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Program Manager
Job in
Manchester, Greater Manchester, M9, England, UK
Listed on 2026-03-07
Listing for:
Lorien
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-03-07
Job specializations:
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Management
Business Management, Corporate Strategy
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Lead a portfolio of internal, strategically critical initiatives!
This is a senior, highly visible individual contributor role, reporting directly into the Senior Leadership Team, with strong governance, delivery and senior stakeholder accountability expectations.
This is an internal delivery and governance position rather than an interim transformation leadership role.
Responsibilities- End to end ownership of multiple internal strategic programmes
- Driving cross functional execution and accountability at senior leadership level
- Establishing and maintaining robust programme governance (reporting, RAID, controls, success metrics)
- Clear, executive level communication to SLT
- Advisory input into PMO design and evolution
- 10+ years in program/project portfolio delivery, with 5+ years running multi‑workstream, cross‑functional programs.
- Proven track record delivering internal, strategically critical initiatives (e.g., operating model changes, org readiness, risk/control uplift, enterprise tooling rollouts, cost-out/value creation programs).
- Experience reporting into or working directly with SLT/Exec and operating effectively in high‑stakes, ambiguous environments.
- Demonstrated governance leadership: designing and running PMO/portfolio controls, executive reporting, RAID, dependency & scope management, change control, and stage gates.
- Strong matrix leadership of senior stakeholders (Director/VP level) and cross‑functional squads without direct line authority.
- Comfortable switching between hands‑on delivery (plans, RAID, comms) and executive-level synthesis (concise options, recommendations, decision framing).
- Degree in Business, Engineering, or related.
- PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MoP (Management of Portfolios), MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), or PgMP welcomed.
- Agile credentials (e.g., SAFe SPC/PMPO, A-CSM) helpful when interfacing with product/engineering.
- Lean/Six Sigma (for process/value stream efforts) is a plus.
Please note that this role is only open to people living within a reasonable commutable distance of Manchester
, and those who have full UK right to work status
.
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