Programme Director (SCS1) Job at Allen Lane (London)

Job Description

Allen Lane is proud to be supporting the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in their search for a permanent Programme Director. This is an SCS1 grade position, where you will lead the project delivery of a high-priority programme. As Programme Director, you will work closely with the Senior Responsible Owner for the Programme to deliver new business process which are fit for the future. Day to day, you will be responsible for the programme’s delivery, budget and performance, leading a workforce of approximately 350 people. We are seeking a senior leader with excellent judgement, vision, resilience, and the ability to operate with credibility at Executive and Board level – someone we can trust to deliver. This will be a demanding role, but also a highly rewarding one. You will play a pivotal part in driving Agency-wide change that will improve our productivity and, ultimately, improve access to medicines for patients across the UK.

Job Responsibility

Lead the project delivery of a high-priority programme
Work closely with the Senior Responsible Owner for the Programme to deliver new business process which are fit for the future
Responsible for the programme’s delivery, budget and performance, leading a workforce of approximately 350 people
Lead a digitally enabled change programme designed to update and modernise all our regulatory processes following EU Exit
Integrate business change, technology delivery and supplier performance into a single coherent delivery model

Requirements

Understanding of project delivery governance including service assessments, spend controls, and accessibility, security and data protection requirements, ensuring compliance with financial and regulatory requirements
Extensive experience of using Agile delivery methodologies
Demonstrable experience of holding technology delivery partners to account for delivery of agreed outcomes
Making Effective Decisions – Ability to build a consensus across a large and often diverse group of stakeholders and develop strategic relationships with internal and external suppliers managing risk to deliver successful programme outcomes on time and to budget
Communicating and Influencing – Strong stakeholder management, ability to engage, influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders, building effective partnerships across technical, policy and operational areas to delivery programme outcomes successfully and safely
Leadership
Seeing the Big Picture
Resilient

Nice to have

One or more of the following qualifications/accreditation: MSP Practitioner qualification
PRINCE2 Practitioner
Agile Project Management Practitioner
APM Chartered Project Professional
Major Projects Leadership Academy
Project Leadership Programme
Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
ILA associated qualifications are desirable

What we offer

Eligibility to the Civil Service pension scheme (employer contribution of 28.97%)
Flexible working

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