Programme Manager Newbury, England
Job description
Location: Blended/UK
Salary: Competitive + Vodafone Benefits
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri)
Blended
All candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and must be capable of achieving SC-level UK security clearance.
The Programme Manager is responsible for leading large customer facing programmes across multiple domains on behalf of Vodafone for our Enterprise Customers. You will engage through contract negotiations and be responsible for translating, often ambiguous requirements, into operational plans, engaging buy-in across all stakeholder groups. You will be responsible for setting the governance controls for the programme, ensuring these align to corporate, customer and local standards, with strong emphasis on assurance and gate reviews, defining the programme costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, programme resources and programme risk & change strategy.
What will you be doing?
- Communicates the high-level vision for the programme and the customers “desired” future state. Designs the delivery capability to deliver the programme.
- Creates a detailed programme plan, identifying the resources required, project interdependencies and critical path.
- Create cost estimated for the business.
- Ensure that all programme work streams and project plans are integrated within the overall programme plan.
- Manage and control the performance of the programme plan.
- Forecast and manage the resource supply and demand throughout the lifecycle of the programme.
- Ensures quality assurance standards are applied across the programme & project work streams.
- Ensure suitable Programme & Project Status Reporting mechanisms are put in place for projects and work streams within the Programme.
Who are we looking for?
- MSP Practitioner
- Proven experience of concurrently managing multiple projects or programmes of differing size and complexity to meet business expectations and deliver results.
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence at all levels internally and externally, including excellent customer facing skills.
- Experience in programme and project budget management.
- Understanding of financial accounting including capitalisation and profit and loss.
- Should have or previously held Prince 2 Practitioner qualification.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we would encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.
What’s in it for you?
An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We’re also proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility to support individuals returning to work after a career break and our market-leading parental leave policies. We’re committed to supporting you throughout every step of your career at Vodafone.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (careers.vodafone.co.uk) under Career Support, for guidance.
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