M&A Programme Manager

• Plan and Design ‘outcome focused’ programmes from disparate content and stakeholders that enables key projects to be initiated and actively managed
• Working with key stakeholders to understand inflight and emerging changes
• The day to day management of key programmes being the ‘voice of the business’ into them
• Monitoring progress against agreed parameters, identifying key risks, resolving issues and initiating timely corrective action
• Deliver key activities
• Enabling programme Sponsors to focus on setting direction, providing SME input, building advocacy and removing blockers
• Operating within and assist in maturing the Change Minimum Standards
• Understanding the inflight and upcoming changes in key business area(s)
• Day to day management of the programme(s)
• Being the voice of business into the programme(s)
• Plan and design ‘outcome focused’ programmes, monitoring progress against agreed parameters, identifying key risks, resolving issues and initiating timely corrective action
• Define the programme's governance framework (including 'hooking' into portfolio governance)
• Seek Innovative solutions to complete complex challenges
• Leverage stakeholder relationships to deliver superior results
• Lead large scale or complex projects / programmes

• Extensive experience of change delivery approaches (e.g. Waterfall, Agile)
• OKR/Benefits tracking
• Non-transactional Mergers & Acquisitions experience is essential
• Developing and embedding ‘right-sized’ change delivery and governance (aligned to portfolio and programme governance) to suit the project and stakeholder needs
• Service management concepts and frameworks an advantage (e.g. ITIL)
• Organisational governance structures and associated relationships
• Understanding the content of current and emerging portfolio of change and how it adds value
• Understanding the corporate vision and strategy and the wider industry
• Corporate processes and procedures (e.g. Governance, Finance, HR, minimum standards) and associated language / culture
• Identifying and monitoring and developing appropriate remedial plans for key project performance (KPIs) and risk (KRIs) metrics
• Experience working in a large, heavily regulated environment would be preferred

• Service management concepts and frameworks an advantage (e.g. ITIL)
• Experience working in a large, heavily regulated environment would be preferred

Good benefits