Job Description

Job Title: Programme Manager - SC

Location: Hybrid (50% on site) at the closest office location: London, Bristol, Coventry, Crawley, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle or Warrington

Contract Duration: 31/3/26 (Ext tbc)

Daily Rate: £680/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Security Clearance: SC

Minimum requirement:

• Public sector experience
• TOM (Target Operating Model) delivery

The Role:

This is a senior programme management role supporting a Programme Director in delivering a high-profile transformation initiative. The programme spans organisational, digital, and data-driven change, with a strong emphasis on operating model redesign and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will be pivotal in shaping and executing strategic change across multiple workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Leadership

• Partner with the Programme Director to oversee and coordinate complex programme delivery
• Lead and manage multiple workstreams with varied scopes and timelines

Workstream Delivery

• Operating model design and implementation
• Organisational design including staffing, redeployment, retraining, and redundancy planning
• Development of technology strategy aligned with transformation goals
• Foundational data activities to support agile and structured working
• Oversight of the creation and deployment of a new data platform

Transformation Execution

• Drive adoption of new operating models and transformation initiatives
• Embed automation, digitisation, and self-service capabilities
• Ensure effective deployment of programme funds and governance processes

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, including board-level executives
• Operate within a complex delivery ecosystem comprising permanent staff, contractors, con-tingent workers, and external suppliers
• Navigate public sector environments and policy frameworks with professionalism and strategic insight

Programme Context

• This role sits within a major transformation programme shaped by recent government spending re-views and legislative reform.

We are looking for a candidate who brings:

• Proven experience in operating model and transformation programme delivery
• Strong understanding of digital and data strategy within change programmes
• Demonstrable success in managing senior stakeholder relationships, ideally within public sector environments
• Ability to lead across multiple teams and suppliers in a complex delivery landscape
• A proactive, energetic, and solution-oriented mindset – someone who brings momentum and clarity to ambiguity

• Candidates with strong stakeholder management experience may be considered if operating model experience is lighter
• Public sector experience
• TOM (Target Operating Model) delivery

Security Clearance: SC

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181