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Programme Manager
About this role
The Programme Manager is responsible for the successful planning, governance, delivery, and business outcomes of large-scale ERP transformation programmes and integrated SaaS platforms, including solutions such as Oracle ERP Cloud, ADP, Concur, ServiceNow, and other enterprise applications. The role provides strategic leadership across multiple projects and workstreams, ensuring alignment with business objectives while delivering programmes on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
The Programme Manager works closely with executive sponsors, business stakeholders, implementation partners, technical teams, testing teams, change management functions, and third-party vendors to drive transformational change, manage programme risks, and achieve sustainable business value. Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale ERP and enterprise transformation programmes across multiple workstreams and geographies.
Define programme vision, objectives, scope, governance structures, and measurable business outcomes. Establish and maintain integrated programme plans, ensuring alignment across business, technology, data, testing, and change management teams. Provide leadership and direction to programme teams, project managers, solution architects, and delivery partners. Manage executive stakeholder relationships, acting as the primary point of contact for programme governance and strategic decision-making.
Drive programme governance, steering committee reporting, status management, and executive communications. Oversee programme budgets, forecasts, commercial performance, and financial controls to ensure successful delivery within approved funding. Proactively manage programme risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change requests across all programme workstreams. Coordinate implementation and deployment activities, including cutover planning, business readiness, and go-live governance.
Ensure effective collaboration between business teams, system integrators, vendors, and internal technology functions. Drive quality assurance, testing oversight, and operational readiness to ensure successful programme outcomes. Support organisational change management, user adoption, training, and business transition activities. Promote continuous improvement, delivery excellence, and adherence to programme management standards and methodologies.