Programme Manager

Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive,collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate,and collaborative team?

About Softcat

As one of the UK's leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company, we have built a reputation for excellence. Our strategy is simple – we believe that highly engaged employees are the key to building customer trust and loyalty over the years. This trust and loyalty, combined with our market leading growth and performance, enables us to invest in our technology and services capabilities.

This investment in turns drives even more engaged employees. We are committed to giving everyone the opportunity to step up and show how much they can achieve. Our success is truly a collective effort - we succeed when all our people succeed.

Why join Softcat's internal technology team?

Softcat is an amazing success story and as part of our continued growth we are investing significantly more in a new technology strategy going forward. Softcat's internal Technology Team is undergoing an exciting transformation this evolution aims to provide greater opportunities for our people's professional development and prepare us to execute our more ambitious technology strategy effectively.

We're passionate about what we do, how we do it and the positive impact our technologies have on the lives of our employees and customers.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead Tech Fwd, Softcat's strategic internal technology transformation programme. You will oversee the governance, coordination and delivery of a complex, multi-workstream programme aligned to strategic objectives and a modern, product-led operating model.

You will bring experience delivering programmes in waterfall environments, alongside a practical understanding of Agile ways of working, enabling you to operate effectively across both approaches.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Product, Technology, Business Change and the PMO, you will align priorities, manage dependencies, and provide clear reporting on progress, risks and outcomes.

You will also oversee programme governance, financial management, and benefits realisation across multiple projects and work streams.

Programme Governance, Delivery & Financial Oversight

Provide structured oversight and control across a complex programme to ensure coordinated delivery, financial control and value realisation.

• Establish and maintain programme‑level plans, roadmaps, governance artefacts and reporting.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple projects and work streams, managing interdependencies and sequencing.
• Own programme‑level governance, ensuring delivery remains aligned to agreed scope, priorities, timelines and funding approvals.
• Maintain oversight of programme budgets and forecasts, working with Finance and delivery leads to track spend and manage variance.
• Provide clear, consolidated programme status and financial reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

Proactively manage complexity and uncertainty across the programme lifecycle.

• Identify, document and manage programme‑level risks, issues and dependencies.
• Assess the cost and funding impact of risks, delays and proposed changes across the programme.
• Ensure change is assessed holistically, with clear understanding of impacts on delivery, cost, timelines and benefits.
• Support senior stakeholders with clear options, impacts and recommendations to enable effective decision‑

Stakeholder & Senior Leadership Engagement

Build alignment, confidence and trust through strong communication and leadership.

• Act as a primary point of contact for senior business and technology stakeholders for the programme.
• Facilitate programme‑level governance forums, steering groups, decision points and financial performance.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear delivery outcomes and priorities.
• Actively manage stakeholder expectations and resolve conflicts or competing priorities.

Ways of Working & Continuous Improvement

Promote effective, consistent delivery practices across the programme.

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