Senior Programme Manager (Delivery Manager I)

Role Summary

We are seeking an Senior Programme Manager to lead a critical programme in a multi vendor setup. You will be responsible for Integrated schedule management, Cross-vendor management, Dependency tracking, and Milestone governance. You will also communicate with senior IT leadership including CXO level.

Mode of hiring: Fixed term employment contract for 12 months

Working model: Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and govern the Integrated Master Schedule ensuring alignment across all project workstreams.
• Drive cross-vendor management, coordinating deliverables, resolving conflicts, and ensuring accountability among internal and external partners.
• Establish and monitor dependency tracking mechanisms to identify, assess, and mitigate risks impacting project timelines and deliverables.
• Lead milestone governance, ensuring key project milestones are clearly defined, tracked, and achieved according to plan.
• Put a programme structure with strong governance in place as multiple vendors will be developing different components of the overall solution.
• Drive Vendor partners to achieve the programme objectives.
• Experience in UK Pharmacy or Healthcare domain will be an added advantage.
• Experience in managing hardware and software rollouts in Retail/Pharmacy stores.
• Facilitate regular program reviews, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Identify risks, issues, and bottlenecks proactively and coordinate resolution plans with relevant teams.
• Ensure adherence to project governance processes, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Support executive decision-making through program dashboards, metrics, and progress updates.
• Drive collaboration across business, technology, operations, and vendor teams to achieve program objectives.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Programme Manager handling complex, multimillion large‑scale programs.
• Strong expertise in program planning, scheduling, and governance.
• Experience managing multiple vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability in dependency management, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or equivalent (nice to have).
• Knowledge of Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid delivery methodologies.

Key Competencies

• Stakeholder Management
• Leadership and influence
• Multi‑Vendor Management for IT programmes
• Strategic planning and execution
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making
• Risk and dependency management
• Communication and collaboration
• Attention to detail and governance excellence

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