Senior Program Manager (Rail)

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, are currently looking to recruit a Senior Programme Manager for an initial 6 month contract on a day rate of £600-£650 (Inside IR35) This role will be hybrid working, 2-3 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:

- To ensure that a thorough and detailed system delivery programme is in place.

- To monitor progress against the plan and report on any elements that are running behind schedule or budget.

- To identify and working with the Programme Director manage risks, issues, and the programme schedule to meet the Client’s expectations.

- To work with our key stakeholders, clients, teams to create an environment for continual improvement.

- To provide project/programme assurance & controls. Proactively champion good project discipline, applied in an engaging and supportive manner across all stakeholders.

- Oversee the PMO process implementation and ensures that information concerning content (e.g., deliverables, risks, challenges) passes to and from sponsors.

- Improving the consistency, predictability, and efficiency of the organisation project delivery capability.

- Ensure that the operational challenges of the PMO are managed, focusing on the project -interface with project leaders, project teams, technology, and interface issues.

- Accountable for projects planning, risk management, cost management, and quality tracking. Management of the associated documentation, processes, and team engagement.

- Working with the organisations stakeholders’ existing creation and management of programme information, templates, and tools.

- Assists in budget related, demand funnel and pre-project planning discussions cross-organisation.

- Refining plans with sponsors and stakeholders to determine executable profiles along with re-balancing as required.

- Working closely and collaboratively with all Stakeholder Project Managers to ensure consistent and coordinated transition through project lifecycle gates.

- Programme Reporting and preparation of materials for governance.

- Assists and works closely with the wider stakeholders and other programme teams with detailed oversight of programme planning.

- Lead and coordinate the gathering, recording and implementation of lessons learned culture across the division.

Essential Skills:

- Will have the integrity, skills, judgement, and credibility as well as technical competence to build a detailed programme taking numerous inputs not necessarily in the same format from multiple stakeholders.

- Strong team player with the ability to build positive and effective relationships both internally and externally.

- Comprehensive Microsoft Office proficiency.

- Strong IT skills with experience of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Programme Management tools

A degree-level qualification would be advantageous but is by no means essential.

- Excellent communication skills with exceptional standard of written and verbal English – must have strong attention to detail.

- Excellent interpersonal skills, including working with a wide range of people and building positive relationships.

- Resilient with ability to take initiative and meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure.

- Experience in production of programmes.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.