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Programme Manager – Data
Location: Manchester (2 days per week onsite)
Salary: £85,000–£100,000 + 17.5% Bonus + Benefits
Drive a High-Impact Data Transformation Programme
A leading investment management firm is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to join its growing Data function. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the delivery of a strategic data agenda within a fast-paced, highly successful organisation.
Working closely with senior stakeholders and data leadership, you will bring structure, governance, and momentum to a portfolio of critical data initiatives, ensuring business priorities are translated into measurable outcomes.
The Role
As a Data Programme Manager, you will oversee the planning, prioritisation, and execution of a broad range of data programmes and products. You'll be responsible for aligning stakeholders, managing delivery risks, and driving successful outcomes across multiple workstreams.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys solving challenges, and can bring clarity to ambiguity while influencing stakeholders at all levels.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage the overall data programme roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery plans.
- Partner with senior business and data leaders to translate strategic priorities into actionable programmes of work.
- Drive prioritisation across multiple platforms and data products, balancing value, risk, complexity, and capacity.
- Coordinate delivery across Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Governance, and business teams.
- Manage programme governance, reporting, RAID logs, and executive stakeholder communications.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers, ensuring programmes remain on track.
- Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, operating models, and programme performance.
About You
You'll be an accomplished Programme Manager with a track record of delivering complex technology, data, or transformation programmes within financial services or similarly regulated environments.
Key experience includes:
- Proven programme management experience across large-scale transformation or strategic change initiatives.
- Strong governance, planning, dependency management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience operating within data, technology, investment management, banking, asset management, or financial services environments.
- Ability to translate business objectives into clear delivery plans and measurable outcomes.
- Strong communication skills with experience engaging executive and senior leadership teams.
- Understanding of data-related disciplines including governance, quality, stewardship, architecture, and engineering.
- A proactive, commercially minded approach with excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities.
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What's on Offer?
- £85,000–£100,000 base salary
- 17.5% annual bonus
- Hybrid working (2 days per week in Manchester)
- Opportunity to shape a newly evolving Data function
- High levels of visibility and engagement with senior stakeholders
- Long-term career growth within a leading investment management environment
If you're looking for a role where you can influence strategy, drive meaningful change, and help build a best-in-class data capability, we'd love to hear from you.
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