WRK digital
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Job Opportunity: Programme Manager at Sanctuary
WRK digital is exclusively partnered with Sanctuary as they go through a huge & exciting digital transformation. Sanctuary is the UK’s largest Housing Association, providing 125,000 homes. They pride themselves on providing sustainable communities that provide a good quality and a safe place where individual potentials can be reached regardless of background and circumstances.
Sanctuary holds people at the heart of everything they do, making this an incredibly rewarding place to work. They currently have a large-scale technology transformation happening across the organisation both internally and externally!
This is a great opportunity to join the bright minds of Sanctuary as they create meaningful change within technology.
This role is based in Worcester 3 days per week as Sanctuary hold the benefits of face-to-face collaborative working in high regard.
About the Role
We are searching for an experienced Programme Manager. This role will see you working in a busy change team, developing and managing the effective delivery of a portfolio of projects, programmes and products, ensuring cost efficiency and enabling business transformation for the benefit of all customers, in line with Group objectives.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and continuously improve programme and project management practices, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen delivery performance.
- Manage the successful delivery of complex and business-critical technology projects, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, business priorities, and transformation objectives.
- Oversee programme planning, governance, and resource allocation, ensuring projects are appropriately prioritised and delivered effectively.
- Collaborate with internal teams, business leaders, and external partners to define project scope, expected outcomes, and benefits, ensuring solutions meet both current and future business needs.
- Provide clear and insightful reporting to senior leadership, highlighting project progress, risks, dependencies, and key milestones to support informed decision-making.
- Support the development of high-performing project teams through effective leadership, coaching, recruitment, and performance management, ensuring the right skills and capabilities are in place to deliver successful outcomes.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships across the organisation, maintaining engagement and alignment throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Contribute to wider strategic initiatives and organisational change programmes as required, supporting the achievement of business goals and values.
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About Sanctuary
At Sanctuary there is a low turnover rate of colleagues. This is because the teams are truly looked after well. There is an active training budget available meaning continual upskilling is of high importance to Sanctuary.
Inclusion is one of their core values. Their goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where their people thrive and meet their customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. They know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. They encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. They will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to their Disability Confident employer status.
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