Technical Programme Delivery Manager CGEMJP

Role Title: Technical Programme Delivery Manager

Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026

Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite

Rate: up to £558.53 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Role purpose / summary

The VP Technical Programme Delivery Manager is accountable for the successful delivery of the IT Asset Management (ITAM) programme. A large scale, strategic programme in Group Technology Service Management (GTSM). Reporting to the Head of ITAM, the role provides strategic delivery leadership, ensuring complex change initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes while meeting regulatory, risk, and control expectations.

This role owns programme outcomes end to end, shapes delivery strategy, and acts as a senior interface between Technology, Business, Risk, and Executive stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities Programme & Portfolio Leadership

• Own delivery of multiple complex, interdependent technology programmes aligned to the ITAM strategic priorities
• Set delivery strategy, governance models, and execution approach across programmes
• Provide clear executive level oversight of progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes

Technical & Architectural Oversight

• Ensure programmes align to enterprise architecture, platform strategies, and technology standards
• Partner with senior Architects, Engineers, and Security leaders to validate technical direction
• Actively challenge designs or plans that introduce undue delivery, resilience, or control risk

Governance, Risk & Regulatory Management

• Own senior level programme governance, reporting, and decision forums
• Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks, audit expectations, and external regulation
• Proactively manage material risks, issues, and regulatory commitments

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Act as the senior delivery lead for the ITAM programme
• Influence and align senior stakeholders across Business, Technology, Risk, and Operations
• Represent programme status and outcomes credibly at executive forums

Financial & Resource Accountability

• Own programme budgets, investment governance, and financial forecasting
• Ensure benefits realisation is tracked and delivered against approved business cases
• Optimise use of internal and third party resources at scale

Change & Operational Readiness

• Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally ready, resilient, and supportable
• Drive effective transition into run and long term sustainability

Skills & Experience Essential

• Significant experience delivering enterprise scale technology programmes in regulated environments
• Proven senior stakeholder and executive level engagement capability
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise technology platforms and operating models
• Deep experience with delivery governance, financial management, and risk control

Desirable

• Experience leading platform or regulatory transformation programmes
• Background working closely with Architecture, Engineering, and Service Management leadership
• Understanding of ITAM operations

Leadership Expectations

• Operates with authority, credibility, and calm under pressure
• Sets delivery culture, standards, and expectations across programmes
• Role models transparency, accountability, and disciplined execution
• Coaches and develops senior delivery leaders

Success Measures

• Delivery of strategic programmes to agreed outcomes, timelines, and investment cases
• Positive regulatory, audit, and risk outcomes
• Strong executive confidence in delivery predictability and control
• Sustainable operational outcomes with minimal post delivery remediation