)
Shape the future of SYMCA’s corporate services and lead a transformation that will empower our people, strengthen our systems, and enable better outcomes for our region.
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is embarking on a major programme to modernise, integrate and improve its core corporate functions. The Corporate Services Transformation Programme (CSTP) is a flagship organisational change initiative, designed to strengthen how we work across finance, people services, governance, digital, asset management, performance, procurement and more.
As our Corporate Services Transformation Programme Manager, you will play a pivotal role in defining, scoping, structuring and driving delivery of this ambitious programme. Working closely with the Director of Corporate Services Transformation and senior leaders across Resources and Investment, you will ensure that transformation activity is prioritised, governed, sequenced and delivered with clarity and confidence.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced programme leader who thrives on complexity, excels at building strong relationships, and brings structure and pace to cross‑organisational change.
You do not need public‑sector or corporate‑services experience to succeed — what matters is your programme delivery expertise and ability to drive meaningful transformation.
About the role
You will shape the CSTP roadmap, ensure alignment of workstreams, provide strong programme governance, and give senior leaders a clear line of sight over progress, risks and benefits. You will help turn organisational priorities into well‑defined initiatives, ensuring they are achievable, strategically aligned, and delivered at pace.
Key responsibilities include:
* Working with Directors across corporate services to shape workstream plans, align resources and ensure visibility of delivery timescales and costs.
* Coordinating engagement with function leads to turn organisational and service priorities into clear, well‑defined initiatives that sit outside routine BAU activity.
* Overseeing delivery across the programme, ensuring progress, risks and blockers are visible through structured checkpoints and portfolio reporting.
* Ensuring system development requirements across workstreams align with SYMCA’s digital strategy and integrated ERP approach, and that proposals are well‑evidenced, compliant and governed.
* Providing corporate oversight of major transformation and statutory programmes (such as ERP, CRM, Bus Franchising and Fire & Rescue integration) to surface dependencies and manage cumulative impacts.
* Establishing and managing a programme management function with clear priorities, processes and scalable capacity to deliver large‑scale transformation.
* Producing high‑quality senior‑level reporting, translating complexity into clear insights on progress, risks, benefits and capacity.
About you
We are looking for a confident, collaborative and highly organised programme manager who can work across a wide range of functions, navigate complexity, and bring a firm grip to programme structures, risks and reporting. You will be comfortable influencing senior leaders, solving problems and ensuring clarity in fast‑moving environments.
You will bring:
* Strong programme and project management expertise, supported by a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
* Experience establishing and/or managing programme management functions or portfolios.
* Confident stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to translate complex information into accessible insights for senior audiences.
* Experience coordinating resources and aligning activity across multiple initiatives or programmes.
* Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
* Knowledge of digital transformation in local government or combined authorities (Desirable).
* Familiarity with CRM, ERP or large‑scale business systems, or ITIL Service Management (Desirable).
Benefits
All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well‑placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.
In addition to the above, some of our benefits include:
* Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro‑rata for part‑time colleagues.
* Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave.
* Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
* Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi‑Scheme which allows office‑based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take time‑off in the form of Flexi‑Leave or banked Annual Leave.
* Rewarding You – Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle‑to‑Work schemes.
* Training on the job – Support with upskilling skills through on‑the‑job training and qualifications.
* Professional Membership Fees – Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.
Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayor Authority
Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.
All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment as such all requests will be considered subject to operation requirements.
Where candidates share disabilities within the application process, if they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.
If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact recruitment@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.
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