Senior Programme Manager, Human Resources, 12 Month FTC or Secondment

Requirements

Essential

• Significant experience leading and delivering HR transformation initiatives encompassing process optimisation, technology implementation, organisational design, data management, and change management is required.
• Proven experience leading large-scale business, workforce, operating model or digital transformation programmes with significant organisational impact.
• Strong understanding of how AI, automation and digital technologies are reshaping work, workforce capability requirements, organisational design and employee experience.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic ambition into executable transformation roadmaps while driving sustainable adoption and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programmes involving senior stakeholders across business, technology, data and people functions.
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to identify opportunities to create value through workforce transformation and AI-enabled ways of working.
• Experience managing change at scale, including stakeholder engagement, communications, capability building and adoption strategies.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence senior leaders and align diverse stakeholder groups around a shared transformation vision.
• A strong understanding of HR functions, processes, and leading technologies (e.g., SAP, SuccessFactors, Avature, PeopleFluent) is essential. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technology solutions.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills are paramount, including the ability to interpret complex data sets, extract actionable insights, and drive strategic decisions.
• The Senior Manager will be a highly effective communicator with exceptional stakeholder management skills. This includes the ability to influence senior stakeholders, build consensus, and present complex information in a clear and compelling manner.
• A passion for continuous improvement is essential. The ideal candidate will actively seek opportunities to enhance project delivery, capturing lessons learned and implementing best practices.
• The ability to inspire, motivate, and lead high-performing teams is essential. The Senior Manager will foster a collaborative and results-oriented environment across project stakeholders.
• Proven ability to apply a range of project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches, adapting their style to suit the specific needs of each project.
• Experience operating within a leadership team and supporting colleagues to grow, perform at their best, and realise their potential while balancing development needs with delivery priorities.

Desirable

• Experience working within a large, complex, global organisation is highly desirable.
• Professional Services Background: Previous experience working within a professional services context or partnership model may be beneficial.

Company Overview

At Deloitte, Human Resources is transforming. We are already an award-winning HR team but we’re not resting there. We want to make an impact that matters for our people, our clients and for society. To achieve this, we're firmly embedding HR into the business, advising and innovating along with our business leaders.

Additional Information

• Personal Independence: Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
• Hybrid Working Policy: You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working. At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
• Commitment to You: Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Next Steps

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.