Programme Manager

Required Qualification

Experience

Typically, 10 to 12 years' experience of managing several complex projects
Typically, overall management of projects across the whole lifecycle, especially start up
Team leadership experience, ability to build and motivate teams

Job Purpose & Key Responsibilities

Planning for an obtaining the appropriate levels and types of resource needed
Agreeing terms of reference with the project team members and the relevant directorship
Provide mentoring and coaching of the project team and support their professional development
Helping to define and agree the scope, critical success factors, deliverables and benefits of the project
Agree the technical and quality strategy with the project board preparing detailed project plans, monitoring progress and taking corrective action where necessary
Establishing common milestones which link to the wider project/programme milestones
Hold status/checkpoint meetings with the work package managers and reporting on progress to the project board
Define and manage stakeholder expectations at a senior and strategic level
Identify the issues and risks and recommend solutions, mitigations and contingencies
Ensure that project produce the required deliverables to define standards of quality, timescales, budgets and other constraints
Ensure the effective information sharing between colleagues and project teams
Work within the standard disciplines and processes established for the project/programme
Provide progress and status reports

Skills

Excellent communication and good verbal influencing skills
Impressive stakeholders and customer management skills
Drive all aspects of the project to a successful conclusion and resolve conflict within the project
Ability to define and actively manage the critical project success factors

Behavioural

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