Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Xpertise Recruitment
Technical Programme Manager – Solution Architecture & Vendor Assurance Contract: 12 months (Inside IR35) Rate: £800–£1,000 per day Location: Remote-first, with meetings in London every other week Start: ASAP (max 1-month notice period) Openings: 2 roles The Opportunity We are seeking a highly experienced Technical Programme Manager with a strong solution architecture background . This is … ensuring delivery meets agreed standards. Assess technical solutions, challenge assumptions, and mitigate risks. Engage with executives, stakeholders, and vendors to drive clarity, accountability, and results . Monitor KPIs and programme outcomes, ensuring delivery aligns with investment. Operate as a technical advisor and quasi-Product Owner , guiding strategy without direct team management. Required Experience 7+ years’ experience in solution architecture … essential). 10–15 years’ experience in technical leadership, programmemanagement, or consulting. Proven experience in vendor assurance/vendor quality management . Broad technical knowledge across software, infrastructure, data, and cloud. Strong stakeholder engagement—comfortable briefing executives and influencing decisions. Consulting background (BCG, McKinsey, or similar) highly desirable. Experience in startup/scale-up More ❯
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Xpertise Recruitment
is a hands-on, strategic role focused on vendor assurance , ensuring that external delivery partners meet technical, commercial, and business expectations. Important: This role does not involve line management you will not be leading teams. Instead, your focus is on: Holding vendors accountable for quality and delivery. Providing technical oversight across multiple domains (cloud, infrastructure, software, data). … ensuring delivery meets agreed standards. Assess technical solutions, challenge assumptions, and mitigate risks. Engage with executives, stakeholders, and vendors to drive clarity, accountability, and results . Monitor KPIs and programme outcomes, ensuring delivery aligns with investment. Operate as a technical advisor and quasi-Product Owner , guiding strategy without direct team management. Required Experience 7+ years experience in solution architecture … essential). years experience in technical leadership, programmemanagement, or consulting. Proven experience in vendor assurance/vendor quality management . Broad technical knowledge across software, infrastructure, data, and cloud. Strong stakeholder engagement comfortable briefing executives and influencing decisions. Consulting background (BCG, McKinsey, or similar) highly desirable. Experience in startup/scale-up environments and More ❯
London, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Xpertise Recruitment
is a hands-on, strategic role focused on vendor assurance , ensuring that external delivery partners meet technical, commercial, and business expectations. Important: This role does not involve line management —you will not be leading teams. Instead, your focus is on: Holding vendors accountable for quality and delivery. Providing technical oversight across multiple domains (cloud, infrastructure, software, data). … ensuring delivery meets agreed standards. Assess technical solutions, challenge assumptions, and mitigate risks. Engage with executives, stakeholders, and vendors to drive clarity, accountability, and results . Monitor KPIs and programme outcomes, ensuring delivery aligns with investment. Operate as a technical advisor and quasi-Product Owner , guiding strategy without direct team management. Required Experience 7+ years’ experience in solution architecture … essential). 10–15 years’ experience in technical leadership, programmemanagement, or consulting. Proven experience in vendor assurance/vendor quality management . Broad technical knowledge across software, infrastructure, data, and cloud. Strong stakeholder engagement—comfortable briefing executives and influencing decisions. Consulting background (BCG, McKinsey, or similar) highly desirable. Experience in startup/scale-up More ❯
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Thales Group
Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend … justification documentation for major design reviews throughout the project life cycle Present subsystem design justification in major design reviews throughout the project life cycle in cooperation with the ProgramManagement Office and other subsystems Review and consolidate the technical documentation for the system through the different project life cycle milestones & reviews (EQSR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, QR, etc … life cycle milestones & reviews (PDR, CDR, QR etc) Demonstrates systems engineering knowledge - across the "Systems V" - to achieve critical project outcomes to time, cost and quality. Understanding requirement management - traceability, IVVQ, etc. Provide regular reporting of technical progress to the project team and TAS management. Provide technical input to future propulsion developments and contribute to continuous improvement of More ❯