Programme Manager - #2097587

Programme Manager – 12 Month FTC

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of a complex, high-profile UK Government programme. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for the end-to-end management of a multi-project programme, ensuring seamless coordination across internal teams, external partners, suppliers, government stakeholders, and an international headquarters in Germany.

Working within a matrix organisation, you will integrate multiple projects, vendors, and functional teams into a single, coherent delivery roadmap. You will be the central point of accountability for programme performance, translating strategic objectives into executable plans while ensuring delivery across organisational, geographic, and cultural boundaries.

This role combines programme leadership with hands-on UK project management responsibilities, requiring close engagement with UK Government organisations, key delivery partners, and local suppliers, while maintaining strong alignment with the EU headquarters.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a complex, multi-project programme, ensuring successful outcomes against scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Develop and maintain an integrated programme roadmap, coordinating multiple workstreams, dependencies, and stakeholders.
• Act as the primary point of accountability for programme governance, financial performance, risk management, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with UK Government customers, strategic partners, suppliers, and internal leadership teams.
• Manage programme governance, reporting, decision-making, and change control in accordance with contractual and organisational requirements.
• Navigate UK Government approval and change management processes to support timely programme delivery.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate programme risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams operating within a matrix environment to ensure alignment and effective delivery.
• Provide regular programme reporting and executive-level updates to senior stakeholders in both the UK and Germany.
• Drive continuous improvement, ensuring lessons learned are captured and applied across the programme.

What we Need:

An experienced Programme Manager with a proven track record of delivering large, complex programmes involving multiple stakeholders and suppliers. You are comfortable operating in a fast-paced matrix environment and have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience delivering complex, multi-project programmes.
• Demonstrable experience managing programmes within or alongside UK Government organisations.
• Strong programme governance, financial management, and risk management expertise.
• Experience coordinating multiple suppliers and delivery partners.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
• Strong understanding of programme and project management methodologies.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams within a matrix organisation.
• Outstanding planning, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience working with international or multinational organisations.
• Previous collaboration with European entities.
• Programme management qualifications such as MSP, PRINCE2, or PMP.
• Experience within defence, public sector, security, or other highly regulated environments.