Program Manager

Programme Immobilisation and Transition Manager

Salary £50K or day rate of £400

Based Cranfield

Our client has an urgent requirement for an experienced Programme Immobilisation and Transition Manager on either a FTC for 6 months (potential to extend), or a day rate contract.

The ideal candidate must have worked in an Operational/Project Management or similar role and it is essential that it has been within public sector, and will have experience of working on multi million £ contracts. And must be available to start immediately.

• To lead the successful mobilisation of new contracts, ensuring all operational, contractual, governance, reporting and client service requirements are implemented and embedded before transition into Business as Usual (BAU).
• Responsible for the mobilisation, operational establishment and, where required, ongoing management of new contracts, programmes and business initiatives.
• Ensures work is successfully launched, embedded and capable of operating effectively, either through transition to Business as Usual (BAU) ownership or through continued operational management where ongoing ownership remains appropriate.
• Ensure contract obligations are converted into practical working processes, clear ownership, usable registers and effective reporting that Client Services can maintain following go-live.
• Create a repeatable mobilisation approach that our client can reuse for future standardisations.
• Mobilise, stabilise and transition work into Client Services / BAU ownership as soon as practical and safe.
• Some contracts, programmes or projects may require initial operational ownership or continued management because of client sensitivity, complexity, commercial value or the nature of the relationship.

• Mobilisation, Stabilisation and Transition
• Initial Operational Ownership and Service Management
• Governance, Risk and Compliance
• Client Services Integration and BAU Handover
• Stakeholder and Client Relationship Support
• Bids, Tenders and Proposals – Operational Support
• Associate and Resource Coordination
• Continuous Improvement and Repeatable Mobilisation Capability

• Experience leading mobilisation, transition, project delivery, service implementation or operational readiness activity.
• Strong planning, action tracking, risk, issue and dependency management skills.
• Robust influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to guide meetings towards useful decisions and agreed actions.
• Experience of complex client programmes.
• PRINCE2, APM or equivalent project/programme delivery qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience setting up governance, MI, KPI reporting, service request and service management processes.