In partnership with the Royal British Legion, Harris Hill are delighted to recruit their new Programme Manager.
The Programme Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of the whole of the proposed change, co-ordination of the programme's projects and management of their inter-dependencies.
The Role
- Selecting the most appropriate route to successful programme and project delivery including programme methodologies and approach to implementing change.
- Work collaboratively within the Transformation Office and the wider business to ensure programmes and associated projects are delivered efficiently and effectively.
- Articulate a programmes strategy and objectives and assesses how it will impact a business. Define and oversee a list of dependent projects needed to reach the programmes overall goals.
- The programme managers role extends beyond the completion of individual projects to the long term realisation of the whole program.
- Responsibilities include enlisting teams, implementing strategies, measuring ROI, and other big picture initiatives. Duties might include overseeing collaboration across project teams and defining success metrics.
- Identification and implementation of the most appropriate approach to programme success including identification of change requirements including skills, organisation design and project methodology approach e.g. waterfall and agile.
- Compilation and creation of the Business Case derived through workshop facilitation, root cause analysis, current & future state, gap analysis, change requirements, (people, process, technology) and execution of this into the organisation through a tranche or workstream based programme plan.
Person Specification
- Demonstrable experience of end-to-end programme management from definition to closure and benefits realisation.
- Experience of defining resource requirements to deliver programmes, securing project teams and matrix management; where appropriate, supporting team members to manage the balance between successful programme delivery and maintenance of BAU activity.
- Ability to establish credibility and work with senior leaders to ensure programmes are aligned with strategic direction and deliver the desired capabilities and benefits.
- Good knowledge of techniques and tools for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes, including risk management.
- Ability to establish and maintain robust programme governance structures; facilitating effective working relationships between the Programme management team, project teams and suppliers.
- Ability to confidently act on behalf of Programme Sponsors, solving and pre-empting barriers to ensure successful delivery.
- Experience of working with Programme Boards to develop compelling programme Vision Statements, Blueprints and defining individual projects to deliver the capability.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 18th September,2022 If you would like to receive the full job description for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Shweta Prabhakar:
The Royal British Legion is an equal opportunities employer, and makes no discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex. We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness.
