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PROGRAMME DIRECTOR - IT / CLOUD TRANSFORMATION

Job Title: PROGRAMME DIRECTOR - IT / CLOUD TRANSFORMATION
Contract Type: Contract
Industry:
Salary: Negotiable
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6-12 months +
REF: TRANS-CON/BERK/ROB_1516980495
Contact Name: Robert Hudson
Contact Email: robert.hudson@projectpeople.com
Job Published: about 6 years ago

Job Description

Role

We are recruiting for an experienced Programme Director, used to working in complex and pressured IT transformation environments.

Must be an excellent communicator, confident in delivering successful outcomes for multi-million pound business programmes/portfolios.

Must have significant IT/Networking Programme ownership experience, ideally in Cloud / SAAS / PAAS / Infrastructure / system integration, as this is a Director level role with a detailed technical focus.

Knowledge and Experience

  • Significant proven and demonstrable ability in delivering complex, organisational wide change or transformation programmes (£50M+), which delivered significant company-wide benefits and/or step changes in operational effectiveness, customer/employee satisfaction, business operating model etc
  • Highly customer-focused approach (both internal and external customers)
  • Proven track record of influencing at senior management/operating board level within large organisations (3000+ staff), and of building and managing excellent business-wide relationships at all levels of an organisation.
  • Experience in delivering programmes using Dev Ops / Agile / Waterfall delivery methodologies.
  • Experience in working with Offshore / On shore programme delivery model
  • Experience in a comparable role within a similar fast paced, consumer focused, technology led industry e.g. Telecoms, Technology, Retail, Financial Services
  • Self-starter, highly motivated and articulate, with ability to solve complex problems and take brave decisions
  • Expert in Programme Management principles, methods, techniques and tools
  • Excellent written, presentational and communication skills.
  • Degree educated
  • Formal programme management qualification (e.g. PgMP, MSP)
  • Telecoms industry experience
  • Business Analysis/Strategy implementation experience
  • System integration / system design
  • Complex problem solving

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