Programme Director in Bristol

As an Implementation Programme Director, you are adept at leading one or more large (strategic or enterprise) projects or programmes with complex multi-workstream delivery, overcoming challenges to deliver transformative change for our customers and their employees. You enjoy freedom and autonomy to make a real impact, developing your skills as an exceptional Programme Director, and you love seeing the end result of successful project delivery.

To you, it’s about working collaboratively, building effective relationships, and finding creative solutions to hurdles. You are passionate about your personal development and value the opportunity to take on a range of implementation projects and programmes, learning and evolving from each experience.

At Zellis, we power exceptional employee experiences so our customers and their people do better. We create and deliver market-leading HR & Payroll solutions, with an enviable customer base across every sector. Our multi award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE100, 50% of the top retailers and a third of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we are proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow and challenge the status quo, with you playing a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as we look to double our revenues and underlying profits in the next five years. With Zellis, you will have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that is varied, flexible and hugely supportive, and one that recognises and rewards your success.

Your day-to-day will include developing and maintaining agreed programme/project plans with customers, managing change activities, and monitoring KPIs, status reporting, commercial margin and P&L for £1m+ programmes. You will coordinate resources, act as the point of escalation for issues, and ensure delivery on-time, on-budget and at the highest level of quality. You will interface with customers and internal executive colleagues to present ongoing status, risks and issues, supporting our continuous improvement initiatives to capture lessons learned into our methodology.

Skills & Experience

• A minimum of three years’ Programme Director level experience, leading large-scale, highly complex implementation/transition delivery (employee volumes 50,000+ and budgets £1m+)
• Experience in the HR & Payroll software industry
• Experience engaging with FTSE100 and FTSE 250 companies
• Professional project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI, Six Sigma)
• Positive, curious mindset for AI-first working; able to show how you’ve used AI to improve output or delivery, and a willingness to learn how AI can drive enhancements
• You will be resilient, adaptable, positive and customer-centric. You will have strong commercial awareness with a thorough understanding of risk, governance and reporting mechanisms. You will be passionate, driven, and a strong communicator, using these attributes to create a successful "one team" approach to each programme or project.

Benefits

At Zellis, we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services to power exceptional employee experiences. Our products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

As part of your benefits package, you will receive:

• A competitive base salary
• 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance 4x salary
• Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%
• A wide range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure