Programme Manager

The Guinness Partnership

The Role

Overview

Lead and manage large, complex technology and business change programmes.

Key Responsibilities

  • program planning
  • design management
  • change management
  • project monitoring
  • delivery management

Tasks

The overall purpose of the role is to plan, design and effectively manage large, complex technology and business change programmes of work or multiple related projects, proactively monitoring progress within a structured framework to enable effective delivery against business case.

Requirements

  • itil
  • devops
  • cloud
  • prince2
  • leadership
  • budget

What You Bring

We are looking for a transformational leader who thrives on delivering change projects that meet customer and business requirements, as we continue on our journey delivering our Digital, Data & Technology Strategy alongside other key business changes. We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you’ll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you’ll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. You’ll be able to demonstrate -Proven track record of managing large and/or complex budgets and able to drive benefits definition and realisation. -Excellent oral and written communications including presentations. -Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience. -Proven track record in leading the delivery of complex projects and programmes in several disciplines including technical, software and business change. -Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. -Experience of ITIL principles and processes. -Knowledge of DevOps tools & Cloud computing. -Housing sector industry experience. -Proficient in use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint and MS Teams). -Excellent contract management skills. -Experience of line management and matrix management of cross functional teams. -Excellent knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes, with experience of developing roadmaps with supporting resource forecasts. -Professional qualifications in programme and project management MSP, PRINCE2, APM or similar.

Benefits

We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager to join our IT & Business Change Team. This is a permanent, full-time, 35 hours per week vacancy based in our Oldham office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.

The Company

About The Guinness Partnership

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Sector Specialisms

Residential

Social Housing

Supported and Specialist Housing

Care Services

Extra Care

Affordable Housing

Building New Homes

Building Safety

Climate Change / Decarbonisation

Welfare