Transition Programme Manager in Manchester

This job is with Capgemini, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Our Transition Programme Managers lead complex transition and transformation programmes within large managed service environments, providing innovation in solution design, maximising commercial benefit and delivering operational efficiency, whilst ensuring client expectations are met.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your role:

• You will lead the transition input to our bids, developing viable solutions, plans and costs, balancing commercial risk and price competitiveness.
• You manage the whole process of transferring services from incumbent service providers into Capgemini, ensuring service levels are maintained throughout.
• You own programme governance, financial control, delivery plans, risks, dependencies and stakeholder management, ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed business outcomes.
• You develop innovative, comprehensive, realistic and effective plans that meet client needs and expectations, helping to shape and manage client expectations throughout delivery.
• You operate in difficult, complex or political environments taking full responsibility for outcomes, representing and promoting the group internally and externally, including at board level.
• You develop strategic partnerships and strong relationships with internal and external clients, whilst leading and building effective delivery teams to meet business objectives and transition requirements.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience:

• Extensive programme management experience gained within managed service environments, with ownership of governance, budgets, executive reporting and delivery across complex multi-workstream programmes.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale IT service transitions and/or transformation programmes, ensuring service readiness, stability and continuous improvement across complex environments.
• Strong stakeholder, commercial and client management skills, with experience managing senior stakeholders, supplier relationships, programme financials, negotiations and revenues in the £1m–£10m range.
• Broad understanding of managed services and IT domains (e.g. Cloud, Infrastructure, Service Desk, Cyber Security and SIAM), with experience supporting business growth through client engagement, bid/proposal input, capability development and innovation.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who: Declare they have a disability, and Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance and pre-employment checks: To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

• Flexibility to work your way: You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.
• Your wellbeing: You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• Shape your path: You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• Shared energy: You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Why should you consider Capgemini? Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini: Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.