Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard)
Senior Programme Manager
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Senior Programme Manager
Senior Programme Manager – Carnival UK
About the Role
In our continuous journey of growth and evolution at Carnival UK, we are seeking a Senior Programme Manager to play a pivotal role supporting a significant strategic investment programme across our fleet.
As a senior programme leader, you will operate across a complex, multi-year transformation environment, guiding cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver meaningful, business-critical outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Your role will include:
- Providing programme management expertise to a large-scale, complex investment programme spanning multiple workstreams of activity across the business
- Developing and managing programme activity plans, milestones, and critical dependencies, ensuring cross-functional alignment
- Establishing and managing programme governance, including programme boards, steering committees, and decision-making frameworks, with strong risk and issue management
- Interpreting complex internal and external requirements and advising relevant stakeholders on appropriate governance, controls, and considerations to enable informed decision-making
- Acting as a critical point of coordination and alignment across the programme, ensuring momentum is maintained and risks are surfaced early for resolution
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Requirements
Qualifications and Skills
- Extensive experience delivering large-scale, complex transformation programmes in multi-stakeholder environments
- Strong programme governance expertise, including risk management, planning, and steering committee leadership
- Advanced capability in managing dependencies, timelines, and ambiguity across cross-functional initiatives
- Ability to operate effectively at strategic and delivery levels, leading through influence and driving execution in the absence of direct reports
Personal Qualities
- Strategic mindset with the ability to translate complex challenges into clear direction and priorities
- Proven ability to influence and build credibility with senior stakeholders across multiple functions
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, enabling effective collaboration across teams
About You
You are someone who:
- Thrives in a collaborative environment yet can work independently with a high degree of accuracy and accountability
- Is eager to learn, grow, and contribute to our collective success
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Why Join Us?
This role (CUK06) offers:
- A full-time, permanent position with a hybrid working model (up to two days from home)
Beyond flexible working, we offer a dynamic and inclusive workplace where your work makes a real impact. Our benefits include:
- Employee Discounted Cruising (plus Friends and Family offers)
- Annual bonus
- Car Allowance
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- Company-paid private medical and dental insurance, along with health assessments
- Life Assurance
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance, and holiday trading scheme
Application Note
Given the opportunities provided, we encourage prompt applications. Our recruitment process may close earlier than advertised in response to high applicant volumes.
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