Programme Director (Transformation)

Up to £900/day – negotiable
6-month contract with a view to extend
Remote working
 
I am very pleased to be partnering with global technology organisation as part of a significant global transformation programme,
 
As part of this, they are looking for a Programme Director, within Global Product & Technology, to develop, plan and oversee the implementation of the strategic roadmap, which includes consolidations of digital platforms and enterprise systems across their global presence.
 
Role
 

• Executions include working with multiple security, Digital Compliance/Legal, technology and engineering leadership/stakeholders and a variety of security, IT and engineering technical resources to identify and plan cybersecurity workstreams to deliver to our strategic plans.
• Deliverables include, but not limited to creating business cases, project plans, project cost estimates, project recommendations, status reports, and executive presentations.
• Work closely with a variety of technical skilled personnel (cloud platforms, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and physical security) and Product Engineering technical skilled personnel (systems and design release engineers).
• Oversee work of other contractors and coordinate work with IT and engineering managers, leaders and analysts.

 
Responsibilities
 

• Drive the delivery of the strategic program including facilitating budget estimation, sprint planning, technology delivery with a broad scope, ambiguity, and high degree of difficulty:
  • Business engagement, discovery, and requirements gathering
  • Business change management & transition
  • Technology and business implementation & optimisation
  • Benefit realisation (benchmarking / tracking) to project objectives
• Understand global program structure, launch plan and timing, and global program ownership
• Answer front-line questions from program teams, digital compliance, technology and engineering teams.
• Accountable for understanding and communicating security policies, requirements, controls and standards
• Coordinates input from internal/external customers to better understand customer needs and/or perceptions
• Facilitate estimation of project timeline and effort
• Actively challenge and refine estimates based on experience and domain knowledge; additionally, seeks peers reviews with external (non-project related) resources to validate estimates & delivery approach
• Use of Agile sprint methodology for the delivery team
• Manage tracking and resolution process
• Coordinate teams to develop, build, and troubleshoot
• Track requirements and development release schedules
• Report to Digital Compliance Working Group and Business Principles committee on progress, roadblocks, and priorities
• Communicate with multiple teams and staff on priorities, tasks, and goals

 
Essential Skills
 

• Experienced working in technology/ telecoms industries
• Agile / Scrum master experience.
• Design release experience, change management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, systems engineering, computer science, computer engineering, information technology, management information systems or equivalent
• Structured project management experience in deploying transformation-related initiatives
• Expert with a high level of analytical ability where problems are typically unusual and difficult - gather and interpret complex qualitative or quantitative data
• Ability to handle ambiguity and make decisions and recommendations with limited data
• Solid analytical/problem-solving skills with the capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead diverse/cross-functional teams, as well as mentor, motivate, and elicit work output from peers and other team members
• Excellent verbal, written, and other interpersonal communication skills-ability to convey complex technical concepts effectively to a variety of audiences
• Outstanding team and collaboration skills
• Experienced and comfortable working in a delivery focused environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Efficient, action-oriented, process management skills