Programme manager

Programme Manager – Highway Transformation

6-month contract – immediate start

£650 per day (Inside IR35, via umbrella)

North West England – Hybrid working (3–4 days on site)

Are you a delivery-focused Programme Manager for Highways Transformation who thrives on getting complex programmes over the line? You’ll step into a high-profile, multi-million-pound transformation programme, taking ownership of a major highways redesign and restructuring initiative. This is your opportunity to embed change, drive outcomes, and leave a lasting impact—working at pace with senior stakeholders to make it happen.

You won’t just plan—you’ll deliver. As a Programme Manager for Highways Transformation, you’ll bring together multiple moving parts, aligning programme streams and ensuring the new operating model is successfully embedded across the organisation.

Your role as Programme Manager for Highways Transformation:

• Lead a multi-million-pound transformation programme, driving delivery at pace
• Oversee organisational redesign and restructuring, ensuring successful implementation
• Bring together multiple programme workstreams into a single, coherent delivery plan
• Embed new structures, processes, and ways of working across the service
• Work hands on with stakeholders on site, ensuring progress and accountability

This is a role for someone who rolls up their sleeves, navigates complexity, and delivers tangible change—not someone who sits in planning mode.

Your experience as Programme Manager for Highways Transformation:

• Proven delivery of large-scale transformation or restructuring programmes
• Strong background in programme leadership across multiple workstreams
• Experience in design and change, rather than pure highways operations
• Understanding of place-based services, with highways exposure as an advantage
• Track record of embedding change and delivering results in pressured environments

If you’re a results-driven Programme Manager for Highways Transformation ready to step into a fast-moving environment and make an immediate impact, this role is ready for you now.

Our clients are passionate about creating and evolving a diverse workforce and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant. Recruiting decisions are based on your experience and skills. Any reasonable adjustments in the workplace will be fully supported during the application and hiring process.