Job Description
Location: Cambridge, CB3 (Hybrid)
Duration: 3-year fixed term contract
Salary: £66,857 - £77,476
Hours: Monday to Friday, full time
We are seeking a highly skilled Programme Manager to lead and manage the delivery of a Finance Transformation Programme. This role is pivotal in defining and managing programme governance, quality standards, and ensuring effective resource management.
Key Responsibilities:
* Governance and Quality Management: Define and manage programme-related governance processes, procedures, and quality standards.
* Programme Management: Support the management of the schedule and budget at the programme level, ensuring effective resource management.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Define interfaces with stakeholders within and outside the Finance Division, providing centralised support for managing changes, tracking risks, and issues.
* Team Leadership: Lead and manage the Programme Management Office and all project workstreams, ensuring optimal service delivery.
* Commercial Management: Manage complex relationships with contracted suppliers, negotiate contracts, and oversee business cases.
* Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement and maintain relationships with third-party suppliers.
Qualifications and Experience:
* Proven experience in leadership and management.
* Strong project management skills with the ability to make complex decisions.
* Experience in building and maintaining delivery teams, optimizing delivery flow, and ensuring team motivation and collaboration.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and establish confidence at senior forums.
* Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
* Project Management/Delivery qualification or demonstrable project delivery experience.
They offer employees a wide range of competitive benefits (including discretionary benefits) from health care cash plans to childcare, a cycle to work scheme to shopping, insurance discounts and hybrid working. There is a defined pension scheme as well as 41 days (including bank holidays) holiday entitlement.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.