Programme Manager – Cloud

• Lead the day-to-day management, integration and control of a major technology transformation programme
• Develop and maintain the integrated programme plan, including workstream plans, milestones, dependencies, resources and outcomes
• Establish and maintain the programme critical path
• Identify and manage cross-workstream dependencies, sequencing and ownership
• Coordinate mobilisation and delivery across identity, endpoints, productivity, applications, infrastructure, security, testing and transition workstreams
• Translate high-level objectives into achievable delivery plans, milestones and measurable outcomes
• Establish and maintain controls for scope, schedule, resources, budget, RAID, change and decisions
• Establish programme rhythms, governance forums, reporting cycles and escalation routes
• Run governance meetings and document decisions, actions, risks and dependencies
• Produce programme reporting for stakeholders and senior leadership
• Provide visibility of programme health, milestone progress, risks, resource pressures and constraints
• Sequence discovery, design, migration planning, testing, cutover and transition activities
• Develop recovery and mitigation plans for delivery constraints and schedule impacts
• Escalate issues with recommendations, options and implications
• Track programme resources and capacity
• Support budget tracking, forecasting, supplier commitments and cost-pressure identification
• Manage programme‑level change control
• Maintain RAID logs and programme decision records
• Coordinate internal teams and third‑party contributors
• Maintain alignment between programme outcomes, contractual deliverables and the transformation timetable
• Incorporate lessons learned into subsequent programme planning

Requirements

• Proven experience managing complex programmes involving Microsoft, cloud, infrastructure, identity or organisational change
• Strong experience developing and maintaining integrated programme plans across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Excellent dependency‑management skills
• Strong experience with programme governance, including RAID management, change control, decision management, financial tracking and executive reporting
• Experience managing multiple technical workstreams across infrastructure, applications, security and end‑user technology
• Experience managing third‑party suppliers, delivery partners and contractual dependencies
• Strong resource forecasting and capacity‑management skills
• Experience managing programmes with fixed milestones, migration waves, operational dependencies and complex technical sequencing
• Practical understanding of the delivery lifecycle from discovery and design through build, testing, migration, cutover and transition into service
• Ability to understand technical information and translate it into programme impacts, delivery choices, risks and decisions
• Strong financial‑management capability, including budget tracking, forecasting and cost‑pressure management
• Excellent reporting skills
• Strong facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills
• Experience working with architects, engineers, project managers, product owners, security specialists, operational teams and senior stakeholders
• Strong leadership capability and confidence to challenge delivery leads and stakeholders constructively
• Highly organised and delivery‑focused
• Comfortable operating at strategic and operational levels
• Confidence working with uncertainty and changing information
• Strong judgement regarding resolution and escalation
• Effective communication and facilitation skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing complex technology transformation programmes, with a focus on integrated programme planning, governance, and resource management. Proficient in translating high‑level objectives into actionable plans while ensuring alignment with contractual deliverables and stakeholder expectations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Programme Management
• Dependency Management
• RAID Management
• Budget Tracking
• Stakeholder Reporting

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Integrated Programme Planning
• Resource Forecasting
• Change Control
• Financial Tracking
• Delivery Lifecycle Management
• Technical Sequencing
• Risk Management
• Milestone Management
• Third‑Party Supplier Management
• Operational Dependencies Management

Soft Skills

• Effective Communication
• Facilitation Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Leadership Capability
• Organizational Skills

Industry Keywords

• Microsoft
• Cloud
• Infrastructure
• Identity
• Organizational Change
• Governance Forums
• Programme Rhythms
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Delivery Partners
• Transformation Timetable