Head of Programme Management

Lead a high-profile transformation portfolio for a large, customer-focused organisation, providing strategic leadership across complex programmes to ensure successful delivery, strong governance, and measurable business outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced programme leader to drive large-scale change, influence senior stakeholders, and lead teams through a significant period of organisational transformation.

Client Details

Our client is a large, complex, customer-focused organisation embarking on an ambitious multi-year transformation programme. With a clear strategic vision and significant investment in change, they are seeking an exceptional Head of Programme Management to play a pivotal leadership role in delivering transformation at scale.

This is a rare opportunity to shape and drive a portfolio of high-profile programmes that will modernise services, improve operational effectiveness, and deliver meaningful outcomes for customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.

As a senior leader within the Transformation function, you will provide strategic oversight, governance, and leadership across major change initiatives, ensuring programmes are aligned to organisational priorities and successfully delivered through robust planning, effective stakeholder engagement, and disciplined execution.

Description

Reporting into the senior transformation leadership team, you will be responsible for leading one or more significant transformation workstreams within a wider change portfolio.

You will ensure programmes are effectively governed, appropriately resourced, financially controlled, and delivered to the highest standards. Working across multiple business functions, you will bring people together around a shared vision, influence senior stakeholders, and enable successful delivery in a complex and evolving environment.

This role will suit an experienced transformation leader who thrives on navigating complexity, building high-performing teams, and delivering sustainable organisational change.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the delivery of major programmes within a strategically important transformation portfolio.
• Establish effective programme governance, assurance frameworks, and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensure alignment between programme objectives, organisational strategy, and business outcomes.
• Provide leadership and direction to programme managers, project teams, and Matrix resources.
• Manage programme budgets, resource planning, business cases, benefits realisation, and financial performance.
• Build strong relationships with executive stakeholders and business leaders to drive collaboration and engagement.
• Oversee third-party suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring contractual commitments and value-for-money objectives are achieved.
• Monitor programme health, identify risks and dependencies, and intervene where required to maintain successful delivery.

Profile

We're looking for a well-rounded transformation professional who combines strategic thinking with delivery excellence.

You will demonstrate:

• Strong commercial and operational awareness.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative leadership style.
• The ability to influence without direct authority.
• Agility and resilience in complex environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• A passion for delivering meaningful organisational change.

Job Offer

In return, our client offers:

• Competitive salary package, up to £82,000 p/a.
• Excellent pension contribution scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance and health-related benefits.
• Employee wellbeing and assistance programmes.
• Paid volunteering opportunities.
• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements.