Programme Manager Job Description

• Manage the programme’s budget on behalf of the programme director, monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses.
• Plan the programme and monitoring its overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
• Management and analysis of issues.
• Build, manage and motivate the Programme team.
• Ensure the delivery of new products or services from the projects is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the programme plan.
• Be responsible for the quality assurance and overall integrity of the programme.
• Manage third party contributions to the programme as appropriate.
• Communicate with all stakeholders.
• Manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects.
• Manage the risks to the programme’s successful outcome.
• Report progress of the programme at regular intervals to the programme director.

Skills / Attributes Required

• A minimum of 8 years experience in Project / Programme Management using leading methodologies and processes.
• Experience of managing multiple parties including Senior Project Managers and third party vendors on high profile and technologically innovative enterprise solutions
• The ability to manage large teams (50-80) across multiple locations
• Prince 2 level training or equivalent.
• MS Project.
• Understand budgetary control and resource allocation procedures.
• Ability to create a sense of community amongst the disparate members of the programme teams.

Salary / Benefits Package

• Up to £60,000 plus Car, Pension and 25 days holiday