At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex IT integration and transformation programmes for a major energy client.
- Company: Join CGI, a leader in technology solutions with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, and share scheme.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the energy sector while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Extensive programme management experience and strong governance expertise required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Join CGI to lead programmes that help transform one of the UK's leading energy organisations through complex IT integration and business change. As a Senior Programme Manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-value technology solutions that drive operational excellence, strengthen business performance, and support critical services.
Working alongside talented colleagues and client stakeholders, you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of major delivery outcomes, influence strategic decisions, and help shape innovative solutions within a collaborative environment that supports your continued professional growth and career development. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, and a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching). Due to the secure nature of the programme, you must hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to obtain it. This role requires working in Aberdeen at least three days a week at client or CGI offices.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
- Lead the planning, governance and successful delivery of complex IT integration and transformation programmes for a major energy client.
- Operate within a structured stage-gate governance framework and apply Agile practices where appropriate.
- Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, technical teams and delivery partners.
- Oversee programme governance, manage risks, budgets and dependencies, and ensure smooth transitions into production within HSE-critical environments.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by embedding best practice, driving collaboration across diverse teams and supporting successful delivery from programme initiation through to go-live and hyper-care.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and deliver complex IT integration and transformation programmes across multiple workstreams.
- Own and govern integrated programme plans, budgets, RAID logs, dependencies and executive reporting.
- Drive governance through structured stage-gate reviews, ensuring effective decision-making and delivery control.
- Coordinate and collaborate with client leadership, technical teams, suppliers and business stakeholders.
- Manage and mitigate programme risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies to maintain delivery momentum.
- Support and influence governance forums, steering committees and senior stakeholder engagement.
- Ensure and protect alignment of scope, schedule, cost and quality against agreed programme objectives.
- Lead and transition successful cut-over, service readiness, go-live and hyper-care activities.
- Embed and improve CGI delivery standards, metrics, lessons learned and continuous improvement practices.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
- Extensive programme management experience delivering medium-to-large IT transformation initiatives within the oil and gas sector or similarly regulated environments.
- Accomplished leader with strong governance expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on delivery.
- Comfortable leading complex programmes involving multiple suppliers while maintaining a strong focus on quality, risk management and successful business outcomes.
Essential qualifications:
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP certification or another industry-recognised Project/Programme Management qualification.
- Extensive experience delivering complex IT integration and transformation programmes.
- Strong expertise in programme governance, stage-gate delivery and RAID management.
- Proven ability to manage programme budgets, schedules and multi-vendor delivery teams.
- Extensive experience within the oil and gas industry.
- Ability to work from the Aberdeen client site approximately three days per week.
Desirable qualifications:
- Agile or Scrum certification.
- ITIL Foundation certification.
- Experience delivering ERP programmes.
- Background in energy, utilities or other asset-intensive, safety-critical industries.
- Experience with business process mapping and transformation initiatives.
- Familiarity with SAP HANA Cloud Platform (HCP).
- Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
Skills:
- Agile
- Business Process Documentation
- Business Process Mapping
- SAP HCP (HANA Cloud Platform)
- Waterfall Model
Senior Programme Manager employer: ENGINEERINGUK
At CGI, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. As a Senior Programme Manager in Aberdeen, you will not only lead transformative IT initiatives for a major energy client but also benefit from a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, and a share scheme. Our commitment to your professional growth is evident through continuous development opportunities and a supportive environment that encourages you to take ownership of your career.
