Programme Manager

3 day per week onsite in Worcester £68,410.04 rising to £72,004.73 on achieving proficient level after 1 year.

WRK digital is exclusively partnered with Sanctuary as they go through a huge and exciting digital transformation. Sanctuary is the UK’s largest Housing Association, providing 125,000 homes. They pride themselves on providing sustainable communities that offer a good quality and safe place where individual potentials can be reached regardless of background and circumstances. Sanctuary holds people at the heart of everything they do, making this an incredibly rewarding place to work.

They currently have a large-scale technology transformation happening across the organisation both internally and externally. This is a great opportunity to join the bright minds of Sanctuary as they create meaningful change within technology.

We are searching for an experienced Programme Manager to develop and manage effective delivery of a portfolio of projects, programmes, and products, ensuring cost efficiency and enabling business transformation for the benefit of all customers, in line with Group objectives. Reporting to the Senior Programme Manager, you will manage up to 5 direct reports in successfully delivering business change programmes and projects.

• Lead the development and control of Technology project management processes to achieve project efficiencies and cost reductions, undertaking comprehensive project reviews to identify improvements.
• Oversee business critical projects throughout the project lifecycle to ensure the achievement of the objectives, in line with the Technology strategy and business plan.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to agree the scope, benefits, and delivery of proposed solutions across a portfolio of projects and products, to ensure they meet the current and future needs and expectations of customers.
• Provide high quality management information to the Senior Technology Management Team on project progress and issues to support ongoing operational planning and delivery of anticipated Technology service improvements.
• Coordinate the delivery and resource planning of Technology projects and programmes to deliver business change efficiently to the Group.

• Proven experience of managing and successfully delivering business change programmes and projects, with an understanding of a full project life cycle.
• Comprehensive experience of the practical use of programme and resource planning tools to effectively manage multiple projects.
• Comprehensive experience of managing large scale Technology projects.
• Proven experience in developing solutions in line with business strategies, whilst meeting business and user needs.
• Proven experience in working with others to deliver projects, including indirect reports and third party suppliers.
• Proven experience of successfully managing business change.
• Excellent understanding of written and spoken English.
• Experience of SAP product suite is desirable.

At Sanctuary, there is a low turnover rate of colleagues because the team are truly looked after well. There is an active training budget available, meaning continual upskilling is of high importance to Sanctuary. This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a Programme Manager, where diversity of thought is championed.

Inclusion is one of their core values. Their goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where their people thrive and meet their customers' needs with fairness and empathy. They know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. They encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. They will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary's commitment to their Disability Confident employer status.