Program Director

About the Role

Programme Leadership and Delivery

• Own delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, benefits, and business outcomes.
• Define objectives, deliverables, and success measures with stakeholders.
• Establish the integrated plan, master schedule, milestones, and critical path.
• Direct workstreams, manage dependencies, and resolve competing priorities.
• Apply PMI, PRINCE2, MSP, agile, or hybrid programme approaches.
• Oversee release planning, delivery readiness, and transition.

Governance and Executive Stakeholders

• Establish and lead programme governance, steering committees, design and change authorities, and executive reporting.
• Own executive client relationships and maintain confidence through clear communication and accountable delivery.
• Present programme performance, financial forecasts, material risks, and required decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Maintain programme documentation and decision-making processes.

Financial, Commercial, and Partner Management

• Own programme P&L, budgets, forecasting, margin, and cost control.
• Direct resource allocation and capacity planning.
• Manage contractual commitments, change control, claims, and supplier agreements.
• Assess commercial impacts of delivery decisions and scope changes, keeping plans aligned with financial and contractual objectives.
• Own programme-level risks, issues, and dependencies; direct suppliers and delivery partners; set accountability and performance expectations; and escalate material risks with recovery plans.

Team Leadership and Benefits

• Lead and develop the programme management team, including performance and capability development.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across programme workstreams.
• Track benefits realisation and ensure delivery achieves agreed business outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in programme execution and governance.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• At least 12 years of relevant professional experience, with substantial programme leadership experience.
• Proven experience directing large, complex enterprise transformation programmes from planning through delivery and transition.
• Demonstrated accountability for programme financial performance, including P&L, forecasting, margin, and cost control.
• Strong commercial experience covering contracts, change control, claims, and supplier management.
• Experience establishing programme governance and executive reporting.
• Strong knowledge of integrated planning, critical-path management, and benefits realisation.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing multiple delivery partners.
• Strong executive stakeholder management, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Experience applying recognised programme management frameworks in complex delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• PgMP, PMP, MSP, or equivalent programme/project management certification is preferred.
• An advanced degree in a relevant discipline is preferred.