Technical Programme Manager - Expiring soon!
Posted 11/07/2024 by Be-IT Resourcing Ltd
Technical Programme Manager
Edinburgh - Hybrid, 50% home/office based
Offering: Up to £120,000 + up to 20% bonus
As a Technical Programme Manager, you will be the single point of contact within a programme or portfolio and a representative within the change organisation. You will manage technology components and be integral in a Policy Administration System (PAC) migration, working closely with technical architects and be accountable for deliverables.
Responsibilities:
- Define goals for change initiatives in alignment with the strategic objectives.
- Oversee and lead the technical elements of programmes from ideation through to completion, managing digital products, projects, and programmes. This includes planning, execution, and tracking scope, financials, and schedule.
- Assist senior leaders in executing transformation programmes by ensuring clear ownership, measurable outcomes, and defined timing.
- Resolve issues and escalate risks and interdependencies to ensure strategic initiatives deliver promised benefits. Manage dependencies across products and projects to ensure solution integrity and robustness.
- Prepare executive-level materials and act as a liaison between function and technology teams to provide transparency around planning and progress up to the executive level.
Experience:
- Seasoned technical and project manager experience, with knowledge in running technology programmes or technology-enabled change programmes, ideally in a global insurance, financial services, or consulting environment.
- Thorough understanding of programme/project management techniques and methods. This includes managing plans, reporting, communications, meeting facilitation, content creation, risks, dependencies, finances, and resourcing in a highly dynamic environment.
- Effective at building consensus and influencing functional and IT leaders and other stakeholders. Confident in conflict resolution and negotiation.
- Experience leading a technical/software development programme, with the ability to articulate risks and manage dependencies across all organisational levels.
- Solid understanding or hands-on experience in software development, managing change initiatives using waterfall, agile, and hybrid delivery methods.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 6757
- Job ID:
- 221989298
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