Programme Manager

Company Description Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.

Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond.

Job Description

The Role The Programme Manager - GTM is responsible for leading and coordinating the end-to-end go-to-market process for new products and commercial initiatives across Fastmarkets.

Working across Product, Commercial, Marketing and Analytics teams, the role ensures products are brought to market efficiently, governance processes are followed, and commercial objectives are achieved. The role focuses on programme delivery, stakeholder alignment, performance monitoring and continuous improvement of the go-to-market operating model.

Principal Accountabilities Go-to-Market Programme Leadership Lead the end-to-end GTM programme lifecycle, from opportunity assessment through to launch and post-launch performance review.

Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on product positioning, pricing, packaging, target customer segments and launch activities.

Facilitate Commercial & Product Squad meetings and product performance reviews.

Ensure all functions remain aligned on priorities, timelines, deliverables and commercial objectives.

Programme Delivery & Governance Develop and manage programme plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.

Establish and maintain governance processes, decision gates and approval frameworks.

Manage Go/No-Go approval processes and ensure launch readiness requirements are completed.

Maintain RAID logs and ensure risks and issues are actively managed and escalated where appropriate.

Manage programme budgets, forecasts and expenditure across Cap Ex and OpEx.Commercial Performance Produce regular programme updates, executive reports and decision papers for senior stakeholders.

Support cross-functional decision making through data-driven insights and performance analysis.

Ensure clear accountability for commercial outcomes across Product, Marketing and Commercial teams.

Change Management & Business Readiness Support business readiness activities including communication, training and adoption planning.

Ensure successful transition of products and initiatives into business-as-usual operations.

Track benefits realisation and coordinate corrective action where expected outcomes are ve continuous improvement of GTM processes and ways of working.

AI & Process Improvement Use AI-enabled tools to support programme planning, reporting, risk management and stakeholder communications.

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the GTM lifecycle through technology and automation.

Promote adoption of AI-enhanced working practices where appropriate.

Qualifications We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting…