Programme Manager – DigIT Customer Programme

Locations: Derby, UK

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Time left to apply: End Date: February 23, 2026 (30+ days left to apply)

Job requisition id: JR100601

Salary: We anticipate paying a salary between £73,100 - £95,944

Location: Derby, Hybrid – 2 office days a week

At Rolls-Royce SMR, our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology provides a British solution to a global energy challenge, positioning us as a world leader in SMRs and the UK’s premier green export technology.

Our Digital & Information Technology team is driving critical transformation programmes that underpin the success of our business. We’re shaping the future of enterprise systems, cybersecurity, and customer-facing solutions to enable innovation and resilience across the organisation.

About the Role

We’re looking for a customer-facing Programme Manager to lead high-impact programmes for the CEZ programme. Reporting to senior IT leadership, you’ll manage complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives that blend technical and business objectives, ensuring delivery of strategic outcomes and benefits realisation.

What you’ll do

• Lead and deliver complex programmes with both business and technical objectives.
• Drive benefits tracking and realisation, outcome delivery, and dependency management.
• Ensure smooth transition of technical deliverables into operations.
• Provide clarity and governance around finance and programme processes.
• Mentor and support less experienced project managers within the team.

What you’ll bring

As you can see, this is a pivotal, high-profile role. You’ll bring a collaborative mindset, strategic thinking, and first-class communication skills, as well as:

• A recognised qualification such as MSP, PgMP, PMP, or equivalent experience.
• Proven expertise in programme management within complex, fast-paced environments, with exceptional planning and communication skills.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and influencing ability, including experience in customer-facing transformation programmes and operational contexts such as cybersecurity.
• Strong financial governance and risk management capability, combined with proactive handling of dependencies across large-scale transformation initiatives.
• A self-driven, autonomous leader who can seamlessly blend technical and business objectives to deliver impactful outcomes.
• High IT proficiency and technical delivery experience, ensuring successful integration of business and technology solutions.

What’s in it for you

You’ll have the chance to work on challenging, high-impact programmes where your expertise will make a real difference. This role offers genuine autonomy and responsibility, empowering you to deliver outcomes and shape the success of major initiatives. You’ll play a key part in influencing organisational transformation and building strong stakeholder relationships, all while collaborating within a supportive team culture that values growth and development.

The salary band for this role is £73,100 - £95,944, dependent on the skills, values, and knowledge you bring.

We also offer excellent benefits including:

• Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 17%
• Benefits Allowance - £5000, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
• Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
• £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:

• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you. Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

Our Application Process

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check

We are Rolls-Royce SMR

A career with Rolls-Royce SMR offers a unique opportunity to contribute to an exciting organisation delivering a transformational mission. Rolls-Royce SMR is a radically different approach to proven nuclear technology. Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will generate 470MW of low-carbon energy - equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes for over 60 years. With its Rolls-Royce SMRs will play a vital role in supporting renewable energy by helping to overcome intermittency and ensure a stable, sustainable energy future.

We’re proud to be one of the few employers that can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation. Our people are here because of what makes them exceptional - and our role is to help them make the most meaningful contribution of their careers, doing work they love. We offer opportunities that go beyond traditional career paths. At Rolls-Royce SMR you can develop your career by exploring roles and challenges that align with your unique talents.

Our culture

At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture.

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:

• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone can thrive.

What we offer

At Rolls-Royce SMR, our reward offering is focused on recognising you for your efforts and motivate you to continue achieving. Our rewards and benefits scheme are designed for employees to have complete control. By providing complete autonomy, you can focus on what’s important to you. Whether it’s investments, insurances or wellbeing, it’s in your hands.