Programme Delivery Manager in Droitwich

The Programme Delivery Manager reports to the COO and leads the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of our Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) deployment programme. Responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines and budgets, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and driving successful FWA rollout across target regions.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the FWA deployment programme from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.
• Develop and maintain detailed programme plans, deployment schedules, and resource allocation models for FWA rollouts.
• Work closely with engineering, field operations, procurement, vendors, regulatory, and marketing teams to ensure smooth execution of the deployment, helping them to clear blockers.
• Manage third-party vendors, equipment suppliers, and contractors involved in FWA implementation; ensure performance against SLAs and contract terms.
• Track programme budgets, control costs, and provide financial reporting and forecasts to leadership, highlighting opportunities for change.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks to programme delivery, ensuring contingency plans are in place.
• Provide regular updates and progress reports to executive stakeholders; manage internal and external programme communications.
• Ensure deployment activities comply with all relevant technical, safety, and regulatory standards.

Key Skills

• Technical: Demonstrable experience of programme management with a proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, JIRA, Primavera).
• Leadership: Effective leader who can inspire and motivate their team to achieve the team goals. Ability to build and manage high-performing teams, set clear expectations, and provide regular feedback and coaching.
• Communication: Excellent communicator who can communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Project Management: Proven project management skills to deliver requirements on time and in budget.
• Results Orientation: Focusing attention on key objectives and driving effective outcomes.
• Problem Solving: Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Initiative: Engaging in proactive behaviour, seizing opportunities to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Thoroughness: Seeking completeness and accuracy.
• Learning Agility: Quickly understanding and applying information, concepts and strategies.
• Efficiency orientation: Looking for the best use of resources.
• Planning & Organisation: Excellent planning and organisational skills, resilient with the ability to successfully manage conflicting priorities.
• Collaboration: Confident and comfortable in coordinating and influencing multiple stakeholders, working collaboratively to deliver business results.

Essential

• Proven experience (5+ years) in telecoms programme or project management, preferably in wireless network deployment.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technologies, 4G/5G, and network infrastructure.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project/programme management certification.

Airband Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 25 days of paid leave a year rising to 30 plus bank holidays with service.
• 5% Airband pension plus a minimum 3% employee contribution.
• Customer referral bonus - a thank you for every customer you send our way.
• We offer hybrid working – a mix of working from home and in the office.
• Free Broadband - If you are in our coverage, you can benefit from free broadband with us!
• Cycle to work, Tech scheme, Healthcare and medical insurance. Dental care, and Health cash fund (dependent on the length of service).
• Airshare (employee discount platform) - discounts on everyday shopping, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless - save up to £1,000 a year!
• Refer a friend reward scheme.

Pre-employment checks

Please note that you are required to have the right to work in the UK and we request satisfactory references as part of our recruitment process. A DBS check may be required for a number of our roles, particularly those that are customer-facing. Also, a driving licence may be required for positions that require you to be out in the field as part of the role.

Recruitment agency support is not required at this time.