Smartedge’s Client is looking for an individual to help with their Programme Director @ Sheffield / Birmingham, UK (Hybrid Working)
Key area:
We are seeking an experienced Programme Director to lead delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives within the CTO Platforms domain. This role will drive end-to-end execution across infrastructure, cloud, and platform services, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy, resilience, and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead delivery of complex, multi-workstream CTO Platforms programmes (infrastructure, cloud, hosting, platform services)
- Manage programmes with budget accountability exceeding £50M+, ensuring delivery to scope, timeline, and quality
- Define and execute programme roadmap aligned to modernisation, scalability, and resilience objectives
- Drive alignment across engineering, architecture, SRE, and service management teams
- Manage senior stakeholders across technology, business, and control functions
- Establish and maintain strong governance, reporting, risk, and control frameworks
- Own programme financials (budget, forecasting, benefits realisation)
- Oversee third-party vendors and global delivery partners
- Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture, cloud strategy, DevOps, and automation standards
- Lead global, matrixed teams to drive delivery accountability and outcomes
- Proven track record delivering large-scale CTO Platforms / technology programmes (>£50M+)
- Strong experience across infrastructure, cloud, hosting platforms, or platform engineering
- Experience within Tier-1 financial services environments (Banking/ Finance)
- Strong understanding of governance, risk, regulatory, and audit frameworks
- Excellent executive stakeholder management capability
- Experience managing complex vendor ecosystems and global teams
- Strong financial and commercial management experience
If this sounds like a role you would be interested in or if you know someone in this field.
Connect with me or email me at
Alternatively, you can call me on Tel: +44(0)203 500 2108.
