Sales and Leadership Programme Director - London, United Kingdom - Lorien

Description

Job Description Sales Programme Manager

We have a great opportunity for a Sales Programme Manager to join a Business Intelligence, Publishing and Events group.

Location: 2 days a week in London
Our client is embarking on an ambitious transformation of its customer buying journey.

Over the course of a multi-year transformation, they are setting up a templated L2C (Lead to Cash) journey aligned to product types and customer personas and supporting the business in the change and adoption of the new infrastructure.

Within the transformation portfolio, they have a Sales Programme Manager role which will manage the delivery of the assisted sales journeys for all products and personas that aim to be completed by 2025.

The role will be responsible for working with the shaping/design, delivery and change/adoption CoEs to design, manage and track the assisted sales programme.

Transformation is a multi-disciplinary function that facilitates the planning and execution of strategic change initiatives, including Merger & Acquisition (M&A) that comprise of five portfolios and several integration programmes.

This role reports into the Commercial Portfolio Director.

Programme Management
Stakeholder management and Change management
Risk Management
Strong Agile setup and management experience is essential.

Previous experience as a Technical Delivery Manager would be ideal to help facilitate delivery thought this role is not accountable for Technical Delivery.

Strong leadership, senior stakeholder management and the ability to collaborate cross-functional teams is necessary.
Good understanding of change, project and programme management methodologies.

The ability to optimise risk to stay within the risk threshold with the likelihood of delivering the expected benefits.

Proficiency in PPM software and tools.

Experienced in Programme Manager roles especially in either corporate or retail environments.
Experience in managing large-scale or multi-year transformation type of programme.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Strategic Project Management, Engineering or IT is preferrable.
Professional qualifications such as Programme Management Professional (PgMP) certificate or MSPProfessional is of an advantage.