Programme Manager

About the Role

The Programme Manager will be responsible for the programme management of assigned strategic business programmes of varying complexity. The role means they will be responsible to the relevant Executive level sponsor for defining, reviewing, and delivering the strategic projects under the Programme of work.

The Programme Manager will also undertake the matrix management of staff involved in the delivery of the Programme by taking an active role in facilitating, negotiating, and influencing both internal and external stakeholders and managing their expectations, building sustainable relationships, and developing networks an oversee the plans and delivery of services provided by third party suppliers.

The role will also require to provide advice and support to stakeholders, at all levels within the University, including members of the Senior Executive Team (SET), as well as senior academic and technical staff within the Faculties, Schools/Institutes and Professional Services.

About You

We are looking for an individual who has MSP Practitioner Qualification (Managing Successful Programmes) and Prince 2 Practitioner Qualification. Previous experience in an education environment will be an advantage. You should also have a proven track record of successfully delivering complex deliverables on time and within budget. You will have strong problem-solving skills and possess the ability to multi-task in a highly dynamic environment and experience of applying effective and appropriate project and programme  governance and controls and adapting them to the needs of all the key stakeholder groups.

About the Department

The Strategy Delivery Office primary purpose is to maintain the quality of delivery for strategically aligned projects by maintaining process and reporting standards for programme and project management.It supplies Project and Programme delivery resources and expertise to strategic, and selected other, major projects, including Programme Directors, Programme Managers, Project Managers, PMO resources and Communications specialists

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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