Global Program Manager

Location: UK

Location Type: Remote

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Global Program Manager is accountable for leading and coordinating multiple large-scale initiatives across the Global Supply organization including, but not limited to, our portfolio of Technology Transfer Projects.
• This role involves end-to-end management of project resources, timelines, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring adherence to defined milestones and strategic objectives.
• The Program Manager is responsible for identifying, tracking, and mitigating risks, managing project issues, and overseeing change requests to ensure successful, on-time, and within-budget project delivery.
• Operating with the authority to manage projects on a day-to-day basis, the Project Manager ensures that all required deliverables meet the agreed standards of quality, are delivered within the specified constraints, and align with the expected business outcomes.
• The role also plays a key part in driving process improvement initiatives, fostering the global exchange of best practices to enhance project performance and operational efficiency.
• This role requires close collaboration with Sales teams and alignment across multiple business units within WMFTS, to ensure initiatives are strategically integrated across commercial and operational functions.
• Regular updates and progress reports are provided to senior leadership, offering clear visibility into project status, risks, and strategic alignment across the global organization.

Key accountabilities include:

• Global Project Leadership
• Lead a portfolio of complex, large-scale initiatives across multiple departments and global business units within the WMFTS.
• Provide full lifecycle project leadership, from initiation through planning, execution, deployment, and closure.
• Ensure alignment of programs and projects to strategic business objectives, including global operational and commercial priorities.
• Build and motivate cross-functional, cross-regional project teams; provide on-site leadership when necessary.
• Manage interdependencies between technology, operations, and business functions to ensure seamless execution.
• Define and manage project scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, risks, and change controls.
• Oversee vendor engagement, stakeholder communication, and reporting to executive audiences.
• Governance, Communication & Reporting
• Deliver executive-level communications, status updates, and strategic insights across all levels of the business.
• Coordinate project phased and stage gates.
• Develop and deliver project reports, presentations, proposals, and performance analyses to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Create and maintain detailed project plans, documentation, and success criteria to track delivery and value realization.
• Monitor and control outcomes to resolve issues, mitigate risks, and manage critical path activities.
• Organizational Development & Best Practices
• Establish and mature project management capabilities across the organization, including practices, templates, tools, and governance structures.
• Support ongoing process improvement initiatives and participate in internal quality issue resolution.
• Stay current on emerging project management methodologies, technologies, and industry best practices.

Skills/Experience:

• Minimum HNC in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• A Project Management Certification is preferred but not required.
• Extensive hands-on project management experience, including planning, tracking, and delivering projects within time, scope, and budget constraints.
• Experience working with cross-functional business stakeholders, preferably within manufacturing, engineering, or operational excellence settings.
• Strong capability in project management tools, including MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience reporting to and communicating with senior leadership and project sponsors.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple business units and support integration with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams.
• Any previous experience of technology transfer projects.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working. We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include:

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.