Senior Transition Programme Manager

This job is with Capgemini, an inclusive employer and a member of my Gwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Our Transition Programme Managers lead complex transition and transformation programmes within large managed service environments, providing innovation in solution design, maximizing commercial benefit and delivering operational efficiency, whilst ensuring client expectations are met.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

• You will lead the transition input to our bids, developing viable solutions, plans and costs, balancing commercial risk and price competitiveness.
• You manage the whole process of transferring services from incumbent service providers into Capgemini, ensuring service levels are maintained throughout.
• You own programme governance, financial control, delivery plans, risks, dependencies and stakeholder management, ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed business outcomes.
• You develop innovative, comprehensive, realistic and effective plans that meet client needs and expectations, helping to shape and manage client expectations throughout delivery.
• You operate in difficult, complex or political environments taking full responsibility for outcomes, representing and promoting the group internally and externally, including at board level.
• You develop strategic partnerships and strong relationships with internal and external clients, whilst leading and building effective delivery teams to meet business objectives and transition requirements.

• Extensive programme management experience gained within managed service environments, with ownership of governance, budgets, executive reporting and delivery across complex multi-workstream programmes.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale IT service transitions and/or transformation programmes, ensuring service readiness, stability and continuous improvement across complex environments.
• Strong stakeholder, commercial and client management skills, with experience managing senior stakeholders, supplier relationships, programme financials, negotiations and revenues in the £1m–£10m range.
• Broad understanding of managed services and IT domains (e.g. Cloud, Infrastructure, Service Desk, Cyber Security and SIAM), with experience supporting business growth through client engagement, bid/proposal input, capability development and innovation.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level
2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Some roles will also require an additional level of security clearance:

Security Check (SC) Clearance:

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.