DP World
UK IT Programme Manager
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UK IT Programme Manager
UK IT Programme Manager
About the Role
DP World UK supports Britain’s trading future by delivering world-class port infrastructure, smart logistics solutions, and freeport benefits to its customers.
An exciting UK IT Programme Manager opportunity has opened within our UK Information Technology team. In this senior, business-critical role, you will oversee the end-to-end governance, coordination, and execution of complex, multi-disciplinary IT programmes that support DP World’s terminal operations and strategic objectives.
The IT Programme Manager will drive the successful delivery of interdependent IT initiatives across systems, applications, development, infrastructure, networks, service delivery, operational technology, and cyber security—ensuring alignment with business goals and operational resilience.
The role is responsible for programme direction, risk management, stakeholder engagement, supplier performance, and cross-site delivery across DP World London Gateway and Southampton, requiring travel between both sites for coordination.
Key Responsibilities
Programme Governance & Leadership
- Provide end-to-end leadership for a portfolio of UK IT programmes, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Set clear programme direction, priorities, and delivery structure, managing interdependencies, risks, issues, and change across multiple workstreams.
- Oversee the full programme lifecycle: discovery, requirements definition, planning, design, delivery, testing, deployment, and benefits realisation.
- Maintain robust governance artefacts, including integrated plans, RAID logs (Risks, Actions, Issues, Dependencies), change controls, readiness assessments, and cutover plans.
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Cross-Team Coordination & Assurance
- Coordinate delivery across IT teams, operations, engineering, and external suppliers, ensuring cohesive planning, testing, transition, and implementation.
- Ensure adherence to technical, security, and operational readiness standards, securing necessary approvals before go-live and handover to Business-as-Usual (BAU).
Deliverability & Risk Management
- Monitor programme performance against milestones, budgets, quality, and risk thresholds, intervening early to resolve blockers.
- Lead programme-wide testing (functional, UAT, performance, resilience, integration), ensuring readiness criteria are met.
- Work closely with Architecture, Cyber Security, and Engineering teams to enforce secure-by-design principles.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Manage third-party vendors and delivery partners, ensuring accountability and contractual compliance.
- Provide structured programme reporting to sponsors and senior leadership, highlighting risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
Cross-Site & Organisational Alignment
- Build strong relationships across Terminals, Regional IT, and Group IT to align with wider organisational initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery approaches, infrastructure optimisation, and operational readiness.
Requirements & Qualifications
Essential Experience & Skills
- Proven track record in delivering large-scale, multi-disciplinary IT programmes in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in managing systems, applications, development, infrastructure, networking, cyber security, and service delivery.
- Ability to manage multiple teams, suppliers, and interdependencies across parallel workstreams.
- Experience in 24/7 operational or service-led environments, preferably in ports, logistics, or critical infrastructure.
- Broad technical understanding of:
- High availability & resilience
- Disaster recovery
- Integration
- Security
- Service transition
- Familiarity with structured delivery frameworks (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, Agile).
- Strong stakeholder engagement, influence, and decision-facilitation skills at senior levels.
- Collaborative, delivery-driven mindset with a focus on risk management, operational stability, and measurable outcomes.
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Compensation & Benefits
DP World offers a market-competitive compensation package within a growing international organisation that supports professional growth in an inclusive and collaborative environment.
About DP World
Trade is the backbone of the global economy, and DP World exists to make trade flow better, creating opportunities worldwide. Operating in 75 countries, DP World delivers global infrastructure with local expertise, combining ports, terminals, marine services, logistics, and technology to redefine supply chain solutions.
The company’s mission is inspired by this tagline: “WE MAKE TRADE FLOW TO CHANGE WHAT’S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.”
DP World is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We value diversity in skills and experience and actively encourage a collaborative, authentic workplace where everyone can thrive.
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