Programme Manager

• Develop and maintain an integrated programme plan across all delivery phases.

• Align workstreams into a single roadmap with clear milestones and acceptance criteria.

• Coordinate day-to-day delivery, ensuring alignment of priorities, timelines, and outputs.

• Continuously refine plans based on progress, risks, and changes.

• Identify and manage dependencies across technical streams and client obligations.
• Coordinate sequencing across design, build, integration, and deployment activities.
• Ensure clear visibility of upstream/downstream impacts across teams.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to secure timely inputs, approvals, and integrations.
• Resolve or escalate dependency-related risks impacting delivery.

• Manage delivery against budget, forecasts, and resource plans.
• Track effort, burn rates, and variances across teams.
• Maintain accurate forecasts and identify risks related to overruns or inefficiencies.
• Provide reporting and insights to support financial and commercial decisions.

• Operate within programme governance frameworks and standards.
• Maintain RAID logs and ensure risks and issues are actively managed.
• Provide accurate reporting on progress, dependencies, risks, and financials.
• Prepare materials for governance forums and escalate critical issues where required.

• Ensure adherence to agreed processes, tools, and quality controls.
• Track milestone readiness against acceptance criteria (integration, testing, deployment).
• Identify and mitigate risks to successful delivery and acceptance.

• Align delivery across distributed teams (on-site, nearshore, offshore).
• Facilitate cross-stream forums and ensure effective communication across time zones.
• Promote clear ownership, accountability, and consistent execution standards.

• Strong experience managing complex technical programmes and integrated delivery plans.
• Ability to understand system architectures, integration points, and sequencing of work.
• Experience coordinating multiple engineering streams in distributed environments.
• Familiarity with milestone-based or contractual delivery models.

• Proven ability to manage interdependent workstreams and resolve sequencing challenges.
• Strong understanding of how dependencies impact timelines, cost, and delivery outcomes.
• Experience operating in complex, fast-paced delivery environments.

• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and burn rates.
• Ability to analyse effort trends, forecast completion, and mitigate cost risks.
• Comfortable supporting financial reporting and commercial decision-making.

• Experience managing client-side dependencies (e.g. approvals, environments, third parties).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders to ensure timely contributions.
• Strong communication, coordination, and facilitation skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong experience with RAID management and structured governance processes.
• Ability to provide clear, concise reporting on delivery, risks, and financials.

• Experience in banking, payments, or financial services environments.
• Familiarity with payment processing, external integrations, and regulated delivery contexts.

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, events and celebrations.

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