Programme & Transformation Director

Salary: £72,000 – £96,000 per year

Programme & Transformation Director

Hybrid/Walsall

Outside IR35

Fixed Term Contract (4-6 Months)

Job Description

We are looking to appoint a Head of/Director of programs to work within the Operations Transformation function. This opportunity is on a Fixed Term basis, located from our HQ in Walsall with the flexibility of hybrid working.

You will be directly responsible for the day-to-day management and successful execution of our highest profile change programme focused on transforming the way we undertake vehicle logistics for our Members. We will look for you to lead and manage the overall programme, fully delivering against the agreed objectives on time and within budget.

You will hold full financial responsibility for the Programme including managing internal and external resources, forecasting and tracking Programme costs in conjunction with the Finance Business Partner to support the overall Transformation team to deliver the 2022-2023 roadmap and 5-year Vision.

As the successful Senior Manager, you will report into the Director of Transformation Delivery. You will manage the project team, all project stakeholders including sponsors, SMEs, Corporate Customers, and third-party IT and/or Business suppliers including onboarding of new suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

You will be accountable for delivering this large, high profile, business critical programme with a significant level of technical complexity and risk. The budgeted benefit to the Group will be in excess of £5m annualised highlighting the importance to the Group of the successful delivery of this project. This role will include managing multiple internal and external stakeholders – providing guidance to the wider PM Team to ensure a successful outcome.

Main duties include:

• Day-to-day management and execution of transforming our approach to logistics
• Stakeholder management at a senior level including the Executive Team, Project Sponsor, Project SMEs, Finance Business Partner, Corporate customers, and external suppliers
• Identification, analysis and management of risks, issues and dependencies through the definition and implementation of appropriate management strategies and action plans
• Management of Programme finances and spend against baseline budget
• Management of third-party suppliers including onboarding new suppliers and ensuring delivery against agreed SLAs
• Strong relationship management and networking abilities
• Ability to manage several workstreams within the programmes concurrently and work at pace
• Management of Service Introduction
• Provide coaching, mentoring and support to develop the wider team
• They will ensure that the following is in place:
• Project governance – follow the defined Stage Gate Process including Gating, weekly project reporting, management of project finances and spend against baseline budget and management of Service Introduction

Qualifications

You will be required to demonstrate the following Skills/Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrable ability to manage multiple and complex Transformation & Change programmes
• Demonstrate experience of successfully leading large scale and complex transformation programs
• Demonstrable ability to land change in a complex organisation, demonstrating efficacy of the change and more importantly, results
• Project Management Accreditation (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, Agile)
• Proven experience working with an Agile development methodology and Software Development Lifecycle
• Proven experience in supplier management
• Proven experience of managing project finances and spend
• Excellent planning, communication, and presentation skills
• Strong relationship management skills and an engaging capability for working in collaboration with internal and external teams