Senior Programme Manager

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Translate leadership priorities into delivery plans, roadmaps, workstreams, milestones and measurable outcomes; promote programme management best practices.
• Maintain integrated plans, RAID logs, decision records, action tracking, dependency management and leadership reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery and manage programme budgets, forecasts, expenditure, commercial commitments and variances.
• Support procurement and vendors, including statements of work, milestones, invoice review, purchasing and supplier oversight.
• Prepare executive updates, steering materials, dashboards and presentations; develop business cases, benefits plans and ROI analyses.
• Drive accountability and momentum, support long-range and investment planning, and identify improvements to governance and delivery practices.
• Consider operational readiness throughout delivery, including support models, onboarding, device and workplace technology readiness, handover and transition to business-as-usual.

Experience and qualifications

• Proven leadership of complex technology programmes, strategic initiatives or business transformation in a large global enterprise.
• Experience managing concurrent programmes with multiple sub-projects and workstreams and translating objectives into structured plans and outcomes.
• Experience delivering technology workstreams for real estate activity, including new sites, office moves, refurbishments, consolidations and workplace transformation.
• Experience supporting business-led change and coordinating workplace technology readiness, delivery plans, phasing and support arrangements.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology, including infrastructure, networking, end-user computing, workplace technology, unified communications, cybersecurity, identity and access, automation and AI-enabled service transformation.
• Experience with executive reporting, financial summaries, business cases, benefits realization, ROI analysis, procurement and vendor management.
• Strong stakeholder communication, organization, leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills; experience working across regions and time zones.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience. PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum or equivalent certification is listed as desirable; the qualifications section also lists professional certification.

Tools

• Advanced proficiency with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Monday.com, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Microsoft 365.

Other requirements

• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Selection process

• External candidates may be asked to attend an in-person interview at an NBCUniversal location.