Program Manager

Job Title: Senior Programme Manager (M&A Carve-Outs & Separations)

Job Description

This contract role offers an experienced Senior Programme Manager the opportunity to lead a high-profile business separation programme within a complex enterprise environment. You will take full ownership of a large-scale M&A carve-out and separation, overseeing multiple workstreams from initial planning through to final execution. Operating fully remotely with occasional team days in London, you will drive governance, delivery, and commercial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of a major M&A carve-out and separation programme, from planning through to execution and completion.
• Lead and coordinate multiple workstreams, including Technology, HR, Finance, Commercial, and Operations, ensuring alignment to programme objectives.
• Manage a team of up to 13 Workstream Leads, providing clear direction, challenge, support, and accountability.
• Establish and manage Transition Service Agreements (TSAs), overseeing governance, service delivery, and exit planning to ensure a smooth separation.
• Drive robust programme governance, including status reporting, risk and issue management, financial oversight, and executive stakeholder communications.
• Hold workstream leads accountable for delivery against agreed milestones, budgets, and objectives, intervening early to resolve issues.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Senior leadership, to support effective decision-making and delivery.
• Provide clear leadership and decisive decision-making, resolving issues independently and escalating only where appropriate.
• Ensure programme resources remain aligned to delivery priorities and broader business objectives, optimising allocation and utilisation.
• Maintain a relentless focus on delivery, commercial outcomes, and successful separation execution within tight deadlines.
• Operate effectively within complex and politically challenging customer environments, managing expectations and balancing competing priorities.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience delivering M&A programmes, including carve-outs, separations, divestitures, or post-merger integrations.
• Significant hands-on experience managing Transition Service Agreements (TSAs), including governance, service delivery, and exit activities.
• Strong leadership background managing large programme teams and multiple workstream leads in complex environments.
• Extensive stakeholder management experience, including engagement with executive and board-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to operate confidently within complex and politically challenging customer environments.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of programme financials, governance frameworks, and resource management.
• Track record of delivering large-scale transformation programmes to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels.
• Highly organised and delivery-focused approach, comfortable managing multiple parallel workstreams.
• Strong programme management skills, including planning, risk management, and structured reporting.
• Solid project management capability, with experience coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Good stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• experience in mergers and acquisitions, including complex carve-out scenarios.
• background in programme management within enterprise-scale environments.
• experience leading cross-functional teams across Technology, HR, Finance, Commercial, and Operations.
• Exposure to AI-related initiatives within broader transformation or M&A programmes.
• Ability to bring fresh thinking and practical insight from multiple M&A environments.
• Confidence to operate autonomously, making decisions without constant executive support.
• Capability to challenge stakeholders constructively while maintaining strong relationships.

Why Work Here?

You will join a high-visibility programme where your leadership and expertise will have a direct and tangible impact on a major business transformation. The role offers a long-term contract within an 18-month programme, providing continuity and the opportunity to see the full lifecycle of a complex separation through to completion. You will benefit from 100% remote working, with only occasional team days in London, supporting a strong worklife balance and flexibility in how you structure your working day. The environment values commercial acumen, autonomy, and clear decision-making, giving you the space to lead, shape, and deliver a flagship programme.

Work Environment

This role is fully remote, with occasional team days in London to support collaboration, planning, and key stakeholder sessions. You will work within a large, complex enterprise environment, coordinating multiple workstreams across Technology, HR, Finance, Commercial, and Operations. The programme is fast-paced and delivery-focused, with tight deadlines and high expectations around governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication. You will operate primarily through virtual collaboration tools and structured governance forums, interacting regularly with Senior leadership and cross-functional teams. The culture expects a professional, organised, and commercially minded approach, with a strong emphasis on accountability, clear communication, and proactive issue resolution.

Location

London, UK

Rate/Salary

500.00 - 550.00 GBP Daily

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