Job Title: Programme Manager (Contract)
Location: Leeds / Hybrid (c. 2 days per week on-site)
Rate: Competitive (Outside IR35)
Length: 6 months initial
A leading organisation is seeking a Programme Manager to lead on a multi-year retail modernisation programme. This engagement focuses on delivering a new platform to replace legacy systems.
Programme Manager Responsibilities:
* Lead on a complex, multi-vendor programme delivering large-scale platform modernisation
* Oversee multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring alignment to a single governance model
* Deliver programme governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication at senior level
* Manage complex interdependencies across vendors, systems, and migration activities
* Drive programme performance through KPIs, risk management, and budget oversight
* Facilitate decision-making and remove delivery blockers across teams
* Engage at both programme-level and detailed workstream delivery when required
Programme Manager Requirements:
1. Proven experience delivering large-scale technology programmes within retail environments
2. Strong experience running agile projects (e.g. Scrum) and agile at scale across multiple teams
3. Ability to blend agile delivery with traditional governance frameworks