Venesky Brown
Senior Program Manager (Rail)
Glasgow
£600 – £650/day
Posted about 22 hours ago
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Job Title: Senior Programme Manager
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Programme Manager for an initial 6-month contract on a day rate of £600-£650 (Inside IR35). This role will be hybrid working, 2-3 days per week onsite.
Responsibilities:
- To ensure that a thorough and detailed system delivery programme is in place.
- To monitor progress against the plan and report on any elements that are running behind schedule or budget.
- To identify and, working with the Programme Director, manage risks, issues, and the programme schedule to meet the Client’s expectations.
- To work with our key stakeholders, clients, and teams to create an environment for continual improvement.
- To provide project/programme assurance & controls. Proactively champion good project discipline, applied in an engaging and supportive manner across all stakeholders.
- Oversee the PMO process implementation and ensure that information concerning content (e.g., deliverables, risks, challenges) passes to and from sponsors.
- Improve the consistency, predictability, and efficiency of the organisation’s project delivery capability.
- Ensure that the operational challenges of the PMO are managed, focusing on the project interface with project leaders, project teams, technology, and interface issues.
- Accountable for projects planning, risk management, cost management, and quality tracking. Management of the associated documentation, processes, and team engagement.
- Work with the organisation’s stakeholders’ existing creation and management of programme information, templates, and tools.
- Assist in budget-related, demand funnel, and pre-project planning discussions cross-organisation.
- Refine plans with sponsors and stakeholders to determine executable profiles along with re-balancing as required.
- Work closely and collaboratively with all Stakeholder Project Managers to ensure consistent and coordinated transition through project lifecycle gates.
- Programme Reporting and preparation of materials for governance.
- Assist and work closely with the wider stakeholders and other programme teams with detailed oversight of programme planning.
- Lead and coordinate the gathering, recording, and implementation of a lessons learned culture across the division.
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- Will have the integrity, skills, judgement, and credibility as well as technical competence to build a detailed programme taking numerous inputs not necessarily in the same format from multiple stakeholders.
- Strong team player with the ability to build positive and effective relationships both internally and externally.
- Comprehensive Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Strong IT skills with experience in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Programme Management tools.
- A degree-level qualification would be advantageous but is by no means essential.
- Excellent communication skills with an exceptional standard of written and verbal English – must have strong attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including working with a wide range of people and building positive relationships.
- Resilient with the ability to take initiative and meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure.
- Experience in the production of programmes.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, please get in touch.
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Skills
Programme Management
Risk Management
Stakeholder Management
PMO Implementation
Budget Management
Project Assurance
Microsoft Office
Project Planning
Quality Tracking
Governance Reporting
Lessons Learned
Interpersonal Skills