Location: London - St Paul's 3 to 4 times a week.
Role Purpose
We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager with a strong background in commercial real estate, corporate interiors, and office fit-out projects. We require hands-on experience delivering physical construction and workplace fit-out programmes within occupied corporate environments.
Reporting to the EMEA PMO Lead, the Senior Programme Manager is responsible for the end‑to‑end delivery of complex, high‑value projects on behalf of a Global Banking Client. The role leads programme execution from inception through to completion, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality standards, while operating within robust governance, financial and compliance frameworks.
This role requires strong client leadership, financial accountability, and the ability to manage multi‑disciplinary internal and external teams within a highly regulated, global corporate environment.
Key Responsibilities
Programme & Project Delivery
- Lead multiple complex projects through the full project lifecycle, from feasibility and funding approval through execution and close‑out.
- Ensure delivery in line with agreed programme objectives, KPIs, timelines and budgets.
- Maintain full adherence to established project governance frameworks, tollgates and approval processes.
- Coordinate project scheduling and manage conflicts with BAU, facilities management activities and change freezes to minimise risk and disruption.
Financial & Governance Management
- Own all project financial activity, including initiation of funding requests, budget development, forecasting, cost control and financial close‑out.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial tracking, reporting and approvals using agreed financial systems and tools.
- Support the preparation of capital expenditure budgets and forward‑looking programme forecasts.
- Ensure all projects are fully auditable and compliant with financial and governance requirements.
Stakeholder & Client Leadership
- Act as a senior point of contact for client stakeholders, building strong, trusted relationships at all levels.
- Provide regular, high-quality reporting through dashboards, executive updates and formal presentations covering progress, risk, issues and mitigations.
- Proactively manage programme risks, dependencies and change, escalating where appropriate.
Vendor, Consultant & Procurement Management
- Lead and monitor the performance of external designers, consultants and contractors across multiple projects.
- Develop, communicate and implement procurement strategies for approval in line with regional and client requirements.
- Ensure correct contracting processes are followed and service delivery meets agreed contractual obligations and SLAs.
People & Team Leadership
- Provide line management to Programme Managers within the PMO, including performance management, coaching and development.
- Oversee the day‑to‑day management of project and support coordination teams, ensuring effective resourcing and workload prioritisation.
- Drive continuous improvement of PMO processes, systems and ways of working across the wider team.
Health, Safety, Sustainability & Compliance
- Ensure all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are met across all projects, with full compliance to local legislation and standards.
- Ensure sustainability and environmental targets are embedded and delivered throughout feasibility, design and implementation phases.
- Maintain compliance with all regional contracting, governance and regulatory requirements.
Experience Required
- Proven experience delivering complex commercial construction or workplace programmes, typically valued at $20m+.
- Strong experience operating within corporate, financial services or similarly regulated environments.
- Demonstrated senior stakeholder and client‑facing experience within a global organisation.
- Proven capability in programme financial management, governance and reporting.
- Background in construction, design, fit‑out or project management within a multi‑vendor environment.
Skills & Attributes
- Exceptional client and stakeholder management skills with a strong service orientation.
- Confident leadership presence with the ability to influence and challenge at senior levels.
- Highly organised, with excellent prioritisation skills and attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing ambiguity, complexity and multiple workstreams concurrently.
- Proactive, calm and methodical approach with a strong delivery mindset.
- Strong digital, reporting and PMO systems capability.
Qualifications
Degree‑level qualification in a relevant discipline.
Project, construction or technical qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, RICS, CIOB or equivalent) desirable.
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