Overview
The Programme Director will spearhead a major enterprise-wide technology transformation initiative within a leading consulting organization. This hybrid role involves strategic oversight and delivery across multiple interconnected workstreams, working closely with executive stakeholders to implement a new Target Operating Model (TOM) while managing effective governance and stakeholder alignment. The successful candidate will lead in not only delivering the transformation agenda but also nurturing relationships with both internal teams and third-party partners to ensure sustainable organizational change.
Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of a major enterprise-wide technology transformation programme.
- Establish and lead programme governance, reporting, assurance and executive decision-making forums.
- Direct multiple interdependent workstreams, ensuring effective planning, sequencing and delivery.
- Mobilise the programme, defining governance structures, delivery approach and operating cadence.
- Lead the implementation of a new Technology Target Operating Model.
- Own integrated programme planning, dependency management and delivery assurance.
- Manage programme risks, issues and enterprise-wide impacts, ensuring effective mitigation.
- Build trusted relationships with Executive and Board stakeholders, providing clear reporting and strategic updates.
Requirements
- Proven track record delivering large-scale technology transformation programmes as a Programme Director.
- Extensive experience leading enterprise-wide organisational and technology change, including Target Operating Model implementation.
- Strong consulting or advisory background, ideally delivering complex transformation programmes for major organisations.
- Demonstrable success taking programmes from mobilisation through to implementation and business adoption.
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills with credibility at Board, C-suite and Executive level.
- Deep expertise in programme governance, delivery assurance, portfolio management and enterprise risk.
- Experience leading large multidisciplinary teams across business, technology and third-party suppliers.
- Strong commercial and financial management skills, including programme budgeting, forecasting and investment governance.