Programme Manager

About Springer Nature: Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

About Department: Join the Portfolio & Governance Office of our CIO, where our mantra is simple yet powerful: "Do the right things. Do things right." Our team is dedicated to building a strategic, consistent, and transparent approach to how information and technology empower our entire enterprise. We focus on two essential objectives: fostering a unified vision for IT across the organization and ensuring our IT organization consistently delivers value through efficiency and clarity.

About Team: Join our Portfolio & Project Office (PPO) within the Portfolio & Governance Office, where we provide the essential backbone for strategic alignment and effective project execution across the organization. This team is responsible for ensuring that our project portfolio not only meets the organization’s immediate needs but also aligns with long-term business goals. With a focus on portfolio governance, demand management, and business outcome measurement, our team plays a central role in resource optimization, risk management, and continuous improvement across initiatives.

About Role: Join our Portfolio & Project Office at Springer Nature Technology, where we provide the essential backbone for strategic alignment and effective project execution across the organization. As part of our team you’ll have the chance to drive impactful projects from concept to execution and help orchestrate the health of our wider portfolio, implementing frameworks that foster transparency, enhance decision-making, and prioritize value creation.

If you’re ready to embrace challenges and contribute to an evolving, high-performing project environment, we welcome you to apply and be part of a team committed to excellence in delivering strategic value across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project and Programme Management: Start-up, shape, lead and deliver Springer Nature Technology programmes and projects within the agreed time, budget and quality constraints. Define, document and track programme/project objectives, scope, success criteria, and deliverables. Identify, assess, and manage programme risks and issues, implementing mitigation strategies as needed. Allocate resources effectively to ensure the successful delivery of programme objectives. Monitor resource utilization and address capacity issues proactively. Work with product vendors, implementation partners, and internal technology teams to ensure they deliver robust specifications and solutions that meet requirements.
• Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain excellent stakeholder relationships on a global basis. Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment throughout the programme lifecycle. Provide regular updates and progress reports to key stakeholders. Support the business product owner, in order to ensure that all stakeholders’ needs are taken into account and correctly represented.
• Change and Communications: Support change management and develop communication plans, working with change and communications colleagues as required. Network with globally distributed stakeholders to keep business knowledge current and be proactive in suggesting business process improvements.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Extensive Programme and Project Management Experience: Comprehensive experience leading and delivering technology and change projects in a global environment. Strong project lifecycle knowledge having delivered multiple projects from start to finish. Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships at multiple levels.
• Communications and Change Experience: Knowledge of organizational change management techniques. Strong written, oral communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Flexibility and Resilience: Ability to navigate the complexities of an international corporate organisation. Proven ability as a results-focused self-starter.

Your qualifications: You bring a blend of technical expertise, financial acumen, and strategic foresight, ensuring the IT portfolio operates effectively and adds measurable value across the enterprise.

Education and Certifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance, or a related field.

Why work here? We are an ambitious and dynamic organisation, and home to some of the best-known names in research, educational and professional publishing. Working at the heart of a changing industry, we are always looking for great people who care about delivering quality to our customers and the communities we work alongside.