Programme Delivery Manager
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 June 2026 |
| Location: | London, BD1 2ST |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Manpower UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBBH438596_1778512241 |
Summary
Programme Delivery Manager - Specialist Housing & Care
Homebased - with occasional travel to London/Bradford
About the Role
We're looking for a Programme Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex, multi-workstream programmes across a regulated organisation.
This is a senior delivery role responsible for ensuring programmes are well-planned, governed and delivered in a controlled, predictable way within an award-winning not-for-profit Specialist Housing and Care organisation.
You will act as a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing clear insight, managing risk and ensuring delivery is coordinated across Design, Digital, Data, Change Enablement and operational teams.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programmes, ensuring clear plans, milestones and critical paths
- Apply consistent PMO standards, maintaining control over scope, sequencing and delivery tolerances
- Provide clear insight to Sponsors and Programme Boards, including risks, trade-offs and decisions
- Establish and run effective governance and reporting, supporting executive decision-making
- Coordinate delivery across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment and dependency management
- Proactively manage programme-level risks, issues and dependencies, escalating early with solutions
- Lead and coach Delivery Managers and workstream leads to maintain strong delivery discipline
- Oversee budgets, forecasts and financial risks, ensuring delivery aligns to outcomes and benefits
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience leading complex, multi-workstream programmes in regulated environments
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches
- Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making
- Deep understanding of governance, assurance and delivery risk management
- Experience managing large budgets (£1m+) and financial forecasting
- Ability to integrate digital, data, design and change activity into cohesive delivery plans
Desirable:
- Programme certification (e.g. MSP, APM, PRINCE2 Practitioner)
- Agile certification (e.g. Scrum Master, SAFe)
Apply Now
If you're passionate about leading complex programmes and delivering change safely, predictably and at scale, we'd love to hear from you.