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Programme Manager

Job type:Contract
Town/City:Sheffield
County:South Yorkshire
Salary/Rate:Up to £460 per day + inside ir35
Business Sector:IT
Job ref:CDI - 155065
Post Date:October 08, 2026

Job Title: Programme Manager

Rate: £460 per day inside ir35

Location: Sheffield/Hybrid (3 days per week on site)

Contract: 6 months rolling

Lead strategic transformation. Own delivery. Make an impact.

We're looking for an experienced Programme Manager to take the lead on complex, high-profile programmes within a leading global bank, one of the world's leading financial institutions.

This is a high-visibility role for someone who thrives in complex, regulated enterprise environments, bringing together multiple projects, teams and stakeholders to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

The opportunity

You'll take end-to-end ownership of strategic programmes, driving delivery from initiation through to completion while managing multiple interconnected workstreams.

You'll be responsible for:

  • Leading complex, business-critical programmes across multiple workstreams
  • Owning programme plans, roadmaps, milestones, budgets and benefits
  • Establishing strong governance, reporting and escalation frameworks
  • Managing programme-level risks, issues, dependencies and change
  • Leading cross-functional teams across business and technology
  • Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, executives and steering committees
  • Managing budgets, forecasts, resources and financial controls
  • Driving business readiness, transition and benefits realisation
  • Ensuring delivery meets governance, regulatory and organisational requirements

What we're looking for

You'll need a strong track record delivering complex programmes within large enterprise environments, ideally across banking, financial services or another highly regulated sector.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience across:

  • Digital transformation
  • Technology, data or infrastructure programmes
  • Operational resilience
  • Risk and regulatory change
  • Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery
  • Executive-level stakeholder management
  • Programme governance and financial management
  • Tools including Jira, Confluence, MS Project or Azure DevOps

MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, SAFe or equivalent certification would be advantageous.