Programme Manager

Some programmes start with a blank sheet of paper. Others start with a vision!

This one starts with one of the most exciting venue openings in the UK.

We're looking for a Programme Manager who can take a complex, fast-moving pre-opening programme and turn it into a well-oiled machine. Someone who loves bringing order to complexity, spotting what others miss, and keeping multiple moving parts heading in the same direction.

You'll be at the heart of YTL Live's journey to opening day, working across commercial, operational, technology and regulatory work streams to ensure every milestone, dependency, decision and deliverable lands exactly where it needs to.

This isn't about sitting on the sidelines producing reports. It's about making things happen. You'll challenge, influence, coordinate, anticipate risks before they become problems and help ensure YTL Live opens safely, compliantly, commercially and confidently.

If you enjoy building programmes from the ground up, thrive in complex environments, and get an unhealthy amount of satisfaction from seeing a plan come together, we'd love to hear from you.

• Take a thousand moving parts, a hundred competing priorities and one huge ambition and turn them into a programme that gets YTL Live to opening day.
• Build the master plan that everyone rallies behind, making sure milestones are clear, dependencies are understood and nobody is discovering surprises at the eleventh hour.
• Connect the dots across operations, technology, commercial, regulatory and support teams, making sure every workstream is pulling in the same direction.
• Be the person who can see around corners, identifying risks, issues and bottlenecks before they become tomorrow's problem.
• Create a delivery rhythm that keeps momentum high, decisions moving and actions landing.
• Ask the awkward questions that need asking, challenge constructively and help workstream leaders stay focused on outcomes, not activity.
• Turn programme complexity into crystal-clear updates that help leaders understand where things stand, where decisions are needed and what comes next.
• Make sure "ready" actually means ready by coordinating assurance, evidence, testing and readiness reviews that prove the business can operate with confidence from day one.
• Keep a firm grip on programme risks, decisions, assumptions, changes and dependencies without drowning people in process.
• Coordinate the handover from opening programme to operational reality, ensuring teams, suppliers, systems and processes are ready to perform when the doors open.
• Help shape one of the most exciting chapters in YTL Live's story and play a key role in bringing an iconic venue to life.

• You've successfully led large, complex programmes where ambiguity was high, priorities changed and failure simply wasn't an option.
• You know how to build structure where little exists, creating plans, governance, controls and delivery disciplines that give confidence and drive results.
• Critical paths, RAID logs, dependencies, readiness gates and executive reporting aren't just project terminology to you, they're tools you've used to deliver successfully.
• You're comfortable operating at executive level and can confidently challenge, influence and engage senior stakeholders when it matters.
• You combine organisation with pragmatism, knowing when to dive into the detail and when to focus on the bigger picture.
• You can hold people accountable without creating friction, building relationships that achieve progress rather than politics.
• You understand the commercial realities behind delivery decisions and can balance risk, cost, value and operational impact.
• You've worked in complex operational environments such as live events, hospitality, venues, technology, infrastructure, transportation, large-scale mobilisation or major transformation programmes.
• You remain calm when deadlines tighten, priorities shift and pressure increases because that's usually when you're at your best.
• You're an exceptional communicator who can simplify complexity, tell the story behind the data and help leaders make informed decisions.
• A recognised programme or project management qualification would be great, but proven delivery in a complex environment is what really counts.
• You're curious about how digital tools and AI can improve planning, analysis and decision-making while understanding that accountability always stays with people.

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and…