Senior Programme Manager

Senior Programme Manager

Client: Banking | Financial Services
Location: Sheffield
Working arrangement: 3 days on-site per week
Contract length: Until 31/03/2027
Rate: £600 per day INSIDE
Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS

Your new company

You will be joining a major programme of change, supporting the delivery of strategic data, technology and business transformation initiatives within a highly regulated banking environment.

Your new role

As a Senior Programme Manager, you will take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of complex, enterprise-scale programmes and projects. Working across multiple business and technology functions, you will lead strategic transformation initiatives, ensuring delivery against timelines, budgets, governance standards and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of large-scale strategic programmes and project initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated programme plans, delivery roadmaps, budgets and resource plans.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams and manage complex interdependencies.
• Provide leadership across technology and business teams, including Finance, Risk, Operations and other stakeholders.
• Drive programme governance through Steering Committees, programme boards and executive reporting.
• Manage RAID logs, ensuring risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies are proactively addressed.
• Oversee change control and scope governance processes.
• Influence senior stakeholders to support effective decision-making and issue resolution.
• Deliver programmes across Agile, Hybrid and Waterfall environments.
• Ensure successful execution of requirements, development, testing, implementation and operational readiness activities.
• Establish and track delivery KPIs, metrics and reporting frameworks.
• Manage programme budgets, financial forecasts, vendor relationships and resource requirements.
• Ensure compliance with audit, regulatory and internal governance requirements.
• Act as the senior escalation point for programme delivery issues.

Essential skills and experience

• 12-15+ years' experience delivering large-scale technology, data, regulatory or business transformation programmes within banking or financial services.
• Proven experience managing complex programmes with multiple workstreams and geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong executive stakeholder management experience, engaging with Directors, Managing Directors, Programme Sponsors and Steering Committees.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering strategic change in highly regulated environments.
• Extensive experience in programme governance, PMO disciplines, RAID management and dependency management.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology delivery, data transformation, operational risk and regulatory change.
• Experience managing budgets, resource planning, financial forecasting and vendor relationships.
• Ability to lead delivery across Agile, Hybrid and Waterfall methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong understanding of audit, compliance, regulatory and control frameworks within global banking organisations.

Desirable skills and experience

• PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), SAFe or equivalent certification.
• Experience delivering enterprise-wide data, finance, risk, regulatory or technology transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of banking regulatory frameworks and control environments.
• Experience leading large international delivery teams across multiple regions and markets.

What you'll get in return

• £600 per day
• Contract runs until 31/03/2027.
• Hybrid working model with 3 days on-site per week in Sheffield.
• Opportunity to lead strategic transformation programmes within a global banking environment.

How to apply

If you're interested in this opportunity, apply with your latest CV, availability and preferred location. If this role isn't quite right for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about similar opportunities.

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