Programme Manager

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Computacenter is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead large scale technology enabled transformations across UK locations including Birmingham London Reading Hatfield Manchester and Milton Keynes You will own complex programmes and portfolios ensure alignment to strategic objectives provide executive governance and controls shape change capabilities manage budgets risks and dependencies deliver measurable benefits build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders including C level leaders and guide cross functional teams plus third party partners The ideal candidate will have a proven track record delivering large scale IT infrastructure cloud and service transformation programs in complex environments strong leadership and commercial acumen and the ability to influence at executive levels and navigate organisational change In your application highlight concrete outcomes with metrics governance and risk management experience matrix leadership across multiple organisations pre sales and thought leadership contributions and readiness to work onsite in the listed UK locations Show how you drive continuous improvement and customer success aligning with Computacenter values of teamwork and performance and the companys collaborative growth focused culture

Location: UK - Birmingham, UK - London, UK - Reading, UK - Hatfield, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes | Job-ID: 217785 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Project Management

Life on the team 

At Computacenter, we're looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead complex technology-enabled transformations for our customers. You'll take ownership of large-scale programmes, portfolios, and strategic change initiatives, helping organisations achieve their business objectives while delivering measurable business outcomes and exceptional service outcomes. 

What you’ll do 

• Lead the delivery of large, complex programmes, portfolios, and transformation initiatives, managing interdependencies and ensuring alignment to strategic objectives. 
• Provide executive-level governance, assurance and controls across complex programmes or portfolios ensuring effective stakeholder management, and strategic direction. 
• Provide programme management consultancy and advisory services, helping customers shape, mature and improve their change delivery capabilities 
• Manage financial performance, risks, dependencies, and programme outcomes. 
• Deliver sustained business change and measurable benefits. 
• Build trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders, including C-suite leaders. 
• Lead and influence cross functional teams across Computacenter, customers and third-party partners 
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and identify opportunities to deliver additional value for customers and support business growth.. 
• Support pre-sales activities, solution development, and proposal creation. 
• Provide strategic advice and thought leadership to customers 
• Coach and lead high-performing, cross-functional delivery teams. 

What you’ll need 

• Proven experience delivering large-scale business and technology transformation programmes. 
• Strong programme and portfolio management expertise in complex customer environments. 
• Exceptional leadership, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building skills. 
• Commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, and contract delivery, commercial governance and risk management. 
• Ability to influence at executive level and successfully navigate organisational change. 
• Experience leading matrix managed teams across multiple stakeholders and organisations 
• A results-driven mindset with a passion for customer success and service excellence. 
• Experience delivering complex IT infrastructure, workplace, cloud, service transformation or enterprise technology programmes across a variety of sectors 

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

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