Senior Programme Manager - Pharmacy or Healthcare domain

We are seeking Senior Programme Manager to lead a critical programme in a multi-vendor setup. You will be responsible for Integrated schedule management, Cross-vendor management, Dependency tracking and Milestone governance. He will be required to communicate with senior IT leadership including CXO level.

Mode of hiring:
Fixed term employment contract for 12 months

Working model:
Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Location:

Lincolnshire, UK

• Develop, maintain, and govern the Integrated Master Schedule ensuring alignment across all project work streams.
• Drive cross-vendor management
  , coordinating deliverables, resolving conflicts, and ensuring accountability among internal and external partners.
• Establish and monitor dependency tracking mechanisms to identify, assess, and mitigate risks impacting project timelines and deliverables.
• Lead milestone governance
  , ensuring key project milestones are clearly defined, tracked, and achieved according to plan.
• Put a programme structure with strong governance in place as multiple vendors will be developing different components of the overall solution.
• Drive Vendor partners to achieve the programme objectives.
• Experience in Pharmacy or Healthcare domain will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Managing hardware and software rollouts in Retail/Pharmacy stores.
• Facilitate regular program reviews, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Identify risks, issues, and bottlenecks proactively and coordinate resolution plans with relevant teams.
• Ensure adherence to project governance processes, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Support executive decision-making through program dashboards, metrics, and progress updates.
• Drive collaboration across business, technology, operations, and vendor teams to achieve program objectives.

• Proven experience as a Programme Manager handling complex, multimillion large-scale programs.
• Strong expertise in program planning, scheduling, and governance
  .
• Experience managing multiple vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability in dependency management
  , risk management, and issue resolution.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Smartsheet, or equivalent (nice to have).
• Knowledge of Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Stakeholder Management
• Leadership and influence
• Multi-Vendor Management for IT programmes
• Strategic planning and execution
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Risk and dependency management
• Communication and collaboration
• Attention to detail and governance excellence