Details:
- Salary: £460 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Job Title: Programme Manager
Rate: £460 per day inside ir35
Location: Sheffield/Hybrid (3 days per week on site)
Contract: 6 months rolling
Lead strategic transformation. Own delivery. Make an impact.
We're looking for an experienced Programme Manager to take the lead on complex, high-profile programmes within a leading global bank, one of the world's leading financial institutions.
This is a high-visibility role for someone who thrives in complex, regulated enterprise environments, bringing together multiple projects, teams and stakeholders to deliver meaningful business outcomes.
The opportunity
You'll take end-to-end ownership of strategic programmes, driving delivery from initiation through to completion while managing multiple interconnected workstreams.
You'll be responsible for:
Leading complex, business-critical programmes across multiple workstreams
Owning programme plans, roadmaps, milestones, budgets and benefits
Establishing strong governance, reporting and escalation frameworks
Managing programme-level risks, issues, dependencies and change
Leading cross-functional teams across business and technology
Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, executives and steering committees
Managing budgets, forecasts, resources and financial controls
Driving business readiness, transition and benefits realisation
Ensuring delivery meets governance, regulatory and organisational requirements
What we're looking for
You'll need a strong track record delivering complex programmes within large enterprise environments, ideally across banking, financial services or another highly regulated sector.
We're particularly interested in candidates with experience across:
Digital transformation
Technology, data or infrastructure programmes
Operational resilience
Risk and regulatory change
Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery
Executive-level stakeholder management
Programme governance and financial management
Tools including Jira, Confluence, MS Project or Azure DevOps
MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, SAFe or equivalent certification would be advantageous