Programme Manager

Programme Manager

Location: Central London (2 days per week onsite)

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 + Benefits

Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

About the Opportunity

Areti Group is partnering with a well-established organisation undergoing a significant period of business and technology transformation. As part of a wider strategic change agenda, they are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead a portfolio of complex initiatives spanning operational improvement, business transformation, technology delivery, and organisational change.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing change function and play a key role in shaping programme delivery standards, governance, and best practices across a complex and evolving organisation. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership while driving the successful delivery of high-profile programmes that have a direct impact on business performance.

The Role

As Programme Manager, you will be responsible for leading multiple concurrent projects and workstreams across both business and technology functions. You will establish programme governance, manage risks and dependencies, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure successful delivery against strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will bring a strong blend of business transformation and technology delivery experience, with the ability to translate strategic goals into practical programmes of work. You will be comfortable operating within fast-paced environments, managing competing priorities, and engaging stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

This role requires someone who can confidently lead workshops, facilitate governance forums, challenge constructively, and create alignment across teams with differing priorities and objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Leadership

• Lead complex business and technology transformation programmes from initiation through to successful delivery.
• Develop programme roadmaps, delivery plans, budgets, reporting structures, and governance frameworks.
• Manage interdependencies across multiple projects, teams, and functions.
• Ensure programme objectives, milestones, benefits, and outcomes are achieved.
• Provide regular updates and insights to senior leadership and governance boards.

Governance & Delivery Excellence

• Help shape and mature programme delivery capabilities and governance standards.
• Implement robust programme controls, reporting, risk management, and assurance processes.
• Drive consistency across project and programme delivery methodologies.
• Support the ongoing development of project delivery frameworks, standards, and best practices.
• Contribute to the growth and continuous improvement of the wider change function.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with executive stakeholders, operational teams, and technology functions.
• Facilitate workshops, steering committees, governance forums, and decision-making sessions.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and competing priorities.
• Build alignment across teams with differing objectives, challenges, and perspectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders throughout programme delivery.

Business & Technology Transformation

• Lead programmes that deliver business process improvements and technology-enabled change.
• Support strategic transformation and business improvement initiatives.
• Manage programme impacts across people, process, technology, and operational models.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Project Managers, and delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes.
• Support organisational change activities and adoption of new ways of working.

Risk, Resource & Financial Management

• Manage programme budgets, forecasts, resources, and third-party suppliers where required.
• Own programme risk, issue, dependency, and change management processes.
• Monitor programme performance and take corrective action where necessary.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and audit requirements are met throughout programme lifecycles.

Required Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale programmes and strategic business change initiatives.
• Proven experience leading complex business and technology transformation programmes.
• Strong background in programme governance, delivery frameworks, controls, and reporting.
• Experience establishing or improving programme delivery standards and methodologies.
• Strong understanding of both operational business change and technology-enabled transformation.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams, budgets, resources, and delivery teams.
• Previous experience building, mentoring, or leading project delivery teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leadership.
• Strong risk, dependency, and financial management experience.
• Experience working within structured programme and project delivery environments.
• Prince2 Practitioner, MSP, or equivalent programme management experience.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and drive decision-making at senior stakeholder level.

Desirable

• Experience supporting large-scale business integration or transformation programmes.
• Experience leading organisational change and business improvement initiatives.
• Experience operating within complex, multi-site organisations.
• Exposure to PMO maturity, governance, or capability improvement initiatives.
• Experience delivering programmes involving enterprise systems, digital transformation, or process optimisation.

This role would suit an experienced Programme Manager, or Senior Programme Manager with a strong blend of business transformation and technology delivery experience, looking to drive strategic change and make a measurable impact within a business undergoing significant growth and transformation.

Areti Welcomes Your Application!

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