Programme Manager Reading, England
Job description
Programme Manager – 6 months Contract Role- Inside IR35
Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
In Team Digital, we’re planning for a future where the technology solutions we co-create and design enable us to achieve our goal to protect our greatest natural resource and allow our customers, communities, and the environment to thrive.
What you’ll be doing
As a team, our vision is to create an everyday digital experience for the people we serve - our customers - by putting them at the heart of everything we do. As part of our award-winning team, you’ll help the business become an intelligent, connected organisation to deliver our digital transformation and turnaround as part of this Team.
The Programme Manager will be responsible for defining, managing, and delivering a coherent set of activities across a significant programme of Digital and business change, and/or a portfolio of projects within a specific business or technology area. The Programme Manager will need to be able to define, in partnership with the relevant senior stakeholders, programme scope, benefits and business outcomes. They will also need to coordinate any technology solution assessments, if required, and oversee commercial and procurement processes. The Programme Manager will deliver the programme and/or project/s to the expected standards of time, quality, and budget, including reporting of associated plans, risk, and issues to Executive leadership.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and manage project activities / delivery team.
- Identify and manage RAID items within the programme and escalate where appropriate.
- Manage project change (scope, time, budget) within agreed tolerances or escalate changes accordingly.
- Follow agreed governance standards across the project lifecycle.
- Team management and Support Digital Transformation objectives.
- Support supplier management performance processes, including monthly reporting of supplier time, cost, and quality metrics.
What you should bring to the role
We want to bring together a team of brilliant tech minds with game changing ideas. We’re looking for people who will help us re-imagine the way we work and the way we get things done:
- A truly digital mindset. Open to collaboration. Open to risk. Open to new ways of doing things.
- Obsessed with data. Obsessed with excellence.
- People who think and behave differently to the way we do. People who don’t want to just be another cog in the machine.
- 7+ years’ experience of Digital / IT programme management delivery role would be preferred.
- Experience of financial management up to £10m per annum would be added advantage.
- Experience of Agile and/or Product Management delivery methodologies is must.
- Line management experience of up to 10 direct reports would be preferred.
- Customer centric delivery experience is must.
- SAFe Practitioner, Scrum Master or equivalent would be added advantage.
- PRINCE 2 Practitioner or equivalent would be added advantage.
- ITIL v3/v4 or equivalent would be Desirable.
- Information Technology or similar qualification to bachelor’s degree is desirable.
- Utility or public sector industry experience would be preferred.
- Certification/experience of SaaS and/or cloud-based application management is desirable.
- Certification/experience of DevOps tools, processes, and methodology is desirable.
What’s in it for you?
It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Team Digital, the best people to tell you why, are the people on our team. Take a look at the video below to find out what they think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmELR_xmXhw&list= PL37gUk7p48rqLEm-KEkgKuyDpLYsW5LH9&index=12
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we’ve adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we’re moving to a hybrid approach with various options across working from home, office, and our sites.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you will enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.
We are also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service to our customers, communities, and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you will have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we cannot consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
