Role Title: Technical Programme Delivery Manager
Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026
Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite
Rate: up to £558.53 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Role purpose / summary
The VP Technical Programme Delivery Manager is accountable for the successful delivery of the IT Asset Management (ITAM) programme. A large scale, strategic programme in Group Technology Service Management (GTSM). Reporting to the Head of ITAM, the role provides strategic delivery leadership, ensuring complex change initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes while meeting regulatory, risk, and control expectations.
This role owns programme outcomes end to end, shapes delivery strategy, and acts as a senior interface between Technology, Business, Risk, and Executive stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities
Programme & Portfolio Leadership
Own delivery of multiple complex, interdependent technology programmes aligned to the ITAM strategic priorities
Set delivery strategy, governance models, and execution approach across programmes
Provide clear executive level oversight of progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes
Technical & Architectural Oversight
Ensure programmes align to enterprise architecture, platform strategies, and technology standards
Partner with senior Architects, Engineers, and Security leaders to validate technical direction
Actively challenge designs or plans that introduce undue delivery, resilience, or control risk
Governance, Risk & Regulatory Management
Own senior level programme governance, reporting, and decision forums
Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks, audit expectations, and external regulation
Proactively manage material risks, issues, and regulatory commitments
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
Act as the senior delivery lead for the ITAM programme
Influence and align senior stakeholders across Business, Technology, Risk, and Operations
Represent programme status and outcomes credibly at executive forums
Financial & Resource Accountability
Own programme budgets, investment governance, and financial forecasting
Ensure benefits realisation is tracked and delivered against approved business cases
Optimise use of internal and third party resources at scale
Change & Operational Readiness
Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally ready, resilient, and supportable
Drive effective transition into run and long term sustainability
Skills & Experience
Essential
Significant experience delivering enterprise scale technology programmes in regulated environments
Proven senior stakeholder and executive level engagement capability
Strong understanding of modern enterprise technology platforms and operating models
Deep experience with delivery governance, financial management, and risk control
Desirable
Experience leading platform or regulatory transformation programmes
Background working closely with Architecture, Engineering, and Service Management leadership
Understanding of ITAM operations
Leadership Expectations
Operates with authority, credibility, and calm under pressure
Sets delivery culture, standards, and expectations across programmes
Role models transparency, accountability, and disciplined execution
Coaches and develops senior delivery leaders
Success Measures
Delivery of strategic programmes to agreed outcomes, timelines, and investment cases
Positive regulatory, audit, and risk outcomes
Strong executive confidence in delivery predictability and control
Sustainable operational outcomes with minimal post delivery remediation
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