Programme Manager - London, United Kingdom - Harcourt Matthews Ltd

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Programme Manager

London

£90,000 - £105,000+ Bonus & benefits


The Company

Due to continued growth and success, this international law firmhas an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager to join them.

This award-winning firm is known for being welcoming and supportive of their employees - business services and lawyers / traineesalike.

Known for being international legal experts in sectors such as digital business, energy, financial services, life sciences, real estate, retail and more, they have represented many household names.

We are delighted to support the recruitment of a ProgrammeManager to join a new Change Function.


Key Responsibilities of the Programme Manager

  • Line management and oversight of a team of Senior Project Managers
  • Directing and managing key transformation programmes from beginning to end in order to deliver tangible financial and nonfinancial outcomes and business benefits, ensuring programme outcomes align to OC's strategic vision and goals
  • Drafting and submitting business cases, taking into consideration the holistic people, process and technology change required to deliver on the desired strategic goals & business outcomes
  • Developing budget proposals and subsequent budget changes where necessary, determining the appropriate type of spend (i.e. CapEx, Revenue and OpEx)
  • Developing and managing fullscale, integrated programme plans, including the identification and management of interdependencies with other programmes and the critical path
  • Proactively identifying and managing key programme risks
  • Delivering programme and project progress reports, proposals and presentations to ensure that key governance forums/ stakeholders are able to make effective decisions, in a timely manner and that critical risks and issues are escalated as appropriate
  • Coaching, motivating and supervising programme delivery teams (including third parties), influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work

Skills & Attributes of the Programme Manager

  • Proven experience shaping and managing complex, businesswide change and transformation programmes, as supported by existing programme management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP, MoP, PMI, APM)
  • A focus on delivering tangible business outcomes, with a clear view for how change fits in to the broader business agenda
  • A high level of technical expertise in portfolio and programme management this includes a full understanding of the technical programme life cycle to facilitate the tangible delivery of business benefits and outcomes
  • Experience within the professional services or legal sector or the ability to adjust to a complex Partnership environment is critical
  • The ability to manage and influence a complex stakeholder landscape (including csuite level)
  • The ability to build and manage a high performing team, previous line management experience would be an advantage

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

  • Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

Our divisions include:

Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting& Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

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Ref:
BHJOB3543_5644

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